Read the paragraph below and select the best prediction based on the text. Officials for the World Cup have to be the best in the world. They are refereeing games with expert players. Once nominated and selected, the officials perfect their fitness and endurance by sprinting, running backwards, and changing direction. They must be in the right position to see the active play on the field. This takes years of practice.

Referees must work for years before refereeing the World Cup.
Referees are tired after a game.
Each official has to be able to run backwards.
They are refereeing games with expert players.

"Referees must work years before refereeing the World Cup."

Explanation:

"Referees are tired after a game." Maybe, but not the point.

"Each official has to be able to run backwards." That's for them 'perfect their fitness and endurance'

"They are refereeing games with expert players." The paragraph is focusing on referees, not if they're playing with expert playes, but this could also be the answer but I'm not sure how.

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the price of our current war is high; it costs money and it costs lives.

but it does not cost our pride. it does not cost the guilt that would arise from knowing that we did nothing to intervene while our neighboring nations fell to despotic leaders.

it does not cost the terror of knowing that our allies are unstable. it does not cost the fear that we, too, will be next to fall.

which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of the parallel structure is effective in this passage?

a. it underscores that disagreement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly.

b. it makes the speaker seem like a decisive and capable leader.

c. it emphasizes reasons to fight and inspires listeners to aid the war effort.

d. it establishes the speaker's credibility by acknowledging the difficulties of war.