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Gordon‘s meticulously researched and engagingly written biog
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Gordon‘s meticulously researched and engagingly written biography, Dorothea Lange, constitutes an essential contribution to Lange scholarship. In (i)____ readings of the photographer Lange‘s personal life and professional work, Gordon (ii)____ previous feminist-leaning readings of Lange to present the photographer as a woman whose familial, social, and professional obligations often (iii)___ but who nevertheless behaved like a feminist throughout her life.
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| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
|---|---|---|
| lackadaisical | amends | conflicted |
| compelling | endorses | jibed |
| watery | eradicates | coalesced |
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Re: Gordon‘s meticulously researched and engagingly written biog
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28 Jan 2020, 16:26
28 Jan 2020, 16:26
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Blank (i) - can be inferred from its preceding sentence, wherein the author talks about Gordon's work as being meticulously researched and engaging. Thus blank (i) is something +ve, a guess word could be "deep".
Among the options only "compelling" fits the bill
Its blanks (ii) and (iii) which makes this interesting.
We can summarize that Gordon's work is an trenchant analysis of Lange's life. He especially focuses on two personalities:
1. feminist
2. woman
There is a key word "but" in "to present the photographer as a woman whose familial, social, and professional obligations often (iii)___ but who nevertheless behaved like a feminist throughout her life" -> indicating these 2 roles are contradicting each other.
So if 1. "feminist" is someone who always strives & advocates for women equality (not given in sentence, but implied from its meaning)
2. "woman" can be inferred to as someone who is unable to do this and is a prey to prejudices, inequalities etc.
We know from "previous feminist-leaning readings of Lange" - earlier works presents Lange to be a "feminist", but Gordon presents Lange as a "woman"
Thus helping us fill blank (ii) - Gordon overwrites previous works [ "Gordon (ii)____ previous feminist-leaning readings of Lange to present the photographer as a woman"]
"amends" is a good fit.
Blank (iii) can be filled with the info we inferred as part of the "woman" profile filled with hardship, prejudices etc. wrt her personal, professional and social life
Thus: "conflicted" makes a good fit, while "coalesced" and "jibed" has a +ve connotation meaning agreeing, or going hand in hand
Among the options only "compelling" fits the bill
Its blanks (ii) and (iii) which makes this interesting.
We can summarize that Gordon's work is an trenchant analysis of Lange's life. He especially focuses on two personalities:
1. feminist
2. woman
There is a key word "but" in "to present the photographer as a woman whose familial, social, and professional obligations often (iii)___ but who nevertheless behaved like a feminist throughout her life" -> indicating these 2 roles are contradicting each other.
So if 1. "feminist" is someone who always strives & advocates for women equality (not given in sentence, but implied from its meaning)
2. "woman" can be inferred to as someone who is unable to do this and is a prey to prejudices, inequalities etc.
We know from "previous feminist-leaning readings of Lange" - earlier works presents Lange to be a "feminist", but Gordon presents Lange as a "woman"
Thus helping us fill blank (ii) - Gordon overwrites previous works [ "Gordon (ii)____ previous feminist-leaning readings of Lange to present the photographer as a woman"]
"amends" is a good fit.
Blank (iii) can be filled with the info we inferred as part of the "woman" profile filled with hardship, prejudices etc. wrt her personal, professional and social life
Thus: "conflicted" makes a good fit, while "coalesced" and "jibed" has a +ve connotation meaning agreeing, or going hand in hand
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Re: Gordon‘s meticulously researched and engagingly written biog
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28 Jan 2020, 19:21
28 Jan 2020, 19:21
luffy wrote:
Blank (i) - can be inferred from its preceding sentence, wherein the author talks about Gordon's work as being meticulously researched and engaging. Thus blank (i) is something +ve, a guess word could be "deep".
Among the options only "compelling" fits the bill
Its blanks (ii) and (iii) which makes this interesting.
We can summarize that Gordon's work is an trenchant analysis of Lange's life. He especially focuses on two personalities:
1. feminist
2. woman
There is a key word "but" in "to present the photographer as a woman whose familial, social, and professional obligations often (iii)___ but who nevertheless behaved like a feminist throughout her life" -> indicating these 2 roles are contradicting each other.
So if 1. "feminist" is someone who always strives & advocates for women equality (not given in sentence, but implied from its meaning)
2. "woman" can be inferred to as someone who is unable to do this and is a prey to prejudices, inequalities etc.
We know from "previous feminist-leaning readings of Lange" - earlier works presents Lange to be a "feminist", but Gordon presents Lange as a "woman"
Thus helping us fill blank (ii) - Gordon overwrites previous works [ "Gordon (ii)____ previous feminist-leaning readings of Lange to present the photographer as a woman"]
"amends" is a good fit.
Blank (iii) can be filled with the info we inferred as part of the "woman" profile filled with hardship, prejudices etc. wrt her personal, professional and social life
Thus: "conflicted" makes a good fit, while "coalesced" and "jibed" has a +ve connotation meaning agreeing, or going hand in hand
Among the options only "compelling" fits the bill
Its blanks (ii) and (iii) which makes this interesting.
We can summarize that Gordon's work is an trenchant analysis of Lange's life. He especially focuses on two personalities:
1. feminist
2. woman
There is a key word "but" in "to present the photographer as a woman whose familial, social, and professional obligations often (iii)___ but who nevertheless behaved like a feminist throughout her life" -> indicating these 2 roles are contradicting each other.
So if 1. "feminist" is someone who always strives & advocates for women equality (not given in sentence, but implied from its meaning)
2. "woman" can be inferred to as someone who is unable to do this and is a prey to prejudices, inequalities etc.
We know from "previous feminist-leaning readings of Lange" - earlier works presents Lange to be a "feminist", but Gordon presents Lange as a "woman"
Thus helping us fill blank (ii) - Gordon overwrites previous works [ "Gordon (ii)____ previous feminist-leaning readings of Lange to present the photographer as a woman"]
"amends" is a good fit.
Blank (iii) can be filled with the info we inferred as part of the "woman" profile filled with hardship, prejudices etc. wrt her personal, professional and social life
Thus: "conflicted" makes a good fit, while "coalesced" and "jibed" has a +ve connotation meaning agreeing, or going hand in hand
Why can’t endorses work for the second blank?
