Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
There are three main groups of oils: animal, vegetable, and mineral. Great quantities of animal oil come (1) _________whales, those enormous creatures of the sea (2) ___________are the largest remaining animals in the world. (3) __________the whale from the cold of the Arctic seas, nature (4) __________it with a thick covering of fat called blubber. (5) ___________the whale is killed; the blubber is stripped (6) __________and boiled down. It produces a great (7) __________of oil which can be made into food for human (8)_________. A few other creatures yield oil, but none so (9)___________as the whale. The livers of the cod and the halibut, two (10) ____________of fish, yield nourishing oil.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option for blank number 9.
Option 1: much
Option 2: enough
Option 3: very
Option 4: more
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Correct Answer: much
Solution : The most appropriate option is the first option.
The sentence structure indicates a comparison between the oil yielded by the whale and that of other creatures. Much in this context emphasises that no other creature yields as much oil as the whale does.
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