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Imantaghavi Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
multiple-choice cloze
Hi,
Here are some blanks of a multiple-choice task with the answers given:
"Many employers' failure to understand this meant more than a third worried about their work on holiday, and 40 percent took days off (1)....... when not ill.
Workers were also (2)....... by the conditions they had to work in."
Here are the alternatives with the answers underlined:
1. A indisposed B unwell C injured D sick
2. A pestered B inflamed C irritated D ruffled
Would anyone tell me why the other choices are not possible?
Thank you in advance,
Iman
Here are some blanks of a multiple-choice task with the answers given:
"Many employers' failure to understand this meant more than a third worried about their work on holiday, and 40 percent took days off (1)....... when not ill.
Workers were also (2)....... by the conditions they had to work in."
Here are the alternatives with the answers underlined:
1. A indisposed B unwell C injured D sick
2. A pestered B inflamed C irritated D ruffled
Would anyone tell me why the other choices are not possible?
Thank you in advance,
Iman
Top answer
1. Indisposed doesn't fit at all. Unwell means sick, but the common term is "sick leave/day" so sick is a better fit.
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- Indisposed doesn't fit at all.
- Unwell means sick, but the common term is "sick leave/day" so sick is a better fit.
- Injured is less common as a reason to leave work.
- " A strategy for a test like this is to think of the best fitting word, and the most common situation.
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1. Indisposed doesn't fit at all. Unwell means sick, but the common term is "sick leave/day" so sick is a better fit. Injured is less common as a reason to leave work.
There's a saying: "When you hear hooves, think horses, not zebras." A strategy for a test like this is to think of the best fitting word, and the most common situation.
2. This one is a matter of degree, the contex
There's a saying: "When you hear hooves, think horses, not zebras." A strategy for a test like this is to think of the best fitting word, and the most common situation.
2. This one is a matter of degree, the contex
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