Answer this correctly!! If you’re not 101% sure then don’t answer.
Passage 1
If—
by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
5 If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
10 If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by a knaves to make a trap for fools,
15 Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with tired tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
20 And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will, which says to them: "Hold on!"
25 If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
30 With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And—which is more—you'll be a Man, my son!
Passage 2
adapted from Swallow: A Tale of the Great Trek (Chp. 35)
by H. Rider Haggard
Ralph cleared the mountain slope, but before he had covered a mile of way, darkness began to fall. Presently, the night was black. He was riding slowly, steering his path by the stars, and searching the dim outline of the mountains with his eyes.
But search as he would, Ralph could not see the saw-edged rock. At last, he dismounted and held the horse by the rein to allow him to eat a little grass, while he waited for the moon to rise. Oh! Never was the moon so long in coming, but at length it came and with it clear, soft light. He looked, and there, not half a mile away, just showing in the shadows, was the saw-edged rock he sought.
"There is little time to lose," Ralph muttered to himself as the stallion swept across the plain toward the rock.
"In three hours, it will be dawn, and these mountains are sheer and wide."
Now, he was in the pass and galloping up its rocky steeps, and soon, he was at the crest of the mountains, and beneath him, miles away, lay the dim open grasslands, and there—yes, there in the far distance—the moonbeams sparkled upon a white-topped hill and the waters of a river that washed its base. Miles and miles away and one hour left to cover them! For a moment, Ralph breathed the horse, then he shook the reins, and with a sniffle of pride, the horse started upon his last gallop.
Ah! What a ride that was! Rushing down the mountain way swifter than others dare travel on a plain, jumping from rock to rock, dashing through streams, and leaping dim valleys at a stride. On, on went the horse, with never a slip and never a stumble. On it went, swifter than an antelope and more stable than a fox. Now, the worst of the road was passed, and a long, smooth slope, almost free from stones, led them to the grassy plain beneath. The horse swept down it at a fearful pace and reached the level land in safety, but the strain of that mad gallop told its tale upon him, for he was soaked with sweat, his eyes—tired, and the breath screeched in his throat.
Ralph raised himself and scanned the sky, which began to brighten with the coming dawn.
Questions: How do the authors of the poem and the story present the topic of "ambition" differently?
A. The poem shows a father sharing his own experiences, while the story shows the horse's struggles to keep up with the pace of his master in order to reach the destination.
B. The poem shows a father and son arguing over who is wiser, while the story shows the horse and his master looking for moonbeams to reach their destination.
C. The poem shows a father and son discussing the different ways to succeed, while the story shows the horse and his master planning the route to their destination.
D. The poem shows a father advising his son how to face challenges, while the story shows the horse's determination and continuous efforts to help his master reach the destination.
