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Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
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Sentence completion

0 People frequently denigrate books about recent catastrophes as morally 01i00__ attempts to profit, from misfortune, but in my view our desire for such books, together with the venerable tradition to which they belong, __02i00 them. 02br
00A inopportune...encourages 02br
00B fortuitous...fosters 02br
00C treacherous...safeguards 02br
00D despicable...legitimizes 02br
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00This question is a little easier to understand. But I don't know why the answer is B. 0-
  

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0 Hello Jeff 02br 02br 00This problem is as tough as others you have presented. I think the key is two 'them' used in the sentence. I think the pronoun stands for 'the books about recent catastrophes'.

— Paco2004

  • 0 Hello Jeff 02br 02br 00This problem is as tough as others you have presented.
  • I think the key is two 'them' used in the sentence.
  • I think the pronoun stands for 'the books about recent catastrophes'.
  • 02br 02br 00People frequently denigrate books about recent catastrophes as morally [1] attempts to profit, from misfortune, but in my view our desire for such books, together with the venerable tradition to which the books belong, [2] the books.
  • 02br 02br 00A [x] inopportune attempts, [x] a desire encourages books 02br 00B [x] fortuitous attempts, [o] a desire fosters books 02br 00C [o] treacherous attempts, [x] a desire safeguards books 02br 00D [o] despicable attempts, [x] a desire legitimizes books 02br 00E [o] corrupt attempts [o] a desire generates books 02br 02br 00I'll rather choose E, not B.
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0 Hello Jeff 02br
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00This problem is as tough as others you have presented. I think the key is two 'them' used in the sentence. I think the pronoun stands for 'the books about recent catastrophes'. 02br
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00People frequently denigrate books about recent catastrophes as morally [1] attempts to profit, from misfortune, but in my view our desire for su
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0 I don't like B' "fortuitous attemps", though "fosters" fits very well. 02br
00In E, "generates" can work as a +/- synonym of "fosters", and "corrupt" looks OK, so I tend to share Paco's view. 0-
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0Sorry, Jeff-- and everybody-- I think the answer book is wrong. I think the correct answer is D. 02br
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00'Morally fortuitous' makes no sense. 0-
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0I concur with you, Mr. Micawber. 050010id15
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0 If it's not too late to comment, I would have chosen D. It's the only one that makes sense to me. 0-
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0 Hello MrM and CJ 02br
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00It's just for confirming what I'm thinking. You two said only D makes sense. Does this mean you take the last 'them' as the pronoun for 'attempts'? 02br
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0 Yes. "legitimizes the attempts to profit" 02br
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00As I think about it more, B makes sense, too. I'm glad it's not me taking the test! 02br
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0 CJ 02br
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00Thank you for the quick. Now I agree the answer is D. 02br
00As for B, "fosters the attempts" is OK, but to me "morally fortuitous" sounds odd. 02br
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00By the way, why a comma is inserted before "from misfortune"? 02br
00I think "to profit from misfortune" is better. 02br
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00I too feel
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0I think the comma is a typo, Paco. 0-
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0 It isn't a great question because "our desire legitimizes them", while not incorrect, is a little strange, and E reads strangely too, because the "venerable tradition" sounds positive. 02br
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00And then, if the questioner said the answer was B, they want shooting. 0-
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