I hope its fine to discuss questions from Big Book.
I am unable to justify the answer for these questions, they are from test 11 section 3.
Answers are: 4- C, 5- D, 7- A
Question 4:
- Right off the bat, the colon represents a support. Same ideas on both sides.
- Focusing on the second part of the sentence, only options B,C,E would fit the second blank. (I used subject-verb agreement here). “adjustment for such use” and “application for such use” don’t work.
- For the first blank, focus on amounts to a form of theft. Entrenched custom is essentially a body enforcing a law or a set of rules. So what would the customs office do to a form of theft? Punish it right? Option C would fit perfectly with the sentence.
Question 5:
- Support again, because of the semi-colon.
- Notice how they put not in the first part and not even in the second part of the sentence. Not even essentially conveys the same meaning but with a higher intensity of negation. Thus the sentence simplified would be: They are not fictional and are not even rare. (Not rare meaning they’re quite common). Option D would be correct.
Question 7:
- The semi-colon represents a support. The idea being supported is the insignificance of species as a category for Darwin’s method.
- The first blank is a positive word (because of not really; idea is negative but not negates the blank). Option A,B,D would fit.
- The word “even the much more” represents the same idea but with higher intensity. I put the word formality before seeing the options. Convinience would fit the best in the second option. So the answer is A
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Thanks… nicely explained all of these. I wonder how did you get the idea for 7th one, that you have mentioned in the first point.
Thank you. This makes my life easier 