سوال ۳ کنکور ارشد مدیریت ۱۴۰۵
اهمیت
۰/۵
The psychologist told him to ………………..… on the part of the problem that troubled him.
- focus 2) solve 3) blame 4) base
پاسخ صحیح: گزینهٔ A — focus
پاسخ تشریحی
The blank is followed directly by the preposition on, so the verb must be one that takes on with no direct object in between. Only focus fits both the grammar and the meaning.
All four words:
| Option | Meaning | Persian gloss | Pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| focus | to direct your attention/effort at one thing | تمرکز کردن | focus on something ✔ |
| solve | to find the answer to a problem | حل کردن | solve something (transitive, no on) ✘ |
| blame | to say someone is responsible for something bad | سرزنش کردن / مقصر دانستن | blame somebody for something ✘ |
| base | to build something upon a foundation | بنا نهادن / مبتنی کردن | base something on something ✘ |
Why the others fail here:
- solve is transitive and never takes
on: you would need “told him to solve the part of the problem…” — theonmakes it ungrammatical. - blame requires a person as its direct object and the preposition for, not
onin this frame (blame him for the problem). - base always needs a direct object before
on(base your decision on the facts); with nothing betweenbaseandon, the sentence is incomplete.
Semantically the sentence is also a natural therapy context: a psychologist advises a patient to concentrate on (focus on) the troubling part of the problem.
Exam trick: When the blank is immediately followed by a preposition, first ask which verb takes exactly this preposition with nothing in between? — that test alone usually kills two or three options before you even weigh the meaning.
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