Directions: For the given question, select one entry for each blank from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks to best complete the text.
Language at best is but a kind of _(i)_ the only way in many cases, of expressing our ideas to one another, but still a very bad way, and not for one moment comparable to the unspoken speech which we may sometimes have _(ii)__ to.
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stroked
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shook
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beat
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pelted
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lashed
C
Correct answer
Explanation
(1) Prose is out of context as we are not referring to particular ways of expression in a language.
(2) Note that language is not like a medium, 'it is a medium'. Thus the text makes a comparison to something else.
(3) Patter is correct filler, being chatter 'peculiar to a group'.
(4) Recourse is the correct filler for the second blank as sometimes we may indulge in unspoken communication.
(5) 'Resort to' is syntactically incorrect. We 'have recourse to' not 'have resort to'.
(6) Access or approach is out of context.