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Text Completion #Q11-Some cynical to space travel
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Some cynical to space travel have quipped that since the Earth has always felt bashful over its lack of rings, man has seen it fit to ______________ this omission: the accumulated detritus—derelict satellites, debris from manned spaced project, and diverse space junk—orbiting our planet, they feel, should make our planet feel a little less insecure.
A) Notice
B) Redress
C) Speculate on
D) Disregard
E) Speculate on
A) Notice
B) Redress
C) Speculate on
D) Disregard
E) Speculate on
Director
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GRE 1: Q165 V161
Re: Text Completion #Q11
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Answer: (B)
'Quipped' indicates that those commenting on the Earth are being witty: Earth has never had rings, but man has so polluted the space right above Earth, that no Earth has a ring of junk orbiting it. In the same cheeky vain, the word 'redress', which means to make right, is used.
(A) is too neutral.
(C) implies that man has only thought about the omission. We need a word implying action.
(D) is more or less the opposite of the blank.
(E) does not work stylistically, because one cannot resolve an omission
'Quipped' indicates that those commenting on the Earth are being witty: Earth has never had rings, but man has so polluted the space right above Earth, that no Earth has a ring of junk orbiting it. In the same cheeky vain, the word 'redress', which means to make right, is used.
(A) is too neutral.
(C) implies that man has only thought about the omission. We need a word implying action.
(D) is more or less the opposite of the blank.
(E) does not work stylistically, because one cannot resolve an omission
Re: Text Completion #Q11-Some cynical to space travel
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