Because (1) there is a possibility that her classmates said her the wrong score or (2) there is a problem in her ears.
The paragraph begins by talking about the fun times Terry & Aaron had during their summer, so the best fit is A. cheerful and happy.
The formal words should be matched to the less-formal words as follows:
Fat - Corpulent
Fake - Counterfeit
Teacher - Instructor
Speech - Oration
Same - Identical
Distract - Divert
Bit - Modicum
Letter - Missive
Destroy - Annihilate
Garbage - Refuse
Answer:
Cognitive or intellectual development means the growth of a child's ability to think and reason. It's about how they organize their minds, ideas and thoughts to make sense of the world they live in. ... Begin to reason and argue, uses words like why and because. Understand concepts like yesterday, today and tomorrow.