سوال ۱ کنکور ارشد مهندسی برق ۱۴۰۰

اهمیت

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I .......... the argument because I didn't know enough about the subject.

پاسخ صحیح: گزینهٔ C — dropped

پاسخ تشریحی

The clause because I didn't know enough about the subject gives a reason for giving up the argument, so the blank needs a verb meaning "to stop pursuing". To drop an argument / a subject / a case is a fixed collocation meaning to abandon it or stop discussing it.

Option	Meaning	Fits?
depicted	portrayed, represented in words or pictures	No — one does not "depict" an argument for lack of knowledge
confronted	faced up to, challenged directly	No — lacking knowledge is a reason to avoid, not to confront
dropped	abandoned, stopped continuing	Yes
broached	raised a (sensitive) topic for the first time	No — the opposite direction: not knowing enough is a reason not to bring it up

So the sentence reads: I dropped the argument because I didn't know enough about the subject. The answer is option 3.

Exam trick: let the because-clause decide the direction of the verb. A reason of weakness ("didn't know enough") calls for a verb of withdrawal — drop, abandon, give up — and rules out verbs of starting or engaging such as broach and confront.

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