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Example

Title: Words Context

Grade: top-sat Lesson: S1-P1

Explanation: Let us discuss a few examples regarding the topic.

Examples:

Short Passage:

The following text is adapted from George Eliot’s 1871–72 novel Middlemarch. [Mr. Brooke] had travelled in his younger years, and was held in this part of the country to have contracted a too rambling habit of mind. Mr. Brooke’s conclusions were as difficult to predict as the weather.

Question:

As used in the text, what does the word “contracted” most nearly mean?

A) Restricted

B) Described

C) Developed

D) Settled

Answer:

C) Developed

Tip :

Choice C is the best answer because as used in the text, “contracted” most nearly means developed. The text explains thatMr. Brooke has a “too rambling habit of mind,” which the text likens to a disease, saying he is thought to have contracted it.To contract a disease means to acquire or develop a disease. In other words, the text indicates that Mr. Brooke is believed tohave acquired, or developed, the habit of mind described in the text.