by Ward Muir
Seafaring people are odd in that way—I don’t mean in their ignorance of swimming, though, to be sure, the average sailor is seldom a swimmer. They’re so—how shall I express it?—so unenterprising. In the midst of adventure and romance they are stirred by no recognition either of the adventures or the romantic.
I was a city-bred youngster, who had never been out of hail of the homeland before, and I possessed more enterprise in my little finger than that far-travelled Captain had in the whole of his weather-worn, hulking lump of a carcass.
"The Reward of Enterprise" by Ward Muir
Question
Use the passage below to answer the question.
Which inference is best supported by the details in the passage?
(1 point)
Responses
Most people who travel by sea cannot swim.
Most people who travel by sea cannot swim.
The ship’s Captain has traveled widely.
The ship’s Captain has traveled widely.
Harborough feels he is superior to others.
Harborough feels he is superior to others.
Harborough grew up in a city.
Harborough grew up in a city.
1 answer
The inference that is best supported by the details in the passage is:
Harborough grew up in a city.
The passage explicitly states, "I was a city-bred youngster," which clearly indicates that Harborough's background is urban. The other responses, while they may have some basis in the content, are not as directly supported by specific details in the text.
