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For Each Passage, Choose the Appropriate Letter to Identify the Author's

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For each passage, choose the appropriate letter to identify the author's tone. The truth is, if you asked me to choose between winning the Tour de France and cancer, I would choose cancer.Odd as it sounds, I would rather have the title of cancer survivor than winner of the Tour, because of what it has done for me as a human being, a man, a husband, a son, and a father.In those first days after crossing the finish line in Paris, I was swept up in a wave of attention, and as I struggled to keep things in perspective, I asked myself why my victory had such a profound effect on people.Maybe it's because illness is universal-we've all been sick, no one is immune, and so my winning the Tour was a symbolic act, proof that you cannot only survive cancer, but thrive after it.Maybe, as my friend Phil Knight says, I am hope.
(Lance Armstrong with Sally Jenkins, It's Not About the Bike.New York: G.P.Putnam, 2000, p.265.)

Definitions:

Moro Reflex

is an infantile reflex characterized by the baby spreading its arms and then unspreading them in response to a sensation of falling.

Startle Reflex

An automatic reaction to sudden, unexpected stimuli, such as a loud noise or sharp movement, demonstrating the body's fight or flight response.

Myelin Sheaths

Protective coverings around nerve fibers that increase the speed at which impulses propagate along the myelinated nerve cells.

Nerve Coverings

Protective sheaths around nerves, such as the myelin sheath, that help speed the transmission of nerve impulses.