The answer is D. The President reports that 60% of troops will be removed from Afghanistan before the end of the year.
Answer: C. Devastation
Explanation:
Cataclysm refers to an event which brings about a great change or harm. It is an event that leads to destruction or a violent change. Its synonyms include cdisaster, collapse, destruction, devastation, catastrophe, etc.
The accurate synonym for cataclysm as it is used in the excerpt is devastation. It implies that the animals that had survived the initial devastation were eventually killed.
The boys built a fort in the forest
Catalan is a language spoken in the northern part of Spain, near the French border.
