<p>4) one of the most important trees in north America, the chestnut tree brought nearly to extinction by fungus during the chestnut blight of 1909.</p>
<p>A) tree brought nearly to extinction by a fungus
B) tree, which a fungus brought nearly to extinction
C) tree, but a fungus brought it nearly to extinction
D) tree was brought nearly to extinction by a fungus
E) tree, having been brought nearly to extinction by a fungus </p>
<p>underlined " tree bought nearly to extinction by a fungus"</p>