Question

3 then the town itself is full of hints and flavors of the sea. the gables and roofs of the houses facing eastward are covered with red dust, like old anchors; a salty smell pervades the air, and dense gray fogs, the very breath of ocean, periodically creep up into the quiet streets and envelop everything. the terrific storms that lash the coast, the scornful waves, the shipyard, the wharves, and the tawny fleet of fishing boats yearly fitted out at rivermouth—these things, and a hundred other, feed the imagination and fill the brain of every healthy boy with dreams. he learns to swim and to handle an oar; he is born a sailor, whatever he may turn out to be afterwards.
4 to own the whole or a portion of a rowboat is his earliest ambition. no wonder that i, born to this life and coming back to it with the freshest sympathies, should have caught with the prevailing infection. no wonder i longed to buy a part of the trim little sailboat dolphin, which chanced then to be on the market. this was in the latter part of may.
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choose the correct ending for the sentence based on the information in the passage.
the phrase burns for as it is used in the story most nearly means
judges
desires
avoids
measures

Explanation:

The passage states "To own the whole or a portion of a rowboat is his earliest ambition" and "No wonder that I, born to this life and coming back to it with the freshest sympathies, should have caught with the prevailing infection. No wonder I longed to buy a part of the trim little sailboat Dolphin". "Burns for" expresses a strong desire, which matches the longing/ambition described in the text.

Answer:

desires