单选题 This novel is worth reading, because it gives a detailed description of the historical ______ in 1949.
A. accidents B. cases
C. events D. things

【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] accident指“(不幸的)意外事故”；case意为“实情，事例”；event指“重大事件”；thing泛指“事情”。所以，选项C正确。