Craft and StructureHardWord for taking something for granted
Craft and Structure practice question
The report ____ that the bridge could bear the new traffic, and never tested it; the cracks found the following spring showed how costly the assumption had been.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. presumedCorrect
- B. proved
- C. denied
- D. measured
Answer: A. presumed
Assumed without testing: presumed.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. proved
- Proving would have required the test that was never done.
- C. denied
- The report asserted the bridge's strength, not its weakness.
- D. measured
- Measuring is exactly what was not done.
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