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For someone so unjustifiably (i) ______ success,
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For someone so unjustifiably (i) ______ success, the recently installed CEO perhaps surprised very few when his series of impractical business solutions did not (i) ______ the floundering firm.
Have a lot of dilemma with the first blank.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
|---|---|
| assured of | pan out for |
| intrigued by | end disastrously for |
| unfamiliar with | reflect negatively on |
Have a lot of dilemma with the first blank.
Re: For someone so unjustifiably (i) ______ success,
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21 Mar 2019, 09:40
21 Mar 2019, 09:40
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No one was surprised when the CEO failed. The first blank should relate to this idea.
"Intrigued by" means interested in. Being interested in, or curious about, success doesn't really make sense in general. Most people have a sense of what success is.
"Unfamiliar with" is the opposite of the meaning we want. If the CEO was unjustifiably unfamiliar with success, this means that he should be familiar with success. However, this is a terrible CEO whose ideas are impractical. So there's no reason why they should have been familiar with success.
That leaves choice A, "assured of," which fits. It's not perfect, but far better than the other choices. If the CEO was assured of success, then he thought he would succeed. This was totally unjustified, though, because this CEO is a terrible one who was never going to succeed.
"Intrigued by" means interested in. Being interested in, or curious about, success doesn't really make sense in general. Most people have a sense of what success is.
"Unfamiliar with" is the opposite of the meaning we want. If the CEO was unjustifiably unfamiliar with success, this means that he should be familiar with success. However, this is a terrible CEO whose ideas are impractical. So there's no reason why they should have been familiar with success.
That leaves choice A, "assured of," which fits. It's not perfect, but far better than the other choices. If the CEO was assured of success, then he thought he would succeed. This was totally unjustified, though, because this CEO is a terrible one who was never going to succeed.
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10 Apr 2019, 06:38
10 Apr 2019, 06:38
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Please review my explanation
If the CEO had not been familiar with success, his failure would not have been surprising to many people. It would have been surprising to less people. Thus the fact that only few people were surprised by his failure is not alarming.
Here the CEO was assured of his success and yet he failed. This should have surprised many people but it didn't. The fact that it surprised less people is alarming.
Hence Options A & D
If the CEO had not been familiar with success, his failure would not have been surprising to many people. It would have been surprising to less people. Thus the fact that only few people were surprised by his failure is not alarming.
Here the CEO was assured of his success and yet he failed. This should have surprised many people but it didn't. The fact that it surprised less people is alarming.
Hence Options A & D
