Answer:
1. Despite her advancing years, Jake was still the best dough maker in the kitchen.
2. Jake was still the best dough maker in the kitchen despite her advancing years.
3. Since Alex got here, He's been nothing but trouble.
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Option d) The church did not just reflect what was happening in society.
Explanation: a thermometer does not influence anything, just measures or reflects the temperature of something. Then the comparisson of the church with the thermometer is to establish whether it merely reflected something or did something else.
