Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Many people believed that spices help ___________ food; however nutritionists found that most spices were __________ of having any effect on growth of microbes present in the food.

  1. preserve, incapable

  2. produce, impossible

  3. save, preventive

  4. spoil, probable

  5. protect, deprived
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Explanation

'Growth of microbes' is the key phrase. To prevent this, generally different methods of preservation are followed and one such method is the use of spices. So, the correct word for first blank has to be 'preserve'. For the second blank, 'incapable' is correct as the nutritionists have found that it is otherwise.

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