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.
When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not (1)________ in the news. Rather, it is an ordinary event. Such discoveries are so (2)________ these days that hardly anybody pays heed to them. However, when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the world was (3)________. Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of scenes showing how people lived thousands of years ago. The scenes show people hunting animals, such as bison or wild cats. Other images (4)________ birds and, most noticeably, horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images, by far (5)________ all other animals.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.
Option 1: outnumbering
Option 2: outsourcing
Option 3: outlasting
Option 4: outreaching
Correct Answer: outnumbering
Solution : The correct answer is the first option.
Explanation: The word "outnumbering" conveys the idea that horses appear in more than 300 wall images, exceeding or surpassing the frequency of all other animals in the scenes depicted on the walls of the Lascaux cave complex.
Therefore, the correct answer is outnumbering.
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