SAT I 一日一問(wèn)：2014年6月23日

Critical Reading > Sentence Completions

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

The ------- of drug-resistant strains of bacteria and viruses has ------- researchers’ hopes that permanent victories against many diseases have been achieved.

(A) vigor . . corroborated

(B) feebleness . . dashed

(C) proliferation . . blighted

(D) destruction . . disputed

(E) disappearance . . frustrated

The correct answer is C

Explanation

Hopes for “permanent victories against many diseases” have been “blighted,” or dashed or crushed, by the “proliferation of drug-resistant strains of bacteria and viruses.”

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