<p>I was the only passenger getting off. The short, imperious bus driver opened the baggage door and made a show of dragging out luggage to get to mine, as if I were being difficult. A more accommodating woman, he implied, would be content with whatever bags happened to be right out in front. Finally, he slapped my two huge suitcases flat out in the dust. He slammed the doors and reclaimed his throne, causing the bus to bark like a dog, leaving a cloud of exhaust in the air, getting the last word, I suppose.</p>
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<li>The narrator's description of the bus driver in lines 1-2 ("The ... driver") and 7-8 ("He...throne") primarily suggests that he
A. conducted himself with unexpected dignity
B. had an exaggerated sense of his own importance
C. preferred not to interact with people
D. was dissatisfied with his job
E. disregarded his passengers' comfort</li>
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<p>I chose E, then redid it, and chose A. But the answer is B. How?</p>
<p>When I was a child, I thought that all the world was known. It was taught to me so. I thought the list of explorers complete, the species and their habitats all catalogued. I though with envy of sailors who had discovered whole new lands. I wished that I had been the first person ever to stand at the edge of the Grand Canyon or beside the hot springs of Yellowstone. I wanted to be the first astronaut to set foot on the Moon.</p>
<p>In the first paragraph (lines 1-8), which of the following feelings does the author describe having experienced as a child?
A) Curiosity
B) Exhilaration
C) Bewilderment
D) Suspicion
E) Frustration</p>
<p>By literary standards, the deep sea is a solemn place, vaguely sinister, a place of loss, a place unknown, where the poet Tennyson describes the monstrous Kraken sleeping below the thunder of of the upper deep, where faintest sunlight flee. Only Captain Nemo in the Nautilus of fiction has voyaged 20,000 leagues through the submarine depths of all seven seas. “As Monsieur Arronax says in the last words (words that still apply) of Jules Verne’s tale : " And to that question posed 6,000 years ago - ‘Who can fathom the depths of the abyss?’ - only two out of all humanity now have the right to respond. Captain Nemo and I.”</p>
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<li>The author quotes the fictional Monsieur Arronax (lines 41-44) to suggest that
A. few people are qualified to attempt underwater exploration
B. literary attempts to imagine the ocean depths have failed to capture the reality
C. explorers throughout history have both feared and desired to the unknown
D. attempting deep-sea dives is foolhardy but well worth the risk
E. Nemo’s fictional voyage still has no complete parallel in the real world.</li>
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<li><p>Search up definition of imperious</p></li>
<li><p>If he thought of something with envy and thinks everything is already known and was taught so, he would not be curious.</p></li>
<li><p>"Only Captain Nemo in the Nautilus of fiction has voyaged 20,000 leagues through the submarine depths of all seven seas. "</p></li>
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<p>Therefore, what he did has not been done in real life. E most closely reflects this.</p>
<p>For the first question ,option A does not go. It talks of having ‘dignity’ all by himself,one can himself be ‘proud’ only. Honor is an entitlement given by others.Hope it is enough.</p>
<p>tomatox1, I understand 1 now. I thought imperious mean domineering, but it can also mean arrogant. can you elaborate on 3? why is b wrong？ thank you</p>
<p>@duke2017, i dont understand what you said, but thanks anyways</p>
<p>For number 3, B is way to broad of an answer. I don’t know much about the rest of the passage, but i think it is the “fails to capture the reality” that throws B off.</p>