Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into family rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling Aunt like mastodons bellowing (1)_______. Primaeval swamps and Uncle James's letter about Cousin Mabel's peculiar behaviour is being shot (2)_____ the family circle ('Please read this carefully and send it on Jane') the clan has a tendency (3)______. ignore me. It's one of the advantages I get from (4)_______. a bachelor and, according to my nearest and dearest, practically a half-witted bachelor (5)________that.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.
Option 1: to
Option 2: of
Option 3: towards
Option 4: for
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Correct Answer: to
Solution : The first option is correct.
Explanation : In this sentence, the preposition to would be used after the noun tendency to indicate the direction or target of that tendency. Here, to connect the verb ignore with its object me . This construction signifies that the tendency of the clan is directed towards ignoring the speaker.
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