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Passage: 'Maria stood at the edge of the high dive, her heart hammering. Below, the pool shimmered like a blue promise. She had practiced this jump a hundred times in her mind, but mind-practice and muscle-practice, she now realized, were very different languages.' The comparison of 'mind-practice' and 'muscle-practice' to 'different languages' is best understood as a metaphor meaning that:

Maria spoke two languages and was confused about which to use. Physical performance requires a different kind of readiness than mental rehearsal. The swim coach had given Maria contradictory instructions. Maria had studied diving in a foreign country.

Correct Answer:

Physical performance requires a different kind of readiness than mental rehearsal.

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