Question

Clinical practitioners ________ integrated mindfulness ________ treatment of ________ host of emotional and behavioural disorders, ________ borderline personality disorder, major depression, chronic pain, or eating disorders. Number of such practitioners ________ increased substantially.

• A. have, in the, a, such as, has
• B. have, in the, the, like, have
• C. were, for, a, like, has
• D. have, for, a, like, has
• E. could, in the, the, such as, have

Hint:

In sentence completion, always check verb tense, collocations (like “in the treatment”), idiomatic expressions (“a host of,” “such as”), and subject-verb agreement. These clues quickly eliminate wrong options.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1: First blank.
The sentence is in present perfect tense describing current practices. Hence, “have integrated mindfulness” is correct. Options with “were” or “could” distort the meaning.
Step 2: Second blank.
The correct phrase is “in the treatment” A standard collocation). “For treatment” is also possible grammatically, but less precise in this formal academic context. Thus, “in the” is best.
Step 3: Third blank.
We need an article before “host.” The indefinite article “a host of” is the natural idiom. “The host” is incorrect here. So answer must contain “a.”
Step 4: Fourth blank.
To give examples, “such as” is the formal and correct academic usage. “Like” is less formal and does not fit well in this context.
Step 5: Fifth blank.
The clause is: “Number of such practitioners ________ increased substantially.” Here, subject = “Number,” which is singular. Therefore, it must take the verb “has,” not “have.”
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