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.
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serpentine, jaunty
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climbing, turbid
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curving, stagnant
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sinuous, cascading
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.