Read the statement. "There are rules that will generate all possible grammatical sentences in the English language, and we are going to
figure out what they are!"
Who would be most likely to say this?
a traditional grammarian
a structural grammarian
a transformation grammarian
a semanticist

there is no passage.

c hydrophobia is the answer

the sentence that best describes the tone of the passage from the radio broadcast compared to the passage from the book is b. the radio broadcast has a more surprised tone.

consider the text evidence: in the passage from the book, the description is more matter-of-fact. it is simply describing the things resembling little grey snakes, but there is no urgency in the description. on the other hand, in the passage from the radio broadcast, there is definetely urgency (you can tell from the expression used, "good heavens", which clearly indicates surprise.)