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The discovery that exposure to allergens through the mothers diet dur
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The discovery that exposure to allergens through the mother’s diet during the last trimester could lead to complications during the first year after birth (i) _________ the U.K. Department of Health to (ii) __________ dietary recommendations for expecting mothers.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
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| A. prompted | D. intuit |
| B. instigated | E. codify |
| C. lulled | F. officiate |
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Prompted, codify. A discovery that pregnancy complications are being caused and can be avoided would prompt action—specifically, codifying, or “systematizing,” the recommendations. For the first blank, instigated (urged, goaded, provoked, or incited) has a somewhat negative spin, and instigating is generally something that people do; it is odd to say that a “discovery” instigated a group of people to do something. Lulled (deceptively caused to feel safe) is the opposite of what the discovery of the allergen/complications link would do to the Department of Health. For the second blank, intuit (understand or solve by instinct) and officiate (act as an official in charge) are not right, though the latter represents a bit of a theme trap related to a government agency.
Prompted, codify. A discovery that pregnancy complications are being caused and can be avoided would prompt action—specifically, codifying, or “systematizing,” the recommendations. For the first blank, instigated (urged, goaded, provoked, or incited) has a somewhat negative spin, and instigating is generally something that people do; it is odd to say that a “discovery” instigated a group of people to do something. Lulled (deceptively caused to feel safe) is the opposite of what the discovery of the allergen/complications link would do to the Department of Health. For the second blank, intuit (understand or solve by instinct) and officiate (act as an official in charge) are not right, though the latter represents a bit of a theme trap related to a government agency.
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