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Number 41 it's (d).......
“A wind-storm in the forests” is more essay than story, but perhaps it is best described as a mood-piece: it uses a lot of musical imagery, not to mention sea imagery, religious imagery, and any other imagery that suits his purpose. And that purpose? To convey the grandeur and timelessness of the forests he loves and wants to protect. The story commences with a discussion of trees in the Sierra and how they variously respond to the wind, and then moves onto a description of a particular wind-storm during which he climbed a 100 ft Douglas Spruce to experience the storm first hand. <span>All eight pages or so are written in idolatrous prose like this. According to Wikipedia, Muir found writing hard, feeling that words were not really up to the task. Whether the problem is words or Muir himself, the prose </span>is<span> a little heavy-handed – and yet how wonderful it is to have the writings of such a man. We would, I think, have been the poorer without a written record of his passion.</span>
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They were drawn into 'La Rinconada' in search of gold.
Explanation:
La Rinconada is a gold mining city situated in Peruvian Andes. It is situated at 16,000 feet (approx) above the sea level claiming the title of the world's highest city in the world.
The town attracts people because of the gold mine that lies in it. In fact, the people began living there because of this gold mine only. According to statistics, the city started becoming populated between 2001 and 2009.
So, the reason for many multinational corporations being drawn to the mountains of La Rinconada was because of its gold mining conditions. They drove there in search of gold.
The i before e spelling rule goes as such: i before e EXCEPT after c. There are many cases where this is side stepped. However, there is no c in neighbor and the i does not come after the e. So yes, this is an exception of the rule.
Definetly a dictionary definition, wish you luck, I know school can be hard!