Question

Complete the following sentence with the correct ending from (A)-(D).

I walked to the very end of the high diving board ____________________.

• A. to take my life in my hands
• B. gathering my life in my hands
• C. picking my life in my hands
• D. taking my life in my hands

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

taking my life in my hands

The appropriate second half of the sentence is Option D), making it the correct answer. This is because out of all the options presented, it goes the best with the first half in terms of context as well grammar; that is the speaker acknowledges that he /she walked to the very edge of the diving board, risking his life. Further, to 'take one's life into one's hand' is a common idiom as well. The other options are either irrelevant or don't make sense.