TC doubt in rephrasing

GRE Verbal Problem Solving
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“It was hard for me to rephrase it, it took me too long to rephrase. The word “Here” and “there” was confusing me. Is there any shortcut way to understand the whole question better.”

“ The architects of New York’s early skyscrapers, hinting here at a twelfth-century cathedral, there at a fifteenth-century palace, sought to legitimize the city’s social strivings by … a history the city did not truly …
(A) revealing. deserve
(B) displaying. desire
(C) evoking. possess
D) preserving. experience
(E) flouting. believe”

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What strategy are you using?

Walk me through the reasoning.

Tips;

Using words from the sentence I’d summarize the

…hinting at “different historical things”, sought to legitimize…

“To legitimize” instantly tells you that what comes after is not legitimate

Hence, the architects are presenting a history that is not legitimate

Answer; Evoke/Posess

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I didn’t use any strategy here but your tip worked :saluting_face:. Thank you.
Btw which strategies can be used here? Like simplifying and rephrasing?

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Also carry you please help me with this

Business forecasts usually prove reasonably accurate when the assumption that the future will be much like the past is ----; in times of major —- in the business environment, however, forecasts can be dangerously wrong.
(A) specified. discontinuities
(B) questioned. surges
(C) contradicted. improvements
(D) entertained…risks
(E) satisfied…shifts

I am wondering that why