<span>starting in medias res if this is the excerpt i think it is
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The first one is the answer because pale has neither or negative or positive connotation and arrogant has a negative connotation. hope this helps! <span />
D: to stop smoking
So you can cross out a and b already because it starts with caps which wouldn’t make sense which leave you with c and d so you could narrow it down to which on would make sense in a complete sentence which is D.
The answer is A with Jeremy.
It might be said this paragraph shows "the damages caused by the lateral blast" (option D) because the reader gets to know that it can "shoot (..) pieces of rocks", "kill by impact, burial or heat" and to "knock entire forests". Nothing about prevention or causes is mentioned not even how to avoid it
