To solve this problem you simply need to determine which of these answer choices describes something that might happen following the death of the King. The correct answer is that " . . . his son became king." Additionally, "festival" means celebration; "adequately" means done well enough; "reigned" means ruled over (as king or queen).

To begin with "announced" means said to a group of people, declared. In this problem the speaker says " . . . I am not ready" to solve this problem you need to determine which of these answer choices fits with this declaration. The correct answer is therefore "Not yet . . . " The answer choices that are in the form of questions cannot be correct because the sentence contains no question marks.

In this question you are told that a boy is doing something " . . . to give to his mother." You know it is a boy because of the pronoun "his." So, which of these answer choices best makes sense as something a boy would give to his mother? The correct answer is "He is picking flowers . . . "

This sentence has a clue in it that indicates that there is an increase of intensity involved with its verbs. The words "not merely..." indicate that the boy actually made his sister very angry. When we "infuriate" someone, we do just that. When we speak of someone's "fury" we are referring to his or her extreme anger. None of the other options express this sense of being very angry.

This sentence clearly is contrasting the size of the seed to the size of the tree. This helps you to eliminate "lovely," "beautiful," and "healthy." Also, it was so large, that few had expected it to be so big. Therefore, the best choice is "gigantic", which expresses this way of being very big—in contrast to the seed's original tiny size.

The key expression in the sentence is not in good enough shape. This means that the runner did not prepare enough to be in good shape for race day. Therefore, his or her training was not sufficient.  To "suffice" means to be enough. The opposite of something that is sufficient is something that is insufficient.

The second sentence is key to understanding this question. The young man can't figure out where the water is coming from. He is looking for its origin or its "source." He certainly knows its location and its place! What is annoying to him is the fact that he can't figure out where it is coming from!

This sentence sets up a contrast. The first half of the sentence discusses how we can learn to do many things "sufficiently well." This means that we can learn how to do these things well enough. We can, however, only become experts at a few things.  Thus, the word "excel" is the best option. This is a verb meaning roughly to do very well or with a great deal of skill.

This sentence hints at an intensification. It says that Don was "not just mildly glad." This means that he was not merely glad in a minor way. No! He was very glad, meaning that he rejoiced greatly. Use this adverb to express the intensification indicated by the clues.

At least when this sentence is read in its most literal sense, it seems that Lawrence is trying to guess or calculate the time it will take for him to complete the job. This interpretation is helped by the fact that the second sentence says that it will help him to figure out his schedule. When we try to make an educated or intelligent guess about something—for example, time or costs—we "estimate" that thing. That is what Lawrence is doing in this sentence.