Question

Read this sentence from paragraph 3 of "The Chance of a Lifetime."

I heard stories of sudden wealth and heartbreaking ones about wells that did not yield a single drop of oil.

In which new sentence is the word yield used in the same way?

A.
The goal of the baseball pitcher was to yield no runs.

B.
Traffic entering the freeway must yield the right of way.

C.
The talkative speaker would yield to no other voice.

D.
Only the richest soil will yield good crops.

Answer 1

D. "Yield" in both sentences means "produce" or "give forth" (soil yielding crops = well yielding oil).