Answer:
Our first cycling stage in Holland will be a 38 mile (60km) ride from Bunnik to Amsterdam via Hilversum. Bunnik lies in the very center of the Netherlands, surrounded by rolling woodland meandering rivers and fields of tulips. For part of the journey we’ll be cycling alongside the ‘Crooked Rhine’ river. Admittedly the looping bends will slow us down a bit, but in the later stages there are several long straights on which we’ll be able to make up time.
Answer:
The narrator tells Margaret that despite living a life of luxury, he still prefers this difficult voyage. But he needs encouragement
Explanation:
My life might have been passed in ease and luxury, but I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path. <em>The narrator tells Margaret that despite living a life of luxury, he still prefers this difficult voyage.</em>
But he needs encouragement
<em>I am required not only to raise the spirits of others, but sometimes to sustain my own, when theirs are failing.</em>
Answer:
The correct word is "were".
Explanation:
You can realise it is in indicative mood because the attitude of the author towards the sentence is that of a factual truth or believe. Meaning, the author expresses the idea as a true fact. To the contrary, "imagine" is in imperative mood: the author is trying to compell the reader to do something, often without saying "you".
I would say that a flare is the least like the others, considering that it doesn't have a bulb, whereas the other options do, and it is fired in the air, whereas the other options are not thrown and ejected.