That the web may seem some ---------phenomenon, hardly rooted in the physical world, is a notion clearly ----------by the existence of “server farms”, sprawling forests of metal, figuratively sparking provide the backbone of the internet.
Options Blank (1)
(a) ethereal
(b)ephemeral
(c) Faddish
Option blank ii
(d)buttressed
(e)unsupported
(f)betrayed
I understand how to solve it through Idea contrast but not sure how to apply the “math strategy” over here. Can someone help, please?
Identified “hardly” as the word contrasting the first blank , guess was some out of the world phenomenon, eliminated b and c got to (a). For second, identified support through a “,” sprawling forest of metal means , it is actually physically there, so it is not other worldly hence unsupported
You determined the support and contrasts between the ideas and the blank. That’s math strategy.
The “comma” after “phenomenon” creates support between the idea after it, and the idea before it (which includes the blank). So b1 must match “not physical world”.
“By” creates support for b2 which you aptly identified.
So, you’re “math strategizing”. You just need to add the logic words/punctuations.
thank you! You mean add as in (+) for the comma * (-) for the hardly = (-) for the first blank, I know from Greg’s videos that the negative doesn’t definitely mean a bad word if the sentence doesn’t flow, hence connotation based, is my understanding correct?