Craft and StructureEasyAdjective fixed by a thin description
Craft and Structure practice question
Vegetation on the high plateau is ____: a few tough grasses and, here and there, a stunted shrub.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. sparseCorrect
- B. lush
- C. colourful
- D. poisonous
Answer: A. sparse
A few grasses and an occasional shrub is thin, scattered growth — 'sparse'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. lush
- 'Lush' means thick and abundant, the opposite of the description.
- C. colourful
- Nothing about colour appears in the description.
- D. poisonous
- Nothing suggests the plants are harmful.
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