RLA Language Arts Completing Sentences 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: The company's _______ growth over five years made it one of the fastest-rising firms in the industry.
- stagnant
- exponential (Correct answer)
- gradual
- minimal
Correct answer: exponential
'Exponential' describes extremely rapid growth, consistent with being the fastest-rising firm.
Question 2: Although the two sisters looked identical, their personalities were completely _______.
- similar
- complementary
- divergent (Correct answer)
- parallel
Correct answer: divergent
'Divergent' means going in different directions or being very different, contrasting with their identical looks.
Question 3: The professor's lecture was so _______ that several students fell asleep within the first ten minutes.
- stimulating
- provocative
- monotonous (Correct answer)
- engaging
Correct answer: monotonous
'Monotonous' means dull and repetitive, which explains students falling asleep.
Question 4: The rescue team worked _______ for three days to find survivors in the rubble.
- reluctantly
- tirelessly (Correct answer)
- intermittently
- cautiously
Correct answer: tirelessly
'Tirelessly' means without rest or stopping, fitting a three-day continuous rescue effort.
Question 5: The judge's ruling was seen as _______ because it seemed to favor one side without justification.
- impartial
- biased (Correct answer)
- deliberate
- transparent
Correct answer: biased
'Biased' means showing unfair preference, which fits favoring one side without justification.
Question 6: The memoir was _______ in its account of hardship, refusing to dramatize or exaggerate the author's suffering.
- understated (Correct answer)
- embellished
- fabricated
- theatrical
Correct answer: understated
'Understated' means presented without exaggeration, which matches refusing to dramatize suffering.
Question 7: The city council voted to _______ the old theater rather than demolish it, preserving its historic architecture.
- abandon
- renovate (Correct answer)
- demolish
- survey
Correct answer: renovate
'Renovate' means to restore to good condition, contrasting with demolishing and preserving the architecture.
The company's _______ growth over five years made it one of the fastest-rising firms in the industry.