Question
In the question below, three sentences are given, each
of which has two words highlighted in bold. Choose the word in each sentence that fits appropriately in the context, and select the right option. 1. The higher education system is a unique type of organisation with its own way of (A) moving /(B) motivating productivity in its scholarly workforce. 2. It doesn't need to (A) condemn /(B) compel professors to produce scholarship because they choose to do it on their own. 3. This is in contrast to the standard structure for motivating employees in bureaucratic organisations, which (A) implies /(B) relies on manipulating two incentives.Solution
1. (e) 1- MOVING means to go in a specified direction, and MOTIVATING means driving something or someone. The sentence talks about how higher education system has its own way of driving productivity, so B will be used. 2- CONDEMN means to criticise and COMPEL means to force. The sentence talks about how the higher education system does not need to force professors to produce scholarship since they do so on their own. B will be used. 3- IMPLIES means to indicate indirectly, and RELIES means depends. The sentence talks about how the standard structure for motivating employees depends on manipulating two incentives. B will be used here. Thus, (e) is the right answer.
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