Question

adapted from the encantadas by herman melville
take five-and-twenty heaps of cinders dumped here and there in an outside city lot;
imagine some of them magnified into mountains
and the vacant lot the sea, and you will have a fit
idea of the general aspect of the encantadas, or
enchanted isles—a group rather of extinct
volcanoes, looking much as the world at large
might after a penal conflagration.
it is to be doubted whether any spot of earth
can, in desolateness, furnish a parallel to this
group. abandoned cemeteries of long ago, old
cities by piecemeal tumbling to their ruin, these
are melancholy enough; but like all else which
has but once been associated with humanity,
they still awaken in us some thoughts of
sympathy, however sad. hence, even the dead
seas, along with whatever other emotions they may
at times inspire, does not fail to touch in the
pilgrim some of his less unpleasurable feelings.
as for solitariness, the great forests of the
north, the expanses of unnavigated waters,
the greenland icefields, are the profoundest of solitudes to a human observer; still the magic of
their changeable tides and seasons mitigates their terror because, though unvisited by men,
those forests are visited by may. the remote
seas reflect familiar stars, and azure clear air of a
fine polar day, the irradiated and tranquil skies of

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read the sentence from paragraph 3.
as for solitariness, the great forests of the north, the expanses of unnavigated waters, the
greenland icefields, are the profoundest of solitudes to a human observer; still the magic of their
changeable tides and seasons mitigates their terror because, though unvisited by men, those
forests are visited by may.
what does the author imply by the underlined phrase?
a. there are still some areas of the planet that are undefiled by humankind.
b. forests are not as harsh as areas near the equator.
c. some remote regions of the earth experience the benefits of springtime.
d. may is like a gentle visitor in the great forests of the north.

Explanation:

El autor menciona que, aunque los bosques no son visitados por hombres, son visitados por May. Esto implica que hay áreas en el planeta que no han sido contaminadas por la humanidad.

Answer:

A. There are still some areas of the planet that are undefiled by humankind.