Question

Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.

Billy was afraid to reach into the cavernous storm drain for his lost ball.

A.dark and creepy

B.filled with animals

C.flooded with water

D.large and dark space

Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.

Are you sure that was in the directions? It seems like a paradox.

A.untrue statement

B.incorrect statement

C.statement that contradicts itself

D.sentence that is out of sequence

Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.

The swimmers worked hard on the synchronization of their water ballet.

A.having movement precede each sound

B.the ability to withstand cold

C.having sound happen at the same time as action

D.having mechanical motion in the performance

Answer 1

D. large and dark space
C. statement that contradicts itself
D. having mechanical motion in the performance

Answer 2

The answer that best matches the word in italics in the first sentence is D, "large and dark space". "Cavernous" is suggestive of a cavern in vastness, darkness.

As regards the second sentence, the word that best matches the word in italics is C, "a statement that contradicts itself". Cambridge dictionary defines "paradox" as a situation or statement that seems impossible or difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics.

In the third sentence, D is the correct answer. "Synchronization" in that case refers to the water ballet in which the movements of the dancers should go at the same time.