B. cruelly built and muscular
he has an athletic build
The sentence that begins 'In the dull...'
D., Life. Since it is a more vague word and its meaning carries more weight than the others, I would say it has the most connotative associations.
The central idea is the same as the main idea. Most of the time, the main idea is mentioned in the Title. Without reading the essay, I do not know what the central/main idea is.
The correct answer is B) Have the neighbors eaten dinner yet? Because you can probably feel that sentence is the only one where correct tenses and agreement are used.
In A, it should be: Does Bailey have tickets to the concert?
In C, it should be: Are your parents coming to the baseball game?