The work was discontinued on the highway project because of lack of funds to complete it. Which sentence has the same meaning as the sentence above?
1. Work discontinued the highway project because the funds lacked completion.
2. Workers had to complete the highway project because of lack of funds.
3. The highway project work was discontinued because funds to complete it were lacking.
4. The highway project was not completed because there was discontinued fund work lacking.

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.