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Craft and StructureMediumWord for being determined despite difficulty

Craft and Structure practice question

The volunteers were ____: they dug the drain by hand through a fortnight of rain and finished it the day the digger finally arrived.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

  1. A. persistentCorrect
  2. B. reluctant
  3. C. idle
  4. D. lucky

Answer: A. persistent

A fortnight of rain, by hand: persistent.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. reluctant
Reluctant volunteers would have waited for the digger.
C. idle
They dug.
D. lucky
Nothing lucky about the rain.

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