Craft and StructureHardAdjective fixed by a ten-minute visit
Craft and Structure practice question
The inspector's visit was so ____ — ten minutes, most of them spent in the car park — that the report it produced was worthless.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. cursoryCorrect
- B. thorough
- C. unexpected
- D. formal
Answer: A. cursory
Ten minutes, mostly outside: a hasty, superficial inspection, which is 'cursory'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. thorough
- 'Thorough' is the opposite of a ten-minute look.
- C. unexpected
- Whether the visit was expected has nothing to do with its being worthless.
- D. formal
- 'Formal' describes style, not the depth of the inspection.
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