It would be the conclusion.
That is a run on sentence. 'These fences kept cattle in and rustlers out. Cattle injured themselves on the feces at first.'
The correct option is THE WORD CHOICE DARKENS THE TONE.
From the passage it can be seen that the author took care to use words that will arouse and sustain the suspense of the readers. The word choice in the excerpt gives the passage a dark tone that will raise the curiosity of the reader about the eventual outcome of the event stated in the passage.
C. by comparing the perceived values of the united states and the soviet union, because he is implying that if they reach first to the moon, bad things will occur in space
From the options above the one with strongest connotation to replace one poor word would be: (C) Miserable
Speech is not innocent and words are sometimes, consciously or unconsciously, charged with an interpretation different from what is said. In this miserable case it could be taken in a derogatory way or simply as a person who is having a bad time and being very sad feels miserable. Although surely, there could have some other interpretation of the word.
