Multiple choice

Directions: The question is a logical sequence of sentences with a missing link, the location of which is shown parenthetically. From the four choices available, you are required to choose the one which best fits the sequence logically. As many as two million elderly Americans a year suffer from abuse or neglect. They are victims of outright physical abuse, subtle neglect or psychological mistreatment. The offenders are their own relatives or trusted caretakers. (………………………………………………………………….) Malnutrition, depression and even bruises and welts are simply ascribed to the presumed frailties of old age or chronic disease.

  1. They are impatiently waiting for the old people to die.

  2. Too often such mistreatment goes unrecognized.

  3. It is not difficult to acknowledge such ill-treatment.

  4. The reasons are not far to seek.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Of all the options, only option (2) is in tandem with the preceding sentences, thereby giving a cogent meaning to the passage. Hence, (2) is the answer.

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