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When we read with our eyes, we hear the words in the theater of our au
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When we read with our eyes, we hear the words in the theater of our auditory inwardness. The voice we conjure up is our own—it is the sound-print of the self. Bringing this voice to life via the book is one of the (i)___________ aspects of the reading magic, but hearing a book in the voice of another amounts to a silencing of that self—it is an act of vocal tyranny. The listener is powerless against the taped voice, not at all in the position of my five-year-old daughter, who (ii)______________ me continually, “Don’t read it like that, Dad.” With the audio book, everything—pace, timbre, inflection—is (iii)_____________ for the captive listener.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
|---|---|---|
| A. subtler | D. motivates | G. facetious |
| B. more discordant | E. admonishes | H. implausible |
| C. more melancholy | F. felicitates | I. determined |
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Re: When we read with our eyes, we hear the words in the theater of our au
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12 Sep 2023, 12:00
12 Sep 2023, 12:00
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How I approached the problem,
I started with the second blank. Since the daughter is correcting the author or telling the author to read in a particular way if he's not reading with good tone or pace, this suggests that child is "admonishing" the author.
Next I go to the third blank, since it's written that the pace, timber and inflection is _____ for the captive, it would indicate that it is unchangeable or fixed, so "determined" should be in the third blank.
For the first blank, since the second part of the sentence is in a negative tone and the first part is contrasted with "but", the only positive word that can be put in here is "subtle" so the answer is A) E) I)
Hope this helps!
I started with the second blank. Since the daughter is correcting the author or telling the author to read in a particular way if he's not reading with good tone or pace, this suggests that child is "admonishing" the author.
Next I go to the third blank, since it's written that the pace, timber and inflection is _____ for the captive, it would indicate that it is unchangeable or fixed, so "determined" should be in the third blank.
For the first blank, since the second part of the sentence is in a negative tone and the first part is contrasted with "but", the only positive word that can be put in here is "subtle" so the answer is A) E) I)
Hope this helps!
gmatclubot
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