Directions: Select the most appropriate filler(s) for the blank(s) such that the sentence makes coherent sense.

In a large group of people, she often seemed ________ and aloof, although among her friends and family she was quite ________.

“Although” tells us that this is a contrasting sentence, so the description of Irina in a large group of people in the first part of the sentence should be different from how she acts when she is with her friends and family. Moreover, the word for first blank should be similar in meaning to aloof, thus “reticent” (habitually silent or uncommunicative) replaces the first blank. “Convivial” (companionable, sociable) is in contrast to reticent, thus fits our prediction for second blank. Hence, (1) is the answer.