Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct sequence for the following passage:
I am wearing for the first time some (i)______ that I have never been able to wear for long at a time, as they are horribly tight. I usually put them on just before giving a lecture. The painful pressure they exert on my feet goads my oratorical capacities to their utmost. This sharp and overwhelming pain makes me sing like a nightingale or like one of those Neapolitan singers who also wear (ii) _______ that are too tight. The visceral physical longing, the overwhelming torture provoked by my (iii)_______, forces me to extract from words distilled and sublime truths, generalized by the supreme inquisition of the pain my (iv) _______suffer.
Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct sequence for the following passage:
I am wearing for the first time some (i)______ that I have never been able to wear for long at a time, as they are horribly tight. I usually put them on just before giving a lecture. The painful pressure they exert on my feet goads my oratorical capacities to their utmost. This sharp and overwhelming pain makes me sing like a nightingale or like one of those Neapolitan singers who also wear (ii) _______ that are too tight. The visceral physical longing, the overwhelming torture provoked by my (iii)_______, forces me to extract from words distilled and sublime truths, generalized by the supreme inquisition of the pain my (iv) _______suffer.
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(i) patent-leather belt (ii) belts (iii) patent-leather belt (iv) waist
(i) patent-leather shoes (ii) bands (iii) patent-leather bands (iv) wrist
(i) patent-leather shoes (ii) shoes (iii) patent-leather shoes iv) feet
(i) patent-leather jacket (ii) jacket (iii) patent-leather jacket (iv) body
The Correct Option is C
Solution and Explanation
Step 1: Context analysis. The passage speaks of something "horribly tight" that exerts pressure on the feet. Hence, the item must be shoes, not belts, jackets, or bands.
Step 2: Matching the blanks. - (i) "I am wearing for the first time some (i) ______" $\Rightarrow$ only shoes fit the description, as belts/jackets aren't worn on feet.
- (ii) "like those singers who also wear (ii) ______ that are too tight" $\Rightarrow$ again, shoes are logical.
- (iii) "the overwhelming torture provoked by my (iii) ________" $\Rightarrow$ the pain is caused by shoes.
- (iv) "the pain my (iv) _________ suffer" $\Rightarrow$ feet suffer from tight shoes.
Step 3: Elimination of wrong options. - (A) Belt/waist: doesn't match the reference to feet.
- (B) Bands/wrist: irrelevant.
- (D) Jacket/body: no link to feet.
Therefore, the only consistent sequence is option (C):
\[ \boxed{(i)\ \text{patent-leather shoes},\ (ii)\ \text{shoes},\ (iii)\ \text{patent-leather shoes},\ (iv)\ \text{feet}} \]
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