Read the excerpts from Samuel Johnson's preface to A Dictionary of the English Language. So far have I been from any care to I look with pleasure on my book,
grace my pages with modern
however defective, and deliver it to
decorations, that I have studiously the world with the spirit of a man that
endeavoured to collect examples and has endeavoured well.
authorities from the writers before the
restoration.
In both excerpts, the word endeavour means to
O probe, investigate, or examine.
O make an effort or attempt, or to try.
O judge harshly or criticize.
O overlook, ignore, or neglect.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.

journalism is the gathering, organizing, and distribution of news -- to include feature stories and commentary -- through the wide variety of print and non-print media outlets. it is not a recent phenomenon, by any means; the earliest reference to a journalistic product comes from rome circa 59 b.c., when news was recorded in a circular called the acta diurna. it enjoyed daily publication and was hung strategically throughout the city for all to read, or for those who were able to read.

(the answer is d)

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