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Multiple choice english-grammar-course mh-grammar-ch20

The committee's report was thorough in describing the problem but conspicuously ______ when it came to proposing actionable solutions, leaving policymakers without clear guidance.

  1. exhaustive

  2. vague

  3. decisive

  4. persuasive
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The contrast between 'thorough in describing the problem' and the absence of clear guidance for policymakers indicates that the solution section lacked specificity, which is precisely what 'vague' means.

Multiple choice english-grammar-course mh-grammar-ch20

The historian argued that the treaty, rather than resolving the underlying tensions, merely ______ them, setting the stage for an even more destructive conflict a generation later.

  1. eliminated

  2. exposed

  3. deferred

  4. magnified
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The phrase 'setting the stage for an even more destructive conflict later' implies that the treaty did not remove the tensions but postponed them. 'Deferred' (meaning delayed or put off) is the most precise fit.

Multiple choice english-grammar-course mh-grammar-ch20

After years of financial mismanagement, the company was on the verge of ______ until a consortium of investors stepped in with an emergency capital injection.

  1. expansion

  2. reform

  3. collapse

  4. revival
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Financial mismanagement followed by a rescue intervention implies the company was near failure or 'collapse'. The emergency nature of the capital injection reinforces that the situation was critical.

Multiple choice english-grammar-course mh-grammar-ch20

The speaker's tone shifted noticeably mid-lecture from one of detached objectivity to something far more ______, as she began recounting her own experiences with the disease.

  1. clinical

  2. impartial

  3. emotive

  4. abstract
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Personal recollection of one's own experience with an illness typically introduces emotional intensity into a narrative. 'Emotive' describes content or delivery that arouses or expresses strong feeling, contrasting with the earlier detached objectivity.