Question : In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The Maasais live in (1)_____ very beautiful part of Africa. They live on the wide plains in southern and northern Kenya and northern Tanzania. The area (2)____of miles of rolling grass land, on which you can find thorny bushes and rocky hills. The people move from one place to another according to the seasons, looking for grasses and other plants (3)_____ which their cattle can graze. They have no permanent home. When they want to settle in a place for some time, they build a kind of camp called a 'Manyatta', where a few families live for a (4)____ weeks or months. Then they move on again, taking their few (5)_____ with them, and burning the old 'Manyatta' to the ground.
Question
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.
Option 1: inhibitions
Option 2: experiences
Option 3: antiques
Option 4: belongings
Correct Answer: belongings
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
In the context of people moving from one place to another, the term belongings refers to the things that they own or possess, which they take with them. It makes sense in the context of the Maasais moving their possessions when they leave the Manyatta .
Therefore, the complete sentence is: "Then they move on again, taking their few belongings with them, and burning the old Manyatta to the ground."
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