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Around 1850,a terrible disease ______the potato crop,and potatoes ______bad in the soil.

A.fight;went          B.hit;went             C.struck;turned      D.attacked;became

B


解析:

hit/strike 都可表示“侵袭”;go bad 是固定短语,意为“变坏”。句意为:大约1850年,一场可怕的病害袭击了马铃薯,因而马铃薯在地里变坏了。

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