The meaning of the word 'ambling' as used in the passage is to WALK OR STROLL.
In the passage, the author is saying that, he finds it distasteful to strut before a small child who is walking or strolling in a relaxed manner.
The meaning of the word 'curtailed' as used in the passage is to BE DEPRIVED OF SOMETHING.
The author is saying in this line, that he is deprived of beauty.
It helps u practice what ur doing in school.
I don’t like homework
In this excerpt the narrator is complaining about the way achievement test are and how up to that they measure someone’s knowledge. He uses the word bland to describe the right answer of this kind of tests which it means „lacking a strong or particular flavor; not interesting”, in this context can be used describing it as non-sense or not obvious answers. He also complains about how bad he is in this because he cannot find the logic in the answers. With this explained, we can infer that the right answer is D Tan believes that achievement tests give inflated measurements of language ability, because he kind of argues that the answers are not "valid" to measure it.
If Nora bikes 30 miles per 1 hour, she'll ride 5 times as much in 5 hours.
30*5=150 miles
Jiro at 45 miles per 1 hour
45*5=225 miles in 5 hours
To find out how many more miles Jiro rides than Nora, subtract:
225-150=75
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I’m pretty sure it would be C