"Marjorie turns to the fish, They swim slickly
backwards and forwards in the bright heaven of
their tanks:'white gravel,silver bubbles,green weed and the iridescence of their scales.They
cheer her. How much more beautiful fish are than
people, she thinks for the thousandth time.No
ungainliness,no filth;no stupidity."

Based on Lesley Glaister's "Serrusalmus", New Writing, in the passage above, the fish are better than people because they are

• A.more radiant
• B.more colourful
• C.less awkward
• D.less scheming
• E.