Multiple choice

Directions: For the following question, select the option that best replaces the parenthesis in the given paragraph.

Adding to the difficulty are the different priorities of the central government. The emphasis in Beijing is on necessity of economic performance; all the talk is of the need for more profit, higher productivity, more plant discipline. For the central government, a vastly increased supply of consumer goods and of goods of improved quality must be the first priority. Without the incentives that only an increased consumer oriented good supply can provide, (.). It shows signs of slowing down now.

  1. there can be only better outputs

  2. there can be no reason to expect that we will witness a boom

  3. the economic drive shall be a massive success

  4. the economic drive, both on the farm and in the cities, would soon falter

  5. the government cannot think of a better way out
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Without the incentives, something negative will happen, as is clear from the statement succeeding the blank. Option (4) matches the passage in conclusion. This marks option (4) as the correct answer.

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