It is a sad but just indictment of some high school history textbooks that they frequently report as (i) _________ claims that historians hotly debate or that are even completely (ii) _________ by (iii) _________ primary sources.
Blank (i) – (A) factual; (B) controversial; C) sensational
Blank (ii) – (D) resolved; (E) corroborated; (F) contradicted
Blank (iii) – (G) dubious; (H) incomplete; (I) reliable
*Source – Official GRE Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions (pg. 62; ques. 7)
Could you please tell me which strategy did you apply?
Thanks!
Here the dividing word is “that” which divides the question as:
[It is a sad but just indictment of some high school history textbooks that they frequently report as _______ claims] that [ historians hotly debate that are even completely ______ by ______ primary sources].
Now, we know that the first blank has to be filled with something positive because that’s what the history textbooks claims. Sensational is out of context, controversial is negative word. So, we choose “factual”.
Now historians debate that. So according to them, they are even completely “ruled out” by “accurate/reliable” primary sources.
Our deduction then matches with contradicted and reliable.
ahh… I get it now. Actually, I was stuck at the second blank. Thanks for helping!
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