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Complete the paragraph given below by choosing the correct options from those that follow:
According to the reports issued (a) ................. the Meteorological office, there has been (b) ................. fog this winter than during the (c) ................. The Minister of Tourism (d) ................. that the delayed flights will lead to (e) .............. cancellations which in turn (f) ............. mean much loss for (g) .............. dependent (h) ............... the tourist arrival.
(a) (i) on (ii) by (iii) at (iv) in
(b) (i) much (ii) more (iii) many (iv) most
(c) (i) latest (ii) latter (iii) last (iv) later
(d) (i) is fearing (ii) fears (iii) fear (iv) feared
(e) (i) much (ii) most (iii) many (iv) less
(f) (i) can (ii) must (iii) should (iv) will
(g) (i) that (ii) those (iii) this (iv) these
(h) (i) in (ii) for (iii) upon (iv) from
Answer:
(a)
- (a) on - used to describe a position of an object
- (b) by - this is correct
- (c) at - used to pinpoint exact location of an object
- (d) in - used to describe a position of an object
Since the sentence is talking about a report issued by an institution , ‘by’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(b)-by”.
(b)
- (a) much - not relevant
- (b) more - this is correct
- (c) many - not relevant
- (d) most - used as the third degree of comparison
Since the sentence is talking about the degree of comparison , the second degree word ‘more’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(b)-more”.
(c)
- (a) latest - used to describe something which is very new
- (b) latter - used with the word ‘former’ and is not relevant here
- (c) last - this is correct
- (d) later - not relevant
Since the sentence is talking about the same event that occurred in the year prior to the current year, ‘last’ will be used .
So, the correct answer is “(c)-last”.
(d)
- (a) is fearing - not used with simple present tense
- (b) fears - not relevant
- (c) fear - used with plural subjects
- (d) feared - not used with present tense
Since the sentence is talking about a singular subject and is in simple present tense, ‘s’ will be added to the first form of the verb.
So, the correct answer is “(b)-fears”.
(e)
- (a) much - used with subjects which cannot be measured numerically
- (b) most - not relevant
- (c) many - this is correct
- (d) less - not relevant
Since the sentence is talking about cancellations which can be measured numerically , ‘many’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(c)-many”.
(f)
- (a) can - used when one is talking about physical capability
- (b) must - generally used with rules and regulations
- (c) should - used when the sentence is about an ideal action
- (d) will - this is correct
Since the sentence is in simple future tense, ‘will’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(d)-will”.
(g)
- (a) that - not relevant
- (b) those - this is correct
- (c) this - not relevant
- (d) these - used when the object is near
Since the sentence is talking about the subject which is situated far from the speaker , the pronoun ‘those’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(b)-those”.
(h)
- (a) in - not relevant
- (b) for - not relevant
- (c) upon - this is correct
- (d) from - not relevant
Since the sentence is talking about something on which a county is dependent , ‘upon’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(c)-upon”.
Thus the correct paragraph is
According to the reports issued by the Meteorological office, there has been more fog this winter than during the last . The Minister of Tourism fears that the delayed flights will lead to many cancellations which in turn will mean much loss for those dependent upon the tourist arrival.
