Select the option which best fits the given blank/blanks. Although the…

Concept

A sentence-completion vocabulary item is solved by matching the blank's required meaning to the logical relationship the sentence's structure words set up. ‘Although’ signals a concession — a contrast between two clauses — so the blank must name the feeling that plausibly survives, or arises despite, the stated difference.

Application

Here, ‘although’ concedes that the villagers’ lives differed profoundly from Cruise’s own, yet she still felt something toward them while serving in the Peace Corps. The blank therefore needs a positive, relational noun — a felt closeness or connection with people despite different circumstances. Affinity denotes exactly that: a natural liking or kinship toward another group, which fits both the grammar (‘a deep ______ for the people’) and the contrast set up by ‘although’.

Contrast

• Reparation — compensation or amends for a wrong; unrelated to felt closeness.

• Injunction — a formal restraining order; describes a legal command, not an emotion.

• Exigency — an urgent need demanding action; describes pressure, not connection.