The answer should be D.
It makes more sense to me.
B. Sounds wordy to me
C. Is a bit eh and sounds too much
D. Is simple and perfect
Therefore the answer is D. losing all moisture and drying out.
Answer:
1.) to explain the difficulty and discomfort
2.) it is dark to show the horror of the situation
Explanation:
Just took it :)
Lying down was not an option, nor could we all sit down. We decide to take turns sitting. There was little air. The lucky ones found themselves near the window; they could watch the blooming countryside. After two days travel, thirst became <u>intolerable</u>, as did the heat. There was still some food left. But <u>we never ate enough to satisfy our hunger.</u> Our principle was to economize, to save for tomorrow. <u>Tomorrow could be worse yet.</u>
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The underlined words and sentences show in the tone the difficulty and discomfort of the situation.
and found the answers with an educated guess and process of elimination
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Do you not have neighbors or something?
The expression, a chip off the old block means that people who resemble their parents in some way. For example, you could say <span>“Mark just won the same sailboat race his father won twenty years ago; he's a </span>chip off the old block<span>.”</span>