Select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning.
Although nineteenth-century historians long maintained that the naturalist was by no means unacquainted with early evolutionary theories, his private correspondence—far from confirming such awareness—demonstrates that he remained thoroughly __________ the conceptual breakthroughs occurring elsewhere in Europe.
- oblivious toCevap
- uninformed aboutCevap
- Ccognizant of
- Dmindful of
- Eindifferent to
- Fcontemptuous of
Cevap
The completed sentence requires words meaning unaware of or lacking knowledge about. The two choices that fulfill this meaning and yield equivalent completed sentences are 'oblivious to' and 'uninformed about'.
The sentence setup opens with a concession containing a double negative: historians believed the naturalist was 'by no means unacquainted with' (meaning fully aware of) early theories. However, the contrast word 'Although' and the qualification 'far from confirming such awareness' signal that the main clause reverses this claim. Therefore, the blank must express that the naturalist was unaware of or ignorant regarding the breakthroughs. The options 'oblivious to' and 'uninformed about' both precisely capture this absence of knowledge and create completed sentences with identical meaning.
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Parsing Complex Syntax, Reversals, and Double Negatives