Read the following passage and answer the questions 11 through 15: A Brook In The City The farmhouse lingers, though averse to square With the new city street it has to wear A number in. But what about the brook That held the house as in an elbow-crook? I ask as one who knew the brook, its strength And impulse, having dipped a finger length And made it leap my knuckle, having tossed A flower to try its currents where they crossed. The meadow grass could be cemented down From growing under pavements of a town; The apple trees be sent to hearth-stone flame. Is water wood to serve a brook the sam

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In this passage, the word averse means:



 
A. long-lasting. 
 
 
B. very serious. 
 
 
C. opposed to. 
 
 
D. comfortable. 
 
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