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Which choice best provides an objective summary of the excerpt?
excerpt from
Around the World in 80 Days
by Jules Verne
Phileas Fogg rightly suspected that his departure
from London would create a lively sensation at
the West End. The news of the quest spread and
afforded an interesting topic of conversation to
many. From the neighborhood, it soon got into
the papers throughout England. The boasted
"tour of the world" was talked about, disputed,
with much warmth and passion. Some
took sides with
Phileas Fogg, but the large
majority shook their heads and declareda
against
him. "It was absurd, impossible," they declared,
him it was
absurd impossible thouder
"that the tour of the world could be made
be made." The
Times, Standard, Morning Post, and Daily News,
and twenty other highly respectable newspapers
labeled Mr. Fogg's project as ridiculous, the Daily
Telegraph alone hesitatingly supported him.
People in general thought he was foolish.
Everything, it said, was against the travelers,
every obstacle imposed alike by man and by
nature.
OA Phileas Fogg's "tour of the world is a popular topic throughout England. It is being praised by some, but
sa
most declare he foolish to embark on such a dangerous quest.
OB. Phileas Fogg plans a tour of the world," but it seems that he has lofty ideas about his ability to complete it,
as most of England thinks he is foolish and ridiculous.
Ос. The headlines in England mainly criticize the tour of world" as ridiculous and impossible due to all the
obstacles that Phileas Fogg will face from both humans and nature.
OD The "tour of the world has hit all the headlines in England including the Times, Standard, Morning Post,
Daily News, and 20 other highly respectable newspapers.
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