Question

Choose the correct option for the given blanks.
In the absence of native predators, to stop the spread of their population, the imported goats............to such an inordinate degree that they over-grazed the countryside and ........ the native vegetation.

• A. thrived-threatened
• B. suffered abandoned
• C. propagated - cultivated
• D. dwindled-eliminated

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

In the absence of native predators, to stop the spread of their population, the imported goats thrived to such an inordinate degree that they over-grazed the countryside and threatened the native vegetation.

• Thrived fits because the goats would flourish without predators.
  Threatened works because the over-grazing would endanger the native vegetation.

The correct option is (A): thrived-threatened