Reading the following passage carefully and choose the best way to complete each of the following sentences. In a lot of ways my life is like the sport of rowing. The shore is like my past. Once I have gotten in that boat and launched off for my race, there is no looking back. And there are no regrets and no disappointment. I have to just keep rowing. The water is comparable to the problems I face in life. Some days, the water will be smooth and there will be hardly any waves at all, while other days I'll take efforts to get past waves that could potentially flip my boat. The boat is like my perspective. I can only do in the boat what I have learned; similarly, I can only base my opinions on the experiences I’ve had. Though my boat will sometimes be unbalanced, I’ll make the best of the situation I’ve been placed in and learn from it. The oars can be related to my will and drive to succeed. Though there are times the oars will rip my hands open, leaving them in so much pain that I feel I cannot go on, I know my hands will heal, and I’ll have become more conditioned because of it. I know the harder I pull on the oars, and the greater endurance I build from doing so, the more likely I’ll obtain the outcome I am working toward. My teammates can be related to my family and friends. Sometimes the race will get hard. My body will ache, my throat will be sore, and I will feel like quitting. However, I know that I have eight other people in the boat counting on me, and will not let myself down. The coxswain is much like my morals and values. When rowing, I cannot see the racecourse, so I must rely on the coxswain to guide me. Although there will be times she won’t know what’s around a corner, she must use her best judgment to get the boat to the end. The finish line is most similar to my goals and dreams. Although my goal during a race is to be first to cross the finish line, my goals in life are much more than that. I realize that I have a long way to go before I reach my “finish line.” When one goal is reached, I create another one to work toward. Overall, the most important lesson I’ve learned through rowing about life is that life is what I make it. I can choose to be angry and wallow in self-pity or I learn from my mistakes. I will always work toward being the best person I can and take constantly the opportunities I’m offered to learn and grow. I am a rower. The shore is just like the writer’s past because when he is rowing ______. A. there are regrets and disappointment B. he has to keep rowing C. there is no looking back, and there are no regrets and no disappointment D. he has to get in the boat and launch off quickly The water is like the problems the writer faces in life because _______. A. smoothness and roughness of the water are just like happiness and unhappiness in life. B. there will be hardly any waves at all in the water C. he will have to get past waves that could potentially flip his boat D. the problems in rowing are like the writer’s problems. The harder the writer pulls on the oars, the greater______ he builds from doing so. A. judgment B. experience C. pain D. endurance The most important lesson the writer has learned from rowing about life is that____. A. he can choose to be angry B. he can choose to wallow in self-pity C. he cannot make mistakes D. he makes his own life. The passage is mainly about______. A. rowing’s effects on life B. similarities between rowing and life C. differences between rowing and life D. life’s effects on rowing