Question

questions 1 through 12 refer to the following. (the following passage is excerpted from a book published in the twenty - first century. the author is beginning to train a hawk) the goshawk is staring at me in mortal terror, and i can feel the silences between both our heartbeats. her eyes are luminous, silver in the gloom. her beak is open. she breathes hot hawk breath in my face. it smells of pepper and musk and burned stone. her feathers are half - raised and her wings half open, and her scaled yellow toes and curved black talons grip the glove tightly. it feels like im holding a flaming torch. i can feel the heat of her fear on my face. she stares. she stares and stares. seconds slow and tick past. her wings are dropped low, she crouches, ready for flight. i dont look at her. i mustnt. what i am doing is concentrating very hard on the process of not being there. heres one thing i know from years of training hawks. one of the things you must learn to do is become invisible. its what you do when a fresh hawk sits on your left fist with food beneath her feet, in a state of savage, defensive fear. hawks arent social animals like dogs or horses, they understand neither coercion nor punishment. the only way to tame them is through positive reinforcement with gifts of food. you want the hawk to eat the food you hold - its the first step in reclaiming her that will end with you hunting partners. but the space between the fear and the food is a vast, vast gulf, and you have to cross it together. i thought, once, that you did it by being infinitely patient. but no. it is more than that. you must become invisible. imagine youre in a darkened room. you are sitting with a hawk on your fist. she is as immobile, as tense and sprung as a catapult at full stretch. underneath her huge, thorny feet is a chunk of raw steak. youre trying to get her to look at the steak, not at you, because you know - though you never looked - that her eyes are fixed in horror at your profile. all you can hear is the wet click click of her blinking. in the passage as a whole, the author advances an argument about the mark for review a risks and rewards of closely interacting with wild animals b value of mastering social skills versus the value of mastering technical skills c usefulness of instilling a respect for nature in young people d benefits and costs of habitually becoming imperceptible

Explanation:

The passage discusses the interaction between the author and a hawk, including the fear and rewards involved in such close - contact with a wild animal. It explores the risks like the hawk's potential aggression and the rewards such as the experience of being close to a wild creature.

Answer:

A. risks and rewards of closely interacting with wild animals