Choose the correct option to the questions based on the given passage. Once…
2023
Choose the correct option to the questions based on the given passage.
Once upon a time, a hunter came to a forest. It was summer, and water was scarce. Many of the animals had died of thirst. The hunter killed a deer and took it back to his house. The Forest God was very sad because he could not protect his animals. He prayed to the Rain God and the monsoon arrived. The animals could breed again because there was enough to eat and drink.
The Forest God was very _____ that he could not protect his animals.
Answer: B. sad — ConceptIn context-based sentence completion, the missing word must match both the sentence grammar and the meaning established by the surrounding passage.…
- A.
joyous
- B.
sad
- C.
neutral
- D.
More than one of the above
- E.
None of the above
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Correct answer: B
Concept
In context-based sentence completion, the missing word must match both the sentence grammar and the meaning established by the surrounding passage.
Emotion words are selected from the cause described in the text: joy follows a welcome event, sorrow follows loss or helplessness, and neutrality indicates no strong feeling.
Application
The blank follows “was very,” so it requires an adjective describing the Forest God’s emotion. The reason clause says that he could not protect his animals, while the passage also says that animals died and a deer was killed. These details establish sorrow and helplessness at that moment.
Contrast
“Joyous” denotes strong happiness, which conflicts with the loss and helplessness described before the rain arrives.
“Sad” denotes sorrow or unhappiness and fits the stated inability to protect the animals.
“Neutral” denotes an absence of marked emotion, which conflicts with “very” and the explicit distress in the passage.
“More than one of the above” would require at least two listed descriptions to fit the same context, but the emotional evidence supports one description.
“None of the above” would require every listed description to fail, but “sad” fits the context directly.
Cross-check
Substitution gives: “The Forest God was very sad that he could not protect his animals.” The grammar is natural and the meaning agrees with the passage’s earlier statement about his sorrow.
Therefore, the sentence is completed with “sad.”