Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blanks by picking out the most appropriate words from the choices provided.

Mountain landscapes offer variety to the eye with the ________ roads winding up the sides, or _______ water foaming down the stones.

  1. serpentine, jaunty

  2. climbing, turbid

  3. curving, stagnant

  4. sinuous, cascading

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

First consider options for blank one. All the terms serpentine, curving and sinuous can be considered as characteristic or shape of a road. Except climbing, because roads do not climb. So reject option (2). Now look at the second blank. The sentence says water foaming down the stones; now as water is running down it can’t be termed stagnant which rejects option (3) and jaunty that refers to gay, carefree, stylish person cannot be referred to as a trait of water. This leaves (4) as correct answer choice.