is fully charged. i know i can go all the way to the end of the trail and back. but i always carry a cell…

is fully charged. i know i can go all the way to the end of the trail and back. but i always carry a cell phone on me just in case.\nluigis motor moves slowly as we venture along the trail. i can hear the gravel quietly crunching beneath luigis rubber wheels. i hear the songs of cardinals in the trees and the clamor of crickets in the grasses. i hear the murmur of water slipping over time - smoothed rocks. it is september, and some of the trees are starting to blush red and orange at their tips. the wind ruffles my hair and chills my face as i bounce gently, along in my padded chair.\nbicyclists streak past in a blur of color and a cloud of dust i dont understand their hurry. luigi can go fast, but i like to ride slowly, to see like a hovering dragonfly. i want to see everything that has changed, grown, bloomed, or died since yesterday. today i notice that a spider has woven a web between some honeysuckle bushes by the bridge. i see that the bank of vibrant yellow black - eyed susans by the barbed wire fence is starting to dry and fade away. i spend an hour; looking and listening and learning.

is fully charged. i know i can go all the way to the end of the trail and back. but i always carry a cell phone on me just in case.\nluigis motor moves slowly as we venture along the trail. i can hear the gravel quietly crunching beneath luigis rubber wheels. i hear the songs of cardinals in the trees and the clamor of crickets in the grasses. i hear the murmur of water slipping over time - smoothed rocks. it is september, and some of the trees are starting to blush red and orange at their tips. the wind ruffles my hair and chills my face as i bounce gently, along in my padded chair.\nbicyclists streak past in a blur of color and a cloud of dust i dont understand their hurry. luigi can go fast, but i like to ride slowly, to see like a hovering dragonfly. i want to see everything that has changed, grown, bloomed, or died since yesterday. today i notice that a spider has woven a web between some honeysuckle bushes by the bridge. i see that the bank of vibrant yellow black - eyed susans by the barbed wire fence is starting to dry and fade away. i spend an hour; looking and listening and learning.

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Brief Explanations:

For question 7, "purrs softly" gives a more positive and friendly connotation compared to the other options like "moves slowly", "travels safely", or "proceeds carefully" which are more neutral in tone. For question 8, "I hear" is the most consistent with the first - person narrative of the passage. "You can hear" and "One can even hear" change the point of view, and "While hearing" disrupts the sentence structure. For question 9, "It is September" is the most concise and clear. "Due to the fact that it is" is wordy, "It turns into the month of" is an awkward expression, and "Because it has turned into" is also less straightforward. For question 10, "gently along" is the correct adverb - preposition combination. "gentle, along" uses an adjective incorrectly, "gently, along" has an unnecessary comma, and "gentle along," is both grammatically incorrect (adjective use) and has an incorrect comma placement. For question 11, "The sun begins to set" can lead into a new paragraph that might describe the evening scene, while "Bicyclists streak past" is about the current activity and not a good lead - in. "Nature always impresses me" is too general, and "Days can go by quickly" is not relevant to the context. For question 12, "dust. I don't understand their hurry" is correct. The original "dust I don't understand" is a run - on sentence. "dust, however," is incorrect as there is no contrast indicated. "dust," leaves the sentence incomplete. For question 13, "I spend an hour looking and listening and learning" is correct. "I spend an hour; looking..." has an incorrect semicolon. "hour, looking," and "hour looking;" also have incorrect punctuation.

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  1. D. purrs softly
  2. F. NO CHANGE
  3. A. NO CHANGE
  4. H. gently along
  5. B. The sun begins to set
  6. H. dust.
  7. D. hour looking