Lesson: Sentence Completion - 10

In Dual-Blank Completions, Never Rule Out an Answer Choice

Because of a Better Choice for One Blank In a dual-blank question, a wrong answer choice might provide a perfect completion for one blank—better than all the others—but may nevertheless be paired with one that’s a poor fit for the other blank.
Even if you spot two superior completions for the same blank, never rule out other answer choices on that basis alone. To help drive home this point, let’s look at another example:v>

Example

Solved Example

Explaination

Since the “desire” mentioned in the first phrase is one that “nearly all humans seem to share,” the words common and basic (which both suggest that all humans share) are the two best completions for the first blank. But they’re paired with poor completions for the second blank, which should mirror the idea of identifying with an “exclusive social group.” Only choice (E) completes the second blank by referring to such a group.The correct answer is (E).
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