Text Completions Answers
1.
Apportioned.
You are told that football is by far the most popular sport in
Europe. The word “whereas” then creates a contrast: the U.S. fans are evenly
split among their many sports. “Regarded,” “inspired,” and “enjoyed” are all
traps related to sports or fandom, but don’t properly express the sentence’s
intention that the popularity is split. “Measured” is close, but doesn’t quite
divide things appropriately. “Apportioned” means divided and allocated; it is
the correct answer.
2.
Delusion.
The second half of the sentence states that it would take a
miracle for a person to get to another solar system. In other words, it’s more
or less impossible. “Dementia,” “catastrophe,” and “hysteria” do not reflect
this meaning. And while space travel would be an incredible “innovation,”
innovation also doesn’t express the proper meaning of this sentence.
“Delusion,” meaning a belief that is maintained despite being contradicted by
reality, is the best fit.
3.
Crowned, dismissed.
“Peculiarly enough” indicates that the blanks oppose
each other, and “best English language playwright” indicates that blank (i)
must be positive, so blank (ii) must be negative. “Crowned” is the only
positive word choice for the first blank and is the correct answer;
“stigmatized” means condemned, and “castigated” means scolded. In the
second blank, “deified” has a positive tone and doesn’t express the contrast
that the sentence suggests, while “demonized” is much too strong an attitude
to direct towards someone for lacking education; “dismissed” is a more
appropriate word and the correct answer.
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