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Fill in the Blanks

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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the most appropriate filler(s) for the blank(s) such that the sentence makes coherent sense.

Before 1975, when the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act was approved, handicapped children were routinely ________ by public schools unwilling to provide the accommodation they needed and help taking notes in class.

  1. turned away

  2. kept busy

  3. engaged

  4. called

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The operative word in this sentence is “before 1975”, which implies handicapped children were not entertained by public schools before the govt emphasized on their education. “Turned away” in (1) fits our prediction, hence the answer. 'Turned out' is coherent with something that is manufactured or written.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

If baseball is serious about ________ performance-enhancing drugs, it will adopt policies as tough as those in track and field.

  1. giving up

  2. rooting out

  3. setting off

  4. pacing out

  5. taking up
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Obviously, performance-enhancing drugs should not be used by any sportsperson, so baseball executives would be serious about rooting them out. Hence, (2) is the answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

The spider having eight legs is an ________ because nearly all adult insects have six legs.

  1. ambiguity

  2. ambivalence

  3. anticlimax

  4. anomaly

  5. abeyance
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

As the clause after 'because' is an explanation to the first part of the statement, this implies that the blank must be replaced by a word that means irregularity. Hence, 'anomaly' (irregularity) fits our prediction. 'Ambiguity' means doubtfulness. Hence, option (4) is the correct answer.