Once the animal's usual sources of nourishment have been exhausted, acorns are its only means of ______.
 
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 resuscitation“复兴”;distraction“分散注意力,精神错乱”;subsistence“生存”;camouflage“掩饰,伪装”。空格的名词表示acorns are its only means of...(橡果是唯一……的方法)。空格应该体现nourishment(营养物)的概念,故答案为C。