Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.

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

  1. preserve, incapable

  2. produce, impossible

  3. save, preventive

  4. spoil, probable
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence presents a contrast. Belief is they do some good; actually they don’t. Hence, we would use the words 'preserve' and 'incapable'.

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