The first option would be the most reasonable one
Explanation:
The pilgrims demonstrated their values in their daily effort to survive in the harsh environment by refusing to give up in the midst of extreme winter, sickness, starvation and no wilderness survival skills. They stayed together and helped each other out as a community.
The sentence that best paraphrases the first sentence of the excerpt is "You aren't telling me anything I don't know". This is because the narrator uses the metaphor of "rousing me from a deep sleep" as saying that he was aware of the situation that was going on, it wasn't that he didn't know about it.
The correct answer that would best complete the given statement above would be option B. selective. <span>Colleges that only have a limited number of seats are said to be more SELECTIVE. Since there are only limited seats, these seats should be given to those who have been properly selected. Hope this answers your question.</span>
