Question6. (1)I played football through grade school, co-captained my high-school team, and went on to become an inside linebacker and defensive captain at the NCAA Division I level. (2)I learned to be an animal. (3)Coaches took notice of animals. (4)Animals made first team. (5)Being an animal meant being fanatically aggressive and ruthlessly competitive. (6)If I saw an arm in front of me, I trampled it. (7)Whenever blood was spilled, I nodded approval. (8)Broken bones (not mine, of course) were secretly seen as little victories within the bigger struggle. (9)The coaches taught me to punish the other man, but little did I suspect that I was devastating my own body at the same time. (10)There were broken noses, ribs, fingers, toes, and teeth; torn muscles and ligaments; bruises; bad knees; busted lips; and the gradual pulverizing of my spinal column. (11)By the time my jock career was long over at age 30, these injuries had resulted in seven years of near-constant pain. (12)It was a long road to the surgeon's office.The tone of this passage isa. informal and affectionate. b. regretful. c. praising and appreciative. d. scornful.