Passage two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
There isn't any question about Washington's greatness. If his administration had been a failure, there would have been no United States. He had all the background that caused him to know how to make it work, because he had worked under the Continental Congress. Some presidents have limited their roles to being administrators of the laws without being leaders. But Washington was both a great administrator and a great leader.
Basically the author's opinion of Washington is______.

A. praiseful
B. derogatory
C. critical
D. negative