The first one. All of the other examples are talking about things price-wise, whereas a cheap excuse is a very bad excuse.
An example of a text feature is A)headings
The word compressed means flatten by pressure or squeezed.
Due to that, your answer would be Squeezed.
Dropped means to fall
spread is the opposite, meaning to cover a larger area
Scattered is another opposite, meaning to displace in a larger area.
