I believe you have a typo when it comes to the first option - it should be athletics, not athletic. The word athletic is an adjective, and the word athletics is a noun.
That being said, the correct answer is A. athletics. Even though this noun ends in -s, it is still singular. The rest of the options are all plural nouns.
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Rainsford noticed that Zaroff was a man that loved hunting.When Rainford sat with General Zaroff at the dinner table he explained how he had got bored of hunting and needed more of a challenge.Zaroff tells Rainsford that he has a surving game wich makes Raindford realize he may be in trouble.
The best answer here would be the last one: "Some places have already quit lotteries," Mrs. Adams said. This is the best answer because it implies that the lottery isn't as necessary as it once was. If it was needed, the implication is that they would still be going on in the area and not forgotten or not done.
While the others hint at the same thing, they aren't the best answers because they talk about the lottery overall, but only insomuch as it pertains to the lottery itself, to fill in the details of it.
