I'm not too sure what you mean by "verxing ideas" -- perhaps it's a typo? But taking that out of the picture, the answer should be
a) strange ideas
In sentence 3. It should be
Discouraged by this, Loraine walked four blocks to a coffee shop.
Answer:
I love to listen to jazz music, while my sister only likes pop music. And we share the same bedroom. We decided to switch off music every day; and it's working great!
In the east Black and White cloud created Man and in the West Blue and Yellow cloud form Women.