73. Which of the following best expresses the essential information in the underlinedsentence in the passage?
(A) The boycott made King a civil rights leader, together with other AfricanAmericans.8
(B) After the boycott, King became a national civil rights leader and co-founder ofthe SCL
(C)
(C) The SCLC was founded by King after the success of the Montgomery BusBoycott.
(D) King, a co-founder of the SCLC, is recognized as a leader of the civil rightsmovement.[B] Emotional abuse is a form of violence that destroys a person’s sense of self. Itis an ongoing process to control, degrade, humiliate and punish a person throughbelittling and putting aside their ideas, feelings, perceptions and personality.Emotional abuse can be both verbal and behavioral, can be active or passive and canhappen between intimate partners, by parents, siblings or even friends and colleagues.Because the wounds of emotional violence aren’t physically visible, it oftengoes unnoticed and unreported. Most people don’t understand the power of persistentbullying. The effects of emotional violence can be debilitating and devastating andcan manifest (insomnia, nightmares, racing heartbeat, fatigue, etc) physically or(depression, anxiety and fear, confusion) psychologically.People think that abuse happens only when the violence is physical. Only whensomeone is beaten or bruised do we think we need to do something about it. What wedon’t realize is that while the bruises from emotional violence can’t be seen, theyremain with a person for a long time. The pain of feeling that you are “nobody” or“worthless” is lasting. Words sometimes cut deeper.Emotional abuse can sometimes be hard to detect because the signs andsymptoms vary. The ambiguity exists because emotional abuse is defined by theeffect it has on a person’s self-esteem. Intimidating someone, bullying, denying aperson his or her rights, making someone feel worthless—all these are definitely noteasy to identify. Everyone has a different threshold and so it affects peopledifferently.But, if a person’s ability to function is affected, it is abuse. If the words andbehavior drive a person to distress, anxiety and if there is a loss of self confidence andtrust, it is abuse.