Question

Mark had lived in a small city for all of his life, and local people thought of him as a solid citizen.

In this sentence, the word solid most likely means 

    A. popular.B. dependable.C. unbroken.D. immovable.

Answer 1

The correct answer is B, dependable. In this sentence, solid is an adjective describing citizen. Previously, the sentence indicates that Mark has lived in a small city for all of his life. Given the nature of a small city, and his many years spent there, it would make sense that the local population thought of him as a dependable citizen.

Answer 2

Dependable

Further Explanation:

In the above sentence, the work solid is referred to the way as it is speaking of the mark as a dependable person on who people can trust. The given line states that Mark has been living in the city from almost all his life and because of that, he has made his image in front of the people in such a way that people can depend on him and can trust him. The above statement depicts the bonding of a mark with the local people of that area.  

It states that because mark has been living in that area from last many years, people of that area have got into some sought of bonding with mark as it is a little city and because it is a little city, people of that city may be interacting with each other on daily bases as a small city will have only few people living in and because of that daily interaction, people know who they can trust or who they cant. So because of that, they can view the mark as a dependable guy.  

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Answer Details:

Grade: High School

Chapter: Building Trust

Subject: English

Keywords: Mark, Trust, Solid, Dependable, Local, City, People, Interaction, Statement, Bonding.