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state of the city’s public schools certainly demands immedia
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The ____(i)____ state of the city’s public schools certainly demands immediate attention, but it is important that our remedies be thoughtful and comprehensive. While appropriate measures of teacher performance and subsequent accountability will undoubtedly play a vital role in revitalizing our schools, it would be ____(ii)____ the many other factors at play, factors as widely divergent as the system’s deteriorating physical capital and students’ home lives. Even the most talented teachers are challenged, for example, to ____(iii)____ of an unstable or abusive home environment on a student’s ability to learn.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
| (A) execrable | (D) an error to neglect | (G) terminate the ability |
| (B) tendentious | (E) a solution to ignore | (H) mitigate the effects |
| (C)transient | (F) a panacea to solve | (I) exacerbate the influence |
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A, D, and H
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The first blank describes the state of the city’s public schools; since the author is seeking remedies, something like bad would make sense in the blank. Of the choices, only execrable means bad.
The second sentence lists elements that will play a vital role in the remedy, but the trigger while suggests more needs to be done; of the choices for the second blank, only an error to ignore allows this meaning.
The final sentence is an example to reinforce this idea, and the blank describes what talented teachers would do to negative factors; of the choices, only mitigate the effects makes sense.
Hence option A, D and H are correct
The first blank describes the state of the city’s public schools; since the author is seeking remedies, something like bad would make sense in the blank. Of the choices, only execrable means bad.
The second sentence lists elements that will play a vital role in the remedy, but the trigger while suggests more needs to be done; of the choices for the second blank, only an error to ignore allows this meaning.
The final sentence is an example to reinforce this idea, and the blank describes what talented teachers would do to negative factors; of the choices, only mitigate the effects makes sense.
Hence option A, D and H are correct
Re: state of the city’s public schools certainly demands immedia
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14 May 2021, 23:52
14 May 2021, 23:52
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