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Dr. Grimaldi clenched his fist as the disobedient laptop crashed just as he was completing his medical article. The computer was only a year old. It had no reason to be misbehaving at such crucial moments or ever at all. The physician hung his head, admitting that he needed to start the entire paper over again.


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What is connoted by the phrase “clenched his fist” in the first sentence of the text?


Dr. Grimaldi’s hands are tired from typing his paper.


Dr. Grimaldi is exercising while he writes his paper.


Dr. Grimaldi is trying to control his strong frustration.


Dr. Grimaldi is grabbing a pencil since his computer is not working.
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Dr. Grimaldi is trying to control his strong frustration.

Explanation: clenching a fist commonly signals anger or frustration; the context (computer crash, losing work) supports that interpretation.