سوال ۱ کنکور ارشد ریاضی ۱۴۰۴
My mother was a very strong, ................... woman who was a real adventurer in love with the arts and sports.
پاسخ صحیح: گزینهٔ B — independent
This is a vocabulary cloze item: choose the adjective that best completes the description of the speaker's mother.
The sentence describes her as strong, an adventurer, and someone in love with the arts and sports — a portrait of a self-reliant, free-spirited person. The blank sits in the coordinated pair "very strong, ______ woman", so it needs an adjective that naturally pairs with strong to describe a person's character.
Check each option:
| Option | Meaning | Fit |
|---|---|---|
| 1) consecutive | following one after another (in sequence) | ✗ describes events/numbers, not a person's character |
| 2) independent | self-reliant; not needing others' support | ✓ collocates perfectly with strong to describe character |
| 3) enforced | imposed/compelled by force | ✗ does not describe a personality trait |
| 4) subsequent | coming after; later in time | ✗ a time-order adjective, not a character trait |
Only independent describes a personal quality and forms the idiomatic collocation a strong, independent woman, matching the adventurous, self-driven portrait.
So the answer is option 2.
Exam trick: consecutive and subsequent are pure time-sequence adjectives, and enforced is a past-participle meaning "imposed by force" — none can describe a person's character, so they are eliminated on collocation grounds before you even weigh meaning.