Question

read the sentence from paragraph 2 of the passage. \yesterday while i was rummaging in a pile of ancient notebooks of mine which i had not seen for years, i came across a reference to that biography.\ what does the phrase rummaging in mean as it is used in the sentence? a reaching into b diving deep into c fumbling around d poking around in

Explanation:

"Rummaging in" implies searching through something in a somewhat casual or exploratory way. "Poking around in" also conveys the idea of looking through or exploring an area or a collection (like a pile of notebooks) in a similar manner. "Reaching into" is too simple and doesn't capture the sense of searching. "Diving deep into" is more intense than the context suggests. "Fumbling around" implies more clumsiness and less purposeful searching compared to the idea of casually looking through (as in rummaging).

Answer:

d. poking around in