多选题
As late as 1891 a speaker assured his audience that since profitable
farming was the result of natural ability rather than ______, an education in
agriculture was ______.
A. effort
B. luck
C. learning
D. useless
E. vital
F. intellectual
【正确答案】
C、D
【答案解析】[解析] Rather than表示前后反义重复，因此第一个空格应是natural ability的反义词，C选项入选，由于农业的盈利不是由于学习导致的，所以学习是没有用处的，D选项中选，正确答案为C，D选项。