A. It is a vivid description that creates a picture or image in a readers mind
2000 might be when the disease peaked. It mentions in the passage that the government started to ban farmers from feeding their livestock high risk meat, and that the disease peaked shortly after that. Since 2000 is 'shortly after' 1997, the source from 2000 might be from the peak.
It would have to be A nine because they were defining a condor that can reach up to nine feet.
If you could put the options you had for that question it would help. Although, I believe that the phrase implies that they will soon meet their downfall in society.
Connecting a rhymed phrase or poem with a concept to be learned is called writing poetry.I am pretty sure
