A. EVER B. BEFORE C. PREVIOUSLY D. PRESENTDROUGHT IN THE UNITED ST...

10. A. ever B. before C. previously D. presentDROUGHT IN THE UNITED STATESThe Southwestern States of the United States suffered one of the worst droughts in their historyfrom 1931 to 1938. The drought (41) ______ the entire country. Few food crops could be grown. Foodbecame (42)______, and prices went up (43) ______ the nation. Hundreds of families in the Dust Bowlregion had to be moved to farms in other areas with the help of the federal government. In 1944, droughtbrought great damage to (44)______ all Latin America. The drought moved to Australia and then toEurope, (45)______ it continued throughout the summer of 1945. From 1950 to 1954 in theUnited States, the South and Southwest suffered a (46)______ drought. Hundreds of cattleranchers had to ship their cattle to other regions because (47)______ lands had no grass. The federalgovernment again (48)______ an emergency drought-relief program. It offered farmers (49)______credit and seed grains (50)______ low prices.