Answer:
"His aim was to free himself more and more from those unpleasantness and to give them a semblance of harmlessness and propriety."
Explanation:
He literally says his aim was to free himself. If this is incorrect, the answer is the sentence right after it. Hope this helps.
Answer:
Ice cream truck scenario 1
UCS: ice cream truck song
UCR: craving ice cream
CS: song from truck
CR: mouth waters
Green foam ball scenario 2
UCS: green foam ball
UCR: getting ball thrown at her
CS: seeing a green ball
CR: flinching
Banana scenario 3
UCS: banana
UCR: getting really sick and vomiting
CS: banana
CR: feeling nauseous
Hawaiian shirt scenario 4
UCS: math teacher wearing a Hawaiian shirt
UCR: either gets anxiety or pop quiz
CS: seeing any Hawaiian shirt
CR: feeling anxious
Skills? I wouldn't say skills, but you think about what you red and write, you use what you know from your brain to basically understand words in a book or even when you write them down, etc. If this doesn't help, look up all the skills of reading and writing on google =)