The statement “to lose is a kind of death” is an example of the author’s emphasis on the:
a. extent of the emotional investment in sports.
b. importance of honoring losers as well as winners.
c. unacceptability of losing a sporting competition.
d. consequences of an exaggerated concern with sports.

A. Extent of the emotional investment in sports.

- the heat nearly killed them that first summer.

#1  sara was always tasked with selecting birthday presents for her friends and family because everyone admired her  impeccable taste. 

impeccable (adj): perfect, flawless

#2  they moved to the united states many years ago, but their  insular  attitudes made it difficult for them to socialize. 

insular (adj): isolated; separate

#3  the professor explained the  semantic  relationship between the two nouns used in the sentence. 

semantic (adj): related to words or the meanings of words 

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