Multiple choice

Blank (viii)

Directions: Choose the most appropriate word to fill the numbered blank.

Books are a wonderful blessing. When the clouds of sorrow and misery darken the horizon of our life, like a (i) __________ friend, they comfort and console us with sweet words. When our friends and kith and kin desert us owing (ii) __________ our misfortunes, they do not leave us in the lurch. They encourage us and (iii) __________ us to get over difficulties with courage and perseverance. They are the essence of man’s wisdom and experience extending (iv) __________ thousands of years and are his (v) __________ valuable inheritance. It (vi) __________ true that all books are not equally good. Some books should better be avoided. Books should (vii) __________ judiciously and (viii) __________ selected.

  1. carefully

  2. care

  3. carelessly

  4. careless
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence states 'Books should (vii) judiciously and (viii) ________ selected.' Both blanks need adverbs to modify 'selected'. 'Carefully' (option A) is the only adverb form that fits - 'carefully and carefully selected' would be redundant, but 'carefully selected' is grammatically correct. Options B and D are adjectives, C is an adverb with opposite meaning.

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