The decade of the 1970's was for the U.S.S.R, as for the United States, a period of increased awareness of environmental deterioration. In response, new laws were passed, pollution control funding was increased, and natural resource conservation was heavily stressed.
The cues to the context clue for the word consensus in the sentence are the following: (A). The Dash and (C) The position following the unknown word. These two are used in order for us to know the meaning of the unknown word even just reading the context without even using a dictionary.
Answer:
1. Marriage is like a bed/couch of roses
2. She was as light/airy as a feather
3. Austin is as busy/occupied as a bee
4. Ada cried like a baby/infant
5. The pie was as sweet as sugar/candy
Explanation:
An analogy is making a comparison between two dissimilar things to show contrast or to make explanations.
Synonym is a word that is similar or identical in meaning to another word