Leia o texto a seguir para a questão. Mouse Night: One of our games William Stafford We heard thunder…

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Leia o texto a seguir para a questão.

Mouse Night: One of our games

William Stafford

We heard thunder. Nothing great – on high

ground rain began. Who ran through

that rain? I shrank, a fieldmouse, when

the thunder came – under grass with bombs

of water scything stems. My tremendous

father cowered: “Lions rushing make

that sound,” he said: “we'll be brain-washed

for sure if head-size chunks of water hit us.

Duck and cover! It takes a man

to be a mouse this night,” he said.

According to the poem, the best meaning for the word “duck” is:

Accepted Answer

E) to lower, turn, or bend (the head, body, etc.) suddenly, as in avoiding a blow or in hiding.

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A) any of a large number of relatively small swimming fowl with a flat bill, short neck and legs, and webbed feet.

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B) a cotton or linen cloth somewhat like canvas but finer and lighter in weight.

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C) a person qualified as being “odd,” “harmless,” “funny”.

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D) a chair at the end of a plank, in which a culprit was tide and then ducked into water.

We heard thunder. Nothing great – on high