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I think the storm is here. The wind is so loud that I am awakened from my sleep at 4 a.m. I can hear the wind racing fiercely around the house. The house is
standing its ground against the wind's force. The window panes are whistling as
the wind finds little air pockets to climb through. I guess my dad will need to seal those
up once the storm passes. Climbing out of bed, I go to the window to look outside.
I can see the branches of the old oak trees in our front yard trying to steady
themselves against the wind. Some of the branches have been snapped
and lay in piles on the ground. The flowers in my mom's flower garden are not able to
withstand the wind which succeeds in plucking all the petals off and
scattering them on the lawn. All of my mom's efforts at having a well-manicured lawn have been
destroyed. I can see that my family will have a huge mess to clean up after the
storm passes. The lawns of the neighboring homes look just as bad as ours.
Look back at the last part of the passage. What does the phrase "which succeeds in plucking all the petals off and scattering them on the lawn" mean?
OA. The flowers in the mom's garden give up their fight and surrender to the strong winds.
O B.
OC.
O D.
The wind pulls the flowers up from the ground and throws them all over the yard.
Because of the storm, the narrator's mom cannot replant new flowers in her garden.
Due to the windstorm, the flower petals are blown from the flowers and into the yard.