Answer:
D. Leaping and jumping
Explanation:
When we're unsure about what a word means, we can use different methods to figure out its meaning. One way is to look at the context - words and phrases that surround it. The paragraph tells about a racing horse that is trying to catch up with other horses. Based on the context, we can conclude that the word cavorting means leaping and jumping. Words that especially lead to this conclusion are scattering her legs around limber, sometimes in the air, and sometimes out to one side.
Another way to find out what a word means is to look it up in a dictionary - an alphabetically arranged listing of words that contains different information about them, including their definitions and how they're used. There, we can see that this is what cavorting means.
definition of the denouement
Answer:denouement
NOUN
the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.
synonyms:
finale · final scene · final act · last act · epilogue · coda · end · ending · finish · close · culmination · climax · conclusion · resolution · solution · clarification · unraveling · windup
the climax of a chain of events, usually when something is decided or made clear.
"I waited by the eighteenth green to see the denouement"
Answer:
the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.
Explanation:
Researchers at the Occidental Research Bureau has struggled for three decades to produce a man-made leaf able to absorb CO₂ from the atmosphere and convert it into chemical energy. Yet now it seems that they have at long last achieved their goal.
Answer:
Researchers at the Occidental Research Bureau have struggled for three decades to produce an artificial leaf able to absorb CO₂ from the atmosphere and convert it into chemical energy. Yet now it seems that they have at long last achieved their goal.
Explanation:
The correct auxiliary in that sentence is have since it is referring to the researchers. In other words, it is a third person in the plural, so the correct auxiliary is have.
The term man-made is not wrong, but it would be better to use the word artificial, which means that nature did not create it.