Now I had often seen pilots gazing at the water and pretending to read it as if it were a book; but it was a book that told me nothing. A time came at last, however, when Mr. Bixby seemed to think me far enough advanced to bear a lesson on water-reading. So he began' What two things are being compared in this passage? A) boats and airplanes B) a river and an ocean C) the author and Mr. Bixby D) water reading and book reading Eliminate

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Alexis Savage

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9 February, 03:05

Now I had often seen pilots gazing at the water and pretending to read it as if it were a book; but it was a book that told me nothing. A time came at last, however, when Mr. Bixby seemed to think me far enough advanced to bear a lesson on water-reading. So he began' What two things are being compared in this passage? A) boats and airplanes B) a river and an ocean C) the author and Mr. Bixby D) water reading and book reading Eliminate

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Julius Cannon · Answer 1

D) water reading and book reading

The paragraph talks about how Mr. Bixby thinks the speaker is ready to learn water-reading at the end of the paragraph and at the beginning he talks about pretending to read the water as if it were a book.