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      Question

      In each of the following questions, a sentence is given

      with two blanks, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the pair of words from the given options that best fits the context of the sentence as a whole, making it grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. If none of the given pairs fit the sentence, select 'None of the above' as your answer. Although the government’s ambitious urban renewal project was ostensibly designed to revitalize the decaying district, community advocates warned that the aggressive gentrification would inevitably ________ the neighbourhood’s rich cultural heritage, replacing its vibrant street life with a sterile, ________ commercial zone.
      A marginalize, cosmopolitan Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      B extirpate, polyglot Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      C vitiate, monolithic Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      D appropriate, eclectic Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

      Solution

      The sentence contrasts a "rich cultural heritage" and "vibrant street life" with a negative outcome characterized as "sterile." To "vitiate" means to spoil, impair, or destroy the quality of something, which fits the destruction of the heritage. "Monolithic" describes something massive, uniform, and lacking in character or diversity, which perfectly pairs with "sterile" to describe the new commercial zone. Option (a) fails because "cosmopolitan" implies a diverse, worldly environment, contradicting "sterile." Option (b) fails as "polyglot" implies multilingual diversity. Option (d) fails because "eclectic" means diverse and varied.

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