Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the appropriate option and fill in the blank.

Over these roads and ________ eagerly streamed the advance agents of civilization.

  1. cascades

  2. tributaries

  3. watercourses

  4. maunders
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This sentence highlights a very general statement that almost all the civilization of the world advanced on roads and near water bodies. 'Cascades' is waterfall, hence ruled out. 'Maunders' is to move or act in dreamy, vague way, hence, irrelevant in this context. “Water courses” is more general and broad term and includes all types of water bodies, instead of tributaries, which is more specific. Hence, (3) is the answer.

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