D. 3 beats in the measure because there’s two quarter notes (1 bt each) and two eighth notes (1/2 bt each); second measure has a half note (2 bts) and a quarter note (1 bt).
So you can say you did something yourself and have the credit instead of China you feel
So I can draw it for you so you can understand me better
The part of the text that relates to this does not show, but anyway the answer would be:
They were not being successful in getting results from what they had planted, so it appeared like there was not way to avoid the population from going hungry/starving.
Famine = starvation, going hungry
Inevitable = unavoidable, impossible to prevent
