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Despite extensive evidence
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01 Nov 2015, 09:05
01 Nov 2015, 09:05
Despite extensive evidence that before 1492, native populations had been tinkering with American forests extensively by 1 --------, some scholars persist in claiming that such acts were meant to 2 -------- bigger conflagration.
1
Blazing
cutting
cultivating
2
prevent
cure
ignite
OA after three responses
1
Blazing
cutting
cultivating
2
prevent
cure
ignite
OA after three responses
Re: Despite extensive evidence
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19 Nov 2015, 09:06
19 Nov 2015, 09:06
The clues here are the two words ‘tinkering and conflagrations’.
Tinkering is a negative word meaning “meddling with”. So cultivate, which means ‘to grow’ couldn’t be the correct one. It should be either cutting or blazing;
Now let's move to the second blank. In spite of the bad intent, some authors defend this act saying that they were meant to circumvent (prevent) bigger or more extensive fires (conflagrations). So cure cannot be the choice. Ignite is meaningless.
Cutting has no relevance to fires. So the choices are 1.blazing and 2 prevent.
Tinkering is a negative word meaning “meddling with”. So cultivate, which means ‘to grow’ couldn’t be the correct one. It should be either cutting or blazing;
Now let's move to the second blank. In spite of the bad intent, some authors defend this act saying that they were meant to circumvent (prevent) bigger or more extensive fires (conflagrations). So cure cannot be the choice. Ignite is meaningless.
Cutting has no relevance to fires. So the choices are 1.blazing and 2 prevent.
