Direction: Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each…
2024
Direction: Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks
Every month, scientists ___(i)___ new gadgets and new ways to make technology faster and better. Our homes are full of hardware (such as DVD players and computers) and ___(ii)___ (such as computer games and MP3s). ___(iii)___ suggests, however, that it is the young people who are best able to deal with this change. Whereas teenagers have no problem ___(iv)___ a DVD player, their parents and grandparents often find using new technology ___(v)___ and different. But if you’re a teenager who criticizes your parents for their ___(vi)___ of technological awareness, don’t be too hard on them! Sometime ___(vii)___the future, when you’ve got children of your own, your ___(viii)___ to deal with new technology will probably ___(ix)___ and your children will feel more ___(x)___ with new technology than you do.
Find the appropriate word in case
(i)=?
(question no 1 till 10 are linked together )
- A.
found
- B.
invent
- C.
estimate
- D.
discover
Attempted by 7 students.
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Correct answer: B
Contextual vocabulary questions test whether a word matches the precise action or state the surrounding sentence describes — near-synonyms often differ sharply in meaning even when they seem loosely related, so the surrounding clues (not just topic overlap) decide the correct choice.
Here the sentence states that scientists are responsible for producing ‘new gadgets and new ways to make technology faster and better’ every month — this describes originating something that did not exist before, which is exactly the sense carried by ‘invent’.
‘found’ names the act of coming across something that already exists (the past tense of ‘find’); it cannot describe bringing a brand-new device into existence.
‘estimate’ means to make an approximate calculation or judgment of a value; it says nothing about creating a device.
‘discover’ means to become aware of something that already existed but was previously unknown (e.g., a scientific law); it does not itself convey the act of originating new technology.
‘Invent’ is therefore the only verb consistent with the passage.