The correct answer is encyclopedia.
A thesaurus is a book where you can find synonyms (words with the same meaning). An almanac is a text which is published yearly, and contains information about various things (usually the weather and crops). An atlas is a book where you can find information about the Earth and its countries. So the only option left is an encyclopedia - a book that contains information about all sorts of things.
Can you put the question?
C- tastes
seems like sounds weird, smell is not grammatically correct (smells would be though), and bread doesn't usually make a lot of sound
It is the second option because optimist is someone who is hopeful.
<span>crops withered, curled up, then died under the thirsty sun
</span><span>snapping their roots and tearing them out of the earth a voice that seemed to rumble out of the earth itself
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