Part A
Read paragraph 11.
ALICIA: I torture myself and I don't know why-I try to be positive, and I keep telling myself to talk at
parties or to answer a teacher's question in class. It isn't the hardest, most noxious thing in the world.
Still, the thought of it rattles me, and I push it back into the shadows of my mind.
Which word could replace noxious without changing the meaning of the sentence?
revolting
poisonous
unpleasant
nauseating