<span>a system or thing used as an example to follow</span>
Answer: D
Explanation: it cannot a or c (I did A on a test and it was wrong) so I think it is D
Mrs Wilson began her career as a preschool teacher...
D. We collected shells because we wanted to use them to make a necklace.
Bilbo in meeting Gollum in <em>The Hobbit</em>, came in contact with the One Ring, a ring that grants the wearer power of invisibility, and is one of the most powerful rings inside the world of the L.O.T.R.
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