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13 Aug 2025, 13:06
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According to critics, the novelist’s latest effort, with its dry pedantry and humorless presentation, managed to make a seemingly (i) ___________ subject matter into (ii) ___________ collection of poorly constructed sentences.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
| A. engaging | D. a worthy |
| B. affectless | E. a tired |
| C. dogmatic | F. an instructive |
25 Aug 2025, 03:21
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Since the critics viewed the book negatively, as evidenced by “dry pedantry” (a rigid overemphasis on rules or details) and “humorless presentation,” the author must have turned an interesting topic into a tedious one. Thus, the first blank will be positive in tone and the second negative. “Engaging” matches the tone and content. “Affectless,” meaning showing a lack of emotion or sympathy, and “dogmatic,” meaning opinionated or doctrinal, do not match the positive tone needed for the first blank. Similarly, for the second blank, only “a tired” matches the required negative tone; “a worthy” is positive and “an instructive” is neutral.
Answer: A,E
Since the critics viewed the book negatively, as evidenced by “dry pedantry” (a rigid overemphasis on rules or details) and “humorless presentation,” the author must have turned an interesting topic into a tedious one. Thus, the first blank will be positive in tone and the second negative. “Engaging” matches the tone and content. “Affectless,” meaning showing a lack of emotion or sympathy, and “dogmatic,” meaning opinionated or doctrinal, do not match the positive tone needed for the first blank. Similarly, for the second blank, only “a tired” matches the required negative tone; “a worthy” is positive and “an instructive” is neutral.
Answer: A,E
