Answer:
C) The winner of this grueling race, covering more than a thousand miles, becomes famous!
Explanation:
The statement uses the adjective grueling to describe the race, which means very tiresome. It also adds that the race is over a thousand miles, which is a very great distance.
Answer:
THE FIRST PARAGRAPH
Explanation:
Due to the nature of an essay the thesis statement is generally always in the first paragraph, in this case the very first line is the thesis statement.
