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Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Contrary to the mayor’s claims that her economic policies have solved the city’s traditional crime problem, statistics suggest that these policies have in fact ------- it.

forestalled
diminished
exacerbated
rejuvenated
eliminated
Correct Answer: C

Here's Why:

Choice (C) is correct. If this term were inserted into the sentence, the sentence would read Contrary to the mayor’s claims that her economic policies have solved the city’s traditional crime problem, statistics suggest that these policies have in fact exacerbated it. The word contrary indicates that statistics will show the result of the mayor’s economic policies to be the opposite of what the mayor is claiming. Since exacerbated means made worse, and the mayor is claiming that the policies solved the problem, the term exacerbated is the logical choice.


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重点单词
  • logicaladj. 符合逻辑的,逻辑上的,有推理能力的
  • traditionaladj. 传统的
  • contraryadj. 相反的,截然不同的 adv. 相反(地) n.
  • diminishedadj. 减退了的;减弱的 v. 减少;削弱(dimin