Multiple choice

For thousand of years millions of men have labored to clear the forests, to drain the marshes, and to open up highways by land and water. Every inch of soil we cultivate in Europe has been watered by the sweat of several races of men. Every acre has its story of enforced labor, of intolerable toil, of people's sufferings. Every mile of railway, every yard of tunnel, _________.

What is the most critical completion of the passage?

  1. has seen innumerable stories of distress

  2. has witnessed human agony and glory alike

  3. has been possible only because of sacrifices

  4. has received its share of human blood

  5. has witnessed this gory truth
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The passage is about the fruit of labor. The option continues the theme of sweat, toil and labor.

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