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    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. Doctors and health ministries in Germany, for example, endeavoured to (A) ensemble /(B) assemble inventories of family relationships linking the victims of insanity. 2. A steady hum of schemes to harmonise the statistics (A) colluded /(B) culminated in 1867 with a bold international campaign of standardisation. 3. Too ambitious to implement, it collapsed three years later with the (A) outbreak /(B) outcast of war between France and Prussia.
    A ABA Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B ABB Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C BBA Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D BBB Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E BAA Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    1.       (c) 1 - ENSEMBLE means a group of musicians or actors, while ASSEMBLE means to put together. The sentence talks about how doctors in Germany endeavoured to put together inventories of family relationships linking the victims of insanity. B will be used here. 2- COLLUDED means cooperated in a secret or unlawful way, and CULMINATED means ended. The sentence talks about how a steady hum of schemes ended in 1867. B will be used here. 3- OUTBREAK means the sudden onset of something unpleasant, and OUTCAST means someone who is cast out of society. The sentence talks about how the campaign collapsed with the breaking out of war between France and Prussia. A will be used here. Thus, (c) is the right answer.

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