Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Cevap:In the mid-twentieth century, as urban centers expanded rapidly, planners often assumed that building larger highways would permanently relieve traffic congestion. However, transport economists have since demonstrated that such infrastructure projects frequently have the opposite effect: by making driving more convenient, they generate new demand, thereby 【exacerbating】 the very congestion they were designed to alleviate.
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exacerbating (or compounding / worsening / aggravating / intensifying)
The sentence describes how building larger highways has the opposite effect of relieving traffic congestion because it generates new demand, thereby worsening or intensifying the problem. The word 'exacerbating' (or 'compounding') fits this context perfectly, as it means making a problem or bad situation worse.
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Identifying a word that is semantically and grammatically precise in context by using text clues like contrast and cause-and-effect relationships.