Directions : In the following passage, some words have been delete. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for. We can cure (1) ________diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are (2) ________ for a piece of bread but there are many more dying for a little love. The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty - it is not only a poverty of (3) ________ but also of (4) ________. There's a hunger for affection as there is a hunger for God.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 1.
1.masculine
2.stubborn
3.physical
4.radical
Correct Answer : 3
Solution :
The blank talks about diseases which can be cured with medicine. "Physical" fits the context, as TB and leprosy are physical diseases treatable with medicine, unlike the remaining options. 'Masculine' (having qualities or an appearance traditionally associated with men or boys), 'stubborn' (having or showing dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so), 'radical' ((especially of change or action) relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough) do not fit the context of the sentence and are thus negated.
Hence, the correct answer is option (c).
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