I have a doubt only with the first blank!
I kind of understand the solution to this question where Greg assumed the first blank to be “eliminate prejudice”. We got this using math strategy. But there’s also another way to look at it…by comparing 2 sentences because ‘rather’ is used in the sentence…like: rather I would accept this less bad thing than this more bad thing. (rather I would accept fever than accept cancer). Both are bad thing but one is less bad and other is more bad. Similarly I can “accept prejudice(which is less bad) rather accept tolerate injustice(more bad)”.
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Sure, you can interpret it that way too! There’s still a contrast there, can I see the answer choices?
If we consider the first part of the sentence in isolation, I do agree with you.
However, if we consider the whole sentence, accept wouldn’t go because the first part and the second part have to say the same thing. If the first part said “they’d rather accept prejudice than tolerate injustice” the second part about “reforms that emphasize impartiality” would not make sense because if they accept prejudice then they do not care about impartiality all they care about is injustice.
Can you not then fill blank 2 with something like “didn’t care about” or “rejected”?
It’s a “recent reform” that emphasizes impartiality, the leaders wouldn’t have introduced it if they didn’t care or rejected it.
The reform itself isn’t recent though. The action the leaders did to the reform is recent, right? The word “recently” describes the blank, not the reform the way I see it.
Hmmm, I concur, the word recently is an adverb and not an adjective, hence it describes the blank and not the reform.
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