12 Select the correct answer.
Which statement best expresses the author's purpose?
A
to show that children didn't understand the significance of the Berlin Wall
The Wall (excerpt)
One fall day in 1990, as Inge headed for her favorite spot in the
wall, she noticed that the towers from which the guards viewed
her neighborhood were empty. And she noticed something
else: she was not alone. Others, mostly young men with a mix
of other people, some of whom she recognized were at already
at the wall or moving toward it.
There was an air of excitement at the wall and when she
reached her usual spot, it was so crowded she could only stand
back and watch as the crowd grew.
"What is happening here?" Inge asked no one in particular,
A wizened old man who can crept up beside her turned and
explained. Speaking with a strong voice that belied his physical
appearance, he told her. "The wall, jungfraulein, is coming
down. East and west Berlin will become one Berlin."
A million thoughts began to race through Inge's mind as the
crowd swelled to thousands of people as far along the stretch
of the wall as she could see. The wall did come down that day
and Inge's colorless life was changed forever
B.
to show the political purpose of the Berlin Wall
C.
to show the excitement caused by tearing down the Berlin Wall
to show the excitement caused by the building of the Berlin Wall
D.
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