13. Which of the following best describes the author's exigence in the passage?
(A) The need for greater resources to solve
problems he finds pressing
(B) The proliferation of global organizations
that he finds menacing
(C) The opportunity for facilitating
communication between disparate groups
(D) The uncritical acceptance of an opinion
that he finds problematic
(E) The rapid pace of a homogenizing process
whose effects he finds reductive

D) the uncritical acceptance of an opinion

Explanation:

exigency is an urgent need or demand. So, we're finding what the author's urgent needs or demands are in the passage.

D makes the most sense here because he finds it problematic, meaning it is an urgent matter to the author.

some skiers think very highly of their sport.

that should be it i had the same question

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explanation:

explanation:

it refers to the definition of full-contact sports, where the condition is that the sport must have athletes must "purposely collide with each other