单选题 Despite the ______ hope that she could pass on her wisdom and her story posthumously, as Mammy and Lowly have done with her, still Ella seems to find no substitution for children, ______ through the novel with her inability to reproduce.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 句意：尽管有希望在她死后把其智慧和故事传承下来，就像Mammy和Lowly做的那样，Ella仍然没有找到孩子的替代品，与她自己无法生育这一事实的斗争贯穿着整个小说。potential潜在的，可能的。struggling斗争。essential本质的。scrabbling乱涂，乱写。obtainable可得到的。suffer遭受。claimable可要求的。anguish痛苦。