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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.

Ray was ------- gambler who had seldom gone a day without indulging his expensive habit.

(A) an inveterate
(B) a dubious
(C) an occasional
(D) a novice
(E) an obnoxious

答案和解析

答案：A

解析：

Choice (A) is correct. If this term were inserted into the sentence, the sentence would read "Ray was an inveterate gambler who had seldom gone a day without indulging in his expensive habit." The term "inveterate" describes something that is established by a persistent habit. If Ray had "seldom gone a day" without gambling, one could certainly say that gambling was his persistent habit. Therefore, it makes sense to describe Ray as "an inveterate gambler."