Critical Reading > Sentence Completions
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Because she has a great need for ------- , she loathes the public appearances demanded of her as a leading literary figure.
(A) luxury
(B) privacy
(C) reward
(D) devotion
(E) distraction
The correct answer is B
Explanation
The first part of the sentence describes a cause and the second part describes resulting behavior. The literary figure desires “privacy” and so she finds public appearances loathsome.