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 3:
1.profusion
2.loneliness
3.abundance
4.lavishness
Correct Answer : 2
Solution :
"Loneliness" fits as a type of poverty in the West, contrasting material poverty and aligning with the passage's theme of emotional deprivation. 'Abundance' (a very large quantity of something), 'lavishness' (the quality of being very expensive or impressive) and 'profusion (an abundance or large quantity of something) are the opposite of poverty. So, they do not fit contextually and are negated.
Hence, the correct answer is option (b).
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