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English Usage Test 7
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Directions: Select the option that is the best substitute for the parenthesis given in the passage.
For too long now international aid has served as a crutch, rather than a cure for the developing economies of the world. As nations of the Third World limped from economic crisis to crisis in the past, (.). Usually well–intentioned, sometimes malafide, flows of aid have seldom paved the ways for strong and sustained economic growth.
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they have only found themselves sinking deeper into the morass
💡 Explanation:
‘Limped from economic crisis to crisis’ easily helps us to identify the idea given in option (1), with the passage. There has been no reference to ideas expressed in option (2), (3) and (4). Therefore, correct answer for this question is option (1).