The correct answer is <span>A. My cat's favorite pastime seems to be sleeping.
That is because in this case the gerund sleeping works as a noun, functioning as an object.</span>
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'The mercenaries fought for as long as they were paid, not just the 40 days a year that knights fought.'
Explanation:
This supports the statement that hired soldiers would fight for longer than knights would. They had motivation which was currency in exchange for their participation in battle/war. The knights on the other hand were only required a certain amount of days. It was not stated whether they were paid or not, but I can assume that they were not which would make one--specifically--a knight reluctant to go to battle. Therefore, hired soldiers did the work the knights were reluctant to do.
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B: Experts today estimate that 20,000- 30,000 laborers worked on the pyramid at any one time.
Explanation:
The main idea about the task of builting the pyramid, which required a huge workforce, is supported by the detail described in option B that says that the experts estimate the number of workers involved in this colossal project: <em>between 20,000 and 30,000 laborers is to be considered a huge workforce.</em>
Wrokforce: all the people who work for a company or organization.
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Irony is a discrepancy between what is expected to happen and what actually happens. This mostly refers to situational irony, but can relate to other types of irony as well. Situational irony means that the opposite of what was expected actually happens.
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