单选题
The Czarist Russian conquest of the proud, independent sea hunters was so devas-tatingly thorough that tribal traditions, even tribal memories, were almost______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析：四个选项的意思分别是：devoured吞吃，狼吞虎咽；designated指明，指出；obliterated毁掉，使淹没；invalidated使无效。句意是，专制的俄国征服了高傲独立的海上猎人，这场战役破坏性极大，以至于部落习俗，甚至部落记忆几乎都遭到彻底破坏。所以正确答案是C选项，如：The village was obliterated in the bombing raid．(这个村庄在轰炸袭击中被完全毁灭了。)