Answer:
C). “about two-thirds of agricultural land in Australia is suffering from degradation, which includes loss of nutrients" ( Paragraph 17)
Explanation:
The quotation that most aptly highlights the current health of the soil would be “about two-thirds of agricultural land in Australia is suffering from degradation, which includes loss of nutrients" from Paragraph 17 as it talks about the present condition of the soil('degradation causing lack of nutrients') in Australia. The first and second quotation talks about the way to create soil and the quality of the soil while the last option talks about the past event 'The American Dust Bowl.' Therefore, <u>option C</u> is the correct answer.
Answer: The poet employed the repetition of keywords when developing the speaker's perspective. Explanation: The poet, Dunya Mikhail employed the repetition of keywords in her poem titled, Bag of Bones.
D. To convince the colonists to fight for independence.
The sentence that has an intransitive verb is A. Many soldiers volunteered freely.
An intransitive verb is one that is <em>not followed by a direct object</em>, meaning that there is not a thing or person that receives the action described by the verb. In this sentence, the verb<em> volunteer</em> is followed by an adverb of manner, and there is not a person or thing directly affected by the action.