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Craft and Structure practice question
The well's water is ____: each summer it stands lower, and the village has begun to ration it.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. dwindlingCorrect
- B. abundant
- C. polluted
- D. frozen
Answer: A. dwindling
Lower each summer, rationed.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. abundant
- Abundant contradicts rationing.
- C. polluted
- Quality is not mentioned.
- D. frozen
- Summer water does not freeze.
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