A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning

(Steven Felgate) #1

say to sure that an environment filled with rich ,arty items isa


friendly environment.For some people ,such surroundings might be


quiet intimidating. Frugal ,in choice [b] ,means thrifty or


careful with money ,which is quite the opposite of what we wanted


here.


16.The lecturer’s frustration was only -----by the


audience’s--- totalk during her presentation.[A]


a) compounded ... propensity b) alleviated ...invitation


c) soothed ... authorization d) increased ... inability


e) supplanted ..... desire


Explanation :


Her a lecturer is frustrated by something her audience has done.


This frustration was only by some connection between the audience


and talking.It sounds like the lecturer was frustrated by her


audience desire or tendency to talk during her presentation.


Lecturer want to be heard ; an audience’s inability or lack of


desire to talkwould not frustrate a lecturer. So , for the second


blank ,we want something like desire choice [a] propensity, or


tendency ,and choice [e] desire could work. [c] make no sense.


Supplanted ,or replaced ,is illogical .So [a]’s gotto be correct.


The lecturer’s frustration was compounded or increased ,by


the audience propensity ,or tendency to talk.


17.The proposal to build a nuclear power plant was the most ----


issue ever to come up with a council meeting , it is astonishing

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