It was written on the year 2011
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d cause it uses it as a sport cause champion means like a winner and fencing is a sport
The dark cloud was like a stain of darkness over the wide-open plain.
(Is that too advanced?)
There was a red stain on the boy's shirt as he stood in the grassy plain.
(That's a bit simpler.)
The correct answer would be
D) According to Scholastic Book Records 2011, soccer player Lionel Messi makes over $39 million dollars annually. This impressive salary is from his work as a striker for La Liga's Barcelona team (page 99).
This is correct because it leaves your point of view out, it has correct grammar, and it gives you the source.