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12 Nov 2024, 05:45
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Question Stats:
25% (01:48) correct
75% (01:49) wrong based on 8 sessions
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Managers who think that strong environmental performance will (i)_________their company’s fnancial performance often (ii)_________ claims that systems designed to help them manage environmental concerns are valuable tools. By contrast, managers who perceive environmental performance to be (iii)_________to fnancial success may view an environmental management system as extraneous. In either situation, and whatever their perceptions, it is a manager’s commitment to achieving environmental improvement rather than the mere presence of a system that determines environmental performance.
Blank (i)
Blank (ii)
Blank (iii)
Blank (i)
| A. eclipse |
| B. bolster |
| C. degrade |
Blank (ii)
| D. uncritically accept |
| E. appropriately acknowledge |
| F. hotly dispute |
Blank (iii)
| G. complementary |
| H. intrinsic |
| I. peripheral |
02 May 2025, 07:47
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It took me over a minute, so my method wasn't the fastest. But the sentence plays on meaning, which I found to be tricky.
For the first blank, we are looking for a positive word that conveys the valuableness of environmental systems, 'bolster' is the only choice in the list that means to support or buttress. At this point, I wasn't sure of the second word, so I moved on to select the answer for the third blank - 'peripheral' - which aligns with the notion of 'extraneous systems'. At this point, I re-read the excerpt and realized that the first sentence needs to express an idea that is opposite to second sentence. 'Hotly dispute' would not be meaningful because the managers already admit that the systems are valuable. Both 'uncritically accept' and 'appropriately acknowledge' express a more positive meaning, but the word 'claim' after the blank made 'uncritically accept' a more appropriate choice. Also, all the words read together perfectly supports the conclusion that it is not the 'mere presence of a system' but individual managers' deliberate actions that can result in environmental improvements.
For the first blank, we are looking for a positive word that conveys the valuableness of environmental systems, 'bolster' is the only choice in the list that means to support or buttress. At this point, I wasn't sure of the second word, so I moved on to select the answer for the third blank - 'peripheral' - which aligns with the notion of 'extraneous systems'. At this point, I re-read the excerpt and realized that the first sentence needs to express an idea that is opposite to second sentence. 'Hotly dispute' would not be meaningful because the managers already admit that the systems are valuable. Both 'uncritically accept' and 'appropriately acknowledge' express a more positive meaning, but the word 'claim' after the blank made 'uncritically accept' a more appropriate choice. Also, all the words read together perfectly supports the conclusion that it is not the 'mere presence of a system' but individual managers' deliberate actions that can result in environmental improvements.
