سوال ۱ کنکور ارشد علوم کامپیوتر ۱۴۰۴
اهمیت
۰/۵
I have to say, I'm not particularly ................ in my own understanding of the true nature of fear, even though I make my living drawing horror images.
- mutual
- confident
- possible
- available
پاسخ صحیح: گزینهٔ B — confident
پاسخ تشریحی
The blank needs an adjective describing the speaker's degree of certainty about their own understanding, and it must fit the pattern "particularly ___ in my own understanding."
- confident — "to be confident in (something)" is a fixed collocation meaning sure / self-assured. "I'm not particularly confident in my own understanding" fits both the grammar and the meaning: the speaker admits they are not very sure of their grasp of fear, even though they draw horror for a living. The concessive clause ("even though...") signals this self-doubt.
- mutual (shared between two parties) makes no sense with a single person's own understanding.
- possible describes situations, not a person's certainty, and does not take "in (one's) understanding."
- available (free / obtainable) does not describe certainty.
Only confident produces an idiomatic, meaningful sentence.
Exam trick: Lock onto the preposition. The fixed phrase "confident in something" already points to option 2 before you even weigh meaning.
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