Even though they tended to be ------- strangers, fifteenth-century Europeans did not automatically associate ------- and danger.
Hi
Please I need help understanding the logic behind solving the second blank.
This is how I tackled the problem:
Blank 1 is being contrasted (even though) with the second idea saying that ‘the Europeans did not automatically associate danger’
This means blank 1 will be synonym of dangerous.
Blank 2 is a support because of the word ‘and’. Blank 1 is the first idea and ‘danger’ is the second idea. So, blank 2 will be negative.
Okay, I’ll say that the first idea is saying ‘the strangers were dangerous’ using the clue we got from solving blank 1. First idea is a negative thing, that means all of second idea will be a positive thing.
To contrast the first idea ‘they tended to be dangerous strangers’, these Europeans don’t see strangers and immediately see danger.
