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Read "Sonnet 104" by William Shakespeare. Then, answer the question that follows.

To me, fair friend, you never can be old,
For as you were, when first your eye I eyed,
Such seems your beauty still. Three winters cold
Have from the forests shook three summers' pride,
Three beauteous springs to yellow autumn turn'd
In process of the seasons have I seen,
Three April perfumes in three hot Junes burn'd,
Since first I saw you fresh, which yet are green.
Ah! yet doth beauty, like a dial-hand,
Steal from his figure and no pace perceiv'd;
So your sweet hue, which methinks still doth stand,
Hath motion and mine eye may be deceiv'd:
For fear of which, hear this, thou age unbred;
Ere you were born, was beauty's summer dead.

Which sentence best paraphrases the lines in bold?

A) Friends never get tired of one another if they are truly friends.

B)It seems like you never age; you look exactly the same as the day I first saw you.

C) When I look at you now, I do not recognize you because you have grown so old.

D) You should choose your friends wisely, because sometimes friends turn into enemies.

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Answer:

The best sentence that paraphrases the lines in bold is:Beauty fades slowly over time, like the movement of the hands on a clock that is not easily noticeable.

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