Directions: For the following question, choose the option that fills up the blanks most correctly.

In the early nineteenth century, some British agricultural workers felt that newly invented farm machinery threatened their jobs, and they _____ their fear of ____ by smashing machines.

The clue here is and. This tells us that the blanks are going to build on what is stated in the sentence. So, if the workers felt that newly invented farm machinery threatened their jobs, it's likely that they didn't bless the machines. 'They BLANK their fear of BLANK' helps us to predict that the workers 'expressed' or showed their fear of something along the lines of industry by smashing machines. When we look at the answer choices, we see that choice (3) is the one for us. That's because registered, in this context means 'expressed,' and technology refers to the machines mentioned in the sentence. None of the other choices make sense, although choice (1) is a little tempting. That's because we can imagine frustrated workers smashing machines in anger at the injustice they're experiencing. But there's no actual reference to injustice in the sentence.