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Craft and Structure practice question
Because the fishing village had no road connection until the 1970s, its dialect remained remarkably ____, preserving words that had vanished elsewhere centuries before.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. insularCorrect
- B. fashionable
- C. widespread
- D. fluent
Answer: A. insular
Cut off from the outside, the dialect kept old words. 'Insular' means isolated and inward-looking — exactly what no road connection would produce.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. fashionable
- A dialect preserving centuries-old words is the opposite of fashionable.
- C. widespread
- 'Widespread' contradicts 'preserving words that had vanished elsewhere'.
- D. fluent
- 'Fluent' describes a speaker's ease, not a dialect's isolation.
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