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In the following passage, there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the given options.

At markets or at county fairs in the old days, the customer had to be on guard against a dishonest trader. A house wife, for example, wanting (1) ___ buy a live piglet might be (2) ___ a discount if she bought (3) ___ packed one, tied up in a small sack (4) ___ a poke. Anyone who agreed to (5) ___ a pig in a poke was naturally (6) ___ a risk. The pig might be ill (7) ___ even dead: Or it might turn (8) ___ to be not a piglet at all. Which of the following words will be most appropriate for blank (2)?


A

served

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B

offered

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C

preferred

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D

liked

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Solution

The correct option is B

offered


‘offered’ goes with a discount’.


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