Modernization has ______ the country from a primitive society to a near-industrial one. A: conversed B: converged C: converted D: conveyed

Visitors to this country have ______ the severe punishment for relatively minor offenses, such as stealing. A: conversed with B: commented on C: communicated with D: compensated for

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Reverend Dimmesdale succumbed to Hester's charms.（） A: appealed to B: conversed about C: cared nothing for D: yielded to