I believe the correct answer is: “Dipping his fingers languidly into the cool pond, he delicately plucked out an oval-shaped purple leaf…”
The setting of the narrative represents the place where narrative is being unfolded – its surroundings, position. This quotation is the best contribution to the setting as it describes the place where the story begins or where story happens (at the edge of the wide, sloping lawn, the tall, green fronds of bamboo waved, as mild as grazing sheep, and the politely clicking melody of wooden wind chimes wafted from the weathered pine balcony of his twelve-bedroom cottage).
Therefore, the excerpt from the text best establishes the setting of this passage is:
"Dipping his fingers languidly into the cool pond, he delicately plucked out an oval-shaped purple leaf with fine-toothed edges, then let it drop so he could capture a newer one, a larger, brilliantly red leaf whose crinkled surface curled like the palm of a hand. Behind him, at the edge of the wide, sloping lawn, the tall, green fronds of bamboo waved, as mild as grazing sheep, and the politely clicking melody of wooden wind chimes wafted from the weathered pine balcony of his twelve-bedroom cottage."
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are protected by state regulation modifies areas.
Research indicates that driver less cars use information to avoid both minor and major car accidents, making them safer than cars with human drivers.
Answer: Option A.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The paragraph in the question talks about the cars which are without a driver. here driver less cars, according to this paragraph prove to be more impactful and safer than the cars which have a human driver in them.
It is said by a study that driver less cars can collect more data to keep the vehicle safe, which human drivers are unable to do which helps them to avoid the major and the minor impact accidents both. So this proves to be more safe.
