سوال ۱ کنکور ارشد ریاضی ۱۴۰۱
اهمیت
۰/۵
The rising death toll is ---------- largely to the growing number of elderly people, who are especially vulnerable to the flu.
پاسخ صحیح: گزینهٔ A — attributed
پاسخ تشریحی
The sentence explains the cause of the rising death toll, and the preposition to after the blank is the decisive clue. Attribute X to Y = regard Y as the cause/source of X; in the passive, X is attributed to Y. "The rising death toll is attributed largely to the growing number of elderly people" states exactly that causal link.
Why the distractors fail:
| Option | Meaning | Why it fails |
|---|---|---|
| 2) converted | changed from one form/use/belief into another | takes into (or to only for changing form, e.g. converted to Islam); a death toll is not changed into elderly people |
| 3) debilitated | weakened, made feeble | applies to a person's health, not a statistic, and never collocates with to |
| 4) transferred | moved from one place/person to another | implies physical or legal transfer, not causation |
Only attributed both fits the causal meaning and takes the preposition to.
Exam trick: in konkur vocabulary items the preposition after the blank narrows the field before you even weigh meaning — to here points straight at attributed.
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