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.
Answer: hmmm so you want a real talk.
1. If you have a family, then you need your job to feed them, if no, then you that job to feed and dress yourself
2. You need the job no only for the money, but for your own happiness. When you go to work, you communicate with different people and see different types of lives.
3. Just stick to your job man, I used to work, and I really loved my work, but I had to quit because of my education.
Explanation: so man do everything you could do and don’t leave your job, it will help or save you one day
