Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the best option to fill in the blanks.

The Great Train Robbery appeared almost ________ compared to the ________ wave of terror that swept over Belgium in the early 1980s.

  1. lacerated, disastrous

  2. excusable, unarmed

  3. innocuous, sterile

  4. harmless, brutal

  5. incendiary, nocuous
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The clue word in the sentence is 'compared', which implies that the two blanks must display two contrasting features. ‘Harmless’ and ‘brutal’ present such a contrast.

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