In each of the questions below, a sentence is given with two blanks that indicate that some parts are missing

Direction: In each of the questions below, a sentence is given with two blanks that indicate that some parts are missing. Identify the correct pair of words that fit in the sentence to make it grammatically and contextually correct.

1. The number of samples of Covid positive cases that have______sequencing to verify which strain of virus they represent is unclear, because agencies are_______the data on individual Omicron cases, and the specific samples tested for the new variant.

A.            Understated, emulsifying

B.            Undergone , triangulating

C.            Undertaken , intertwining

D.            Undergone , integrating

E.            Underreported, commingling

2. The Hames should know that Israel will not give up on holding on the land it has held for years, and Israel should understand that total______, expulsion or even________of Palestinians will not make it any safer.

A.            Subrogation, annihilation

B.            Adjudication, decimation

C.            Centrifugation, excogitating

D.            Subjugation, decimation

E.            Prorogation, fabrication

3. From sporadic sleep patterns to________egos, from anxiety and depression to abating attention spans and reliance on______mood- boosts, the harm was both physical and mental.

A.            Bumped, ingrained

B.            Marked, entrenched

C.            Bruised, inveterate

D.            Impaired, congenital

E.            Bruised, pathological

4. Alexander Pushkin stayed at Odessa only for a year but he turned legendary there, fell in love with the local princess and wrote some of the most heart-wrenching poetry, with a________of extreme melancholy, simmering in deep_______romance.

A.            Panache, nostalgic

B.            Retardation, maudlin

C.            Barbarism, evocative

D.            Clumsiness, nostalgic

E.            Philistinism, novelettish