Question

I had never seen, had scarcely imagined, human beings undertaking such a work as the deliberate replanting of an entire forest area with different kinds of trees. Yet this seemed to them the simplest common sense, like a man's plowing up an inferior lawn and reseeding it. Now every tree bore fruit-edible fruit, that is. In the case of one tree, in which they took especial pride, it had originally no fruit at all-that is, none humanly edible-yet was so beautiful that they wished to keep it.

Answer 1

For nine hundred years they had experimented, and now showed us this particularly lovely graceful tree, with a profuse crop of nutritious seeds.

They had early decided that trees were the best food plants, requiring far less labor in tilling the soil, and bearing a larger amount of food for the same ground space; also doing much to preserve and enrich the soil.

Answer 2

The main idea of this passage is that _____.
Answer

people must produce food or starve

something can be both beautiful and practical

overplanting is good for the soil

patience is a useless virtue

Answer 3

Not A or C, i think B

Answer 4

What about D ?

Answer 5

No because it took them over 900 years so that DOES take patience.