Read the following excerpt. john had a difficult time trying to acclimate to his new school at first. without getting to know him, some of the other students made negative assumptions because he looked different. however, after a few weeks his classmates learned that he had none of the negative attributes they originally assigned to him. using the context, the word "assumptions" means

what can best be inferred from this excerpt is the pittsburgh pirates had a winning season in 1972., the specific information about the year is provided in the excerpt.

the other options are not correct because we can not assure that roberto clemente was the best since we don't know the information about the other players, there are no mentions about any specific fan either and it is clear that not many batters can make it to   3000 hits because it is mention as a high number.

the answer should be d) he was one of those young thousands who greeted the war with a certain amount of relief, welcoming the liberation from webs of tangled emotion" since it is the best option because it shows his desire to free himself. 

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