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Critical Reading>Sentence Completions

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

The jellyfish’s slow pulsing action propels it in a graceful, seemingly ------- drift, but its tentacles contain a poison potent enough to stun a swimming human.

(A) sinister
(B) rhythmic
(C) murky
(D) harmless
(E) patient

答案和解析

答案：D

解析：

The jellyfish is presented as seeming the opposite of harmful. Only "harmless" fits the logic required by "but."