Question : There are few words missing in the passage given below. The four options given contain an answer that will fit in those given blanks. Choose the correct word to be used in the blank to make the sentence coherent and grammatically correct.
Sri Lanka will have to 1) __________________ its unprecedented economic crisis for minimum of two more years, this statement was given by the country’s finance minister on Wednesday while anticipating an imminent cash crunch.
With several months of blackouts and 2) __________________ shortages of food, fuel and medicines have brought 3) __________________ suffering and problems across the country.
Resentment among the public has 4) __________________ several protests demanding the government to5) __________________ over its mismanagement of the economic crisis. The current situation in Sri Lanka is worst since independence in 1948.
Choose the correct word to be used in blank 1.
Option 1: provide
Option 2: secure
Option 3: consider
Option 4: endure
Correct Answer: endure
Solution : The correct answer is endure.
Sri Lanka will have to endure its unprecedented economic crisis for minimum of two more years
Explanation:
The sentence can only be coherent if the word endure is used in the blank.
It means to patiently undergo something difficult or painful.
Meaning of the rest of the words
Provide- to give or make available
Secure- fixed or fastened so that it won't budge, come undone, or get lost.
Consider-think carefully about (something), typically before making a decision