Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Sentence completion
0 "Melodramas, which presented stark oppositions between innocence and criminality, virtue and corruption, good and evil, were popular precisely because they offered the audience a world 01 i 00 ___ of ___ 02 i 00 . 02 br
00 A. bereft … theatricality 02 br
00 B. composed … adversity 02 br
00 C. full … circumstantiality 02 br
00 D. deprived … polarity 02 br
00 E. devoid … neutrality" 02 br
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00 I was caught up, 'cause I think both B and E sound right. 02 br
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00 Could you tell me which one is correct, and why? 0-
00 A. bereft … theatricality 02 br
00 B. composed … adversity 02 br
00 C. full … circumstantiality 02 br
00 D. deprived … polarity 02 br
00 E. devoid … neutrality" 02 br
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00 I was caught up, 'cause I think both B and E sound right. 02 br
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00 Could you tell me which one is correct, and why? 0-
Top answer
0 B is no good, because adversity is not the concept presented; it is the bipolarity of good and bad-- nothing was neutral grey in the melodrama, it was all black or white. 0-
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0 B is no good, because adversity is not the concept presented; it is the bipolarity of good and bad-- nothing was neutral grey in the melodrama, it was all black or white. 0-
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0 Thank you, Mr Micawber. You're so kind. I think I misunderstood the meaning of "adversity". 0-
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