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 the blank number 1.
Option 1: a
Option 2: that
Option 3: their
Option 4: some
Correct Answer: a
Solution : The correct answer is the first option.
The sentence describes a general, non-specific location in Africa, so the appropriate choice is an indefinite article a .
The use of a in this context helps convey that the Maasais live in one of many beautiful parts of Africa, without specifying a particular one.
Therefore, the complete sentence is: "The Maasais live in a very beautiful part of Africa."
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