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14 Jun 2024, 11:13
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Just as the authors’ book on eels is often a key text for courses in marine vertebrate zoology, their ideas on animal development and phylogeny __________ teaching in this area.
A. prevent
B. defy
C. replicate
D. inform
E. use
A. prevent
B. defy
C. replicate
D. inform
E. use
18 Jun 2024, 10:43
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The idiom "Just as..." suggest that a similar idea is being proposed in the same sentence. Therefore, if the author's book on eels is a key text in marine vertebrate in zoology, it must also be a key text in the domain of animal development and phylogeny. The word for the blank should be a synonym of "dominant" or "influential" as it will be a key text in this area too. The only word that performs that function is inform.
Here the word inform has a metaphorical meaning and it means to "influence" or "give an essential or formative principle or quality to".
Here the word inform has a metaphorical meaning and it means to "influence" or "give an essential or formative principle or quality to".
03 Oct 2024, 11:58
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The “just as” structure indicates that the second half of the sentence should somehow parallel the idea presented in the first half (i.e., the idea that the authors’ book on eels is a “key text” in marine vertebrate zoology). Among the choices given, “inform” is clearly the best choice. “Prevent” and “defy” work in the opposite direction, while “use” and “replicate” would suggest that the authors’ ideas are drawing upon the teaching in this area rather than the other way around. “Inform” leads to a meaning that nicely matches the first half of the sentence.
Thus, the correct answer is inform (Choice D).
The “just as” structure indicates that the second half of the sentence should somehow parallel the idea presented in the first half (i.e., the idea that the authors’ book on eels is a “key text” in marine vertebrate zoology). Among the choices given, “inform” is clearly the best choice. “Prevent” and “defy” work in the opposite direction, while “use” and “replicate” would suggest that the authors’ ideas are drawing upon the teaching in this area rather than the other way around. “Inform” leads to a meaning that nicely matches the first half of the sentence.
Thus, the correct answer is inform (Choice D).
