"the marines were waiting for a security detail to them. one had driven over a land mine with his tank, which sat on the side of route 80, a little lopsided, like a cheap fixer-upper in a used-car lot."
what can the reader visualize by the author's description?

a. that the marines look disappointed
b. that the tank is leaning to one side
c. that the tank looks like a rusty old car
d. that the marines are standing by the tank

a

Explanation: because if its sitting like a cheap fixer upper shouldn't

it be disappointing??

the african society basically suffered the consequences of colonization and apartheid directly attacking the black people, first, during the colonialism and its main idea which which "white people" had better rights, affecting   them principally in the right to establish black people in their territories, access to quality education and health services and took away any civil right even to the black people to feel they have the same opportunities as the settlers.

active voice: my father cut the tree.

passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

active voice: people buy newspapers every day.

passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

active voice: people have been using movies as political propaganda since world war ii.

passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

active voice: donna gave me my birthday present.

passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

active voice: mom will leave the keys on the counter.

passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.