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.
Music can improve mood, decrease pain and anxiety, and facilitate opportunities for emotional expression. Research (1)______ that music can benefit our physical and mental health in numerous ways. Music can (2)______ the brain’s production of the hormone dopamine. This increased dopamine production helps (3)________ feelings of anxiety and depression. Music is processed directly by the amygdala, which is the part of the brain (4)________ in mood and emotions. By reducing stress levels and providing a strong competing stimulus to the pain (5) ________ that enter the brain, music therapy can assist in pain management.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 5.
Option 1: deter
Option 2: signals
Option 3: deform
Option 4: substance
Correct Answer: signals
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
In the context of the sentence, the phrase "stimuli to the pain" suggests that there are signals related to pain entering the brain. The correct word to describe these signals is signals. The sentence implies that music therapy provides a strong competing stimulus (music) to the signals related to pain that enter the brain, assisting in pain management.
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Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 4.
Option 1: involved
Option 2: concerned
Option 3: obsessed
Option 4: accompanied
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 1.
Option 1: interprets
Option 2: suggests
Option 3: dreams
Option 4: focuses
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 3.
Option 1: intensify
Option 2: amend
Option 3: enhance
Option 4: relieve
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 2.
Option 1: provide
Option 2: furnish
Option 3: exhaust
Option 4: boost
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. This book (1) _ writing practice to pre-schoolers to help them learn to write (2) _ of the English alphabet. Directional arrows, (3) _ with the letters and numbers, guide children in writing. (4) _ and copying activities encourage children to read and write letters and numbers (5) _ to count.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 4.
Option 1: Traced
Option 2: Being traced
Option 3: Tracing
Option 4: Trace
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