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Largely _______ the funding pressures that can tempt
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Largely _______ the funding pressures that can tempt salaried field biologists to favor striking results over routine ones, the many volunteers who tally and photograph birds at their backyard feeders each winter tend to record what they see-however unremarkable-with a candor that paid surveys cannot always match.
| Blank (i) |
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| A. beholden to |
| B. conversant with |
| C. emblematic of | D. unswayed by | E. inured to |
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Re: Largely _______ the funding pressures that can tempt
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The sentence contrasts volunteer bird-watchers with salaried field biologists.
- Paid biologists may feel pressure to produce striking results because of funding concerns.
- Volunteers generally lack these funding pressures, so they record what they observe honestly, even when the results are unremarkable.
Thus, the blank requires a phrase meaning not influenced by or not affected by funding pressures.
Option D: unswayed by = not influenced or persuaded by something. This fits perfectly.
-A. beholden to - obligated or indebted to; suggests the volunteers are dependent on funding pressures.
-B. conversant with - familiar with; does not convey freedom from influence.
-C. emblematic of —- representative of; does not fit the sentence's meaning.
-E. inured to - accustomed to something unpleasant through prolonged exposure; suggests the volunteers have become accustomed to funding pressures, not free from them.
Answer: D
The sentence contrasts volunteer bird-watchers with salaried field biologists.
- Paid biologists may feel pressure to produce striking results because of funding concerns.
- Volunteers generally lack these funding pressures, so they record what they observe honestly, even when the results are unremarkable.
Thus, the blank requires a phrase meaning not influenced by or not affected by funding pressures.
Option D: unswayed by = not influenced or persuaded by something. This fits perfectly.
-A. beholden to - obligated or indebted to; suggests the volunteers are dependent on funding pressures.
-B. conversant with - familiar with; does not convey freedom from influence.
-C. emblematic of —- representative of; does not fit the sentence's meaning.
-E. inured to - accustomed to something unpleasant through prolonged exposure; suggests the volunteers have become accustomed to funding pressures, not free from them.
Answer: D
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