Answer:
The use of words like cheap instead of inexpensive shows the author's bais.
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"Hiking through these mountain ranges is very challenging." The active verb is "is". There is also a gerund, "hiking" which serves as the subject of the sentence. The subject clause is "Hiking through these mountain ranges", so even though "hiking" is a verb form, a gerund, it is not the verb in this sentence; it is part of the subject clause.
The rest of the passage contains other types of verb clauses, so you need to study those until you understand them! (:
The answer is number 2. This is because when you skim text you just glance at it to figure out the topic.
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The animals win the fight for freedom from humans, only to later lose their freedom to other animals. ( second choice)