Read the paragraph and answer the question. The wrestler was as strong as an ox. He set a world record in weight lifting and was able to bench press almost a thousand pounds. He once lifted a baby elephant out of a muddy river and returned it to safety. Many people told tales about his achievements, but he was also known for being kind and generous. He helped the older folks in town and repaired old telephone poles.
Which words help you understand the meaning of the phrase “strong as an ox”?
A. “kind and generous”
B. “lifted a baby elephant”
C. “helped the older folks in town”
D. “repaired old telephone poles”

Stone, two or three feet thick, the door of wood and iron, a foot thick, and the iron grating which strained the light, i could not being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if i were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up. i wondered that it should have concluded at length that this was the best use it could put me to, and had never thought to avail itself of my services in some way. i saw that, if there was a wall of stone between me and my townsmen, there was a still more difficult one to climb or break through before they could get to be as free as i was. i did not for a moment feel confined, and the walls seemed a great waste of stone and mortar. i felt as if i alone of all my townsmen had paid my tax. — “civil disobedience,” henry david thoreau based on this passage, how did thoreau feel about his confinement?

Which of the following sets of words are true rhymes? height and weightink and pinkcat and hatlove and love

How is reading a social experience? (5 points)