D. A contradiction between appearance and reality
<span>the reduction or withdrawal of military forces and weapons is called disarma</span>
The correct answer is letter b.
The excerpt is written in the Simple Past and narrates a series of events that happened in a sequence.
Notice the verbs in the Simple Past : wept, wailed, fell, faded and died.
There is a verb missing in the part " the earth stiff and cold" The verb is grow, the Simple Past form is grew, therefore " the earth grew stiff and cold" is the correct way.
Letter A is wrong because there's a verb missing.
Letter C and letter D " the earth was growing stiff and cold" the verb grow is in the Past Continuos, " the leaves were falling from the sorrowing trees" the verb fall is also in the Past Continous breaking the pattern stablished.
“When thinking” is the right answer (the definition of retrospect is “a survey or review of a past course of events or period of time”. So “when thinking “ is most likely the right answer.
