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The Reward of Enterprise

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?

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Responses which answer is correct and why a b c or d which one is it

The ship’s Captain has traveled widely.
The ship’s Captain has traveled widely.

Most people who travel by sea cannot swim.
Most people who travel by sea cannot swim.

Harborough grew up in a city.

Harborough grew up in a city.

Harborough feels he is superior to others.

Harborough feels he is superior to others.
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The best-supported inference from the passage is:

Harborough grew up in a city.

The text describes the narrator (Harborough) as "a city-bred youngster" who had "never been out of hail of the homeland before," indicating that he has a background in a city environment. This detail directly supports the inference regarding his upbringing.

The other options can be discussed as follows:

  1. The ship’s Captain has traveled widely. - While the text mentions the Captain has traveled, it does not elaborate on the extent of that travel or confirm it as "wide."

  2. Most people who travel by sea cannot swim. - The statement about sailors being often unable to swim appears more as an observation rather than a supported inference about most sea travelers.

  3. Harborough feels he is superior to others. - While Harborough expresses a sense of enterprise compared to the Captain, this does not necessarily equate to a feeling of superiority over others.

Thus, the most accurate inference supported by the details in the passage is that Harborough grew up in a city.