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Zorluk: OrtaMulti-Blank Text Completion: Cross-Sentence Contextual Coherence

Read the passage below:

For decades, historical demographers treated nineteenth-century municipal censuses as remarkably (i)________ records, assuming that civic authorities recorded births and deaths with meticulous objectivity. Recent archival analysis, however, reveals that local magistrates frequently manipulated mortality figures to avoid public panic during epidemic outbreaks. Consequently, far from providing an unvarnished mirror of demographic reality, these registries offer a deeply (ii)________ account, requiring modern scholars to approach official statistics with unprecedented (iii)________.

Which of the following combinations of terms best completes the passage to preserve its logical and cross-sentence contextual coherence?

  1. (i) infallible, (ii) tendentious, (iii) circumspectionCevap
  2. B
    (i) suspect, (ii) tendentious, (iii) enthusiasm
  3. C
    (i) infallible, (ii) comprehensive, (iii) credulity
  4. D
    (i) haphazard, (ii) objective, (iii) circumspection
  5. E
    (i) infallible, (ii) tendentious, (iii) indifference

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The correct completion is (i) infallible, (ii) tendentious, (iii) circumspection.
The combination consisting of 'infallible', 'tendentious', and 'circumspection' maintains precise thematic and logical coherence throughout the passage. 'Infallible' reflects the initial belief in meticulous objectivity; 'tendentious' captures the biased nature of records resulting from deliberate manipulation; and 'circumspection' accurately describes the cautious posture modern researchers must adopt when evaluating flawed archival data.

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1
Analyze Blank (i) using the immediate context clue.
The initial assumption is described as believing authorities recorded data with 'meticulous objectivity'. Therefore, Blank (i) must mean faultless or trustworthy, making 'infallible' the fitting choice.
Establish the baseline historical perspective before the contrast signal.
2
Evaluate Blank (ii) across sentence boundaries using structural pivot words.
The contrast transition 'however' and the evidence that magistrates 'manipulated mortality figures' indicate that the accounts were not objective but deliberately biased, making 'tendentious' the appropriate fit.
Ensure cross-sentence coherence between the cause (manipulated figures) and its characterization.
3
Determine Blank (iii) based on logical inference from the passage's overall argument.
Because the records are unreliable and biased, scholars must view them with cautious scrutiny, which is expressed by 'circumspection'.
Complete the logical outcome dictated by the revelation of corrupted historical data.

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