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.
Budget cuts prompted the town's officials to cancel the annual parade, but the subsequent ------- from residents was so great that the event was -------.
(A) amazement . . shortened
(B) support . . altered
(C) disapproval . . eradicated
(D) outcry . . reinstated
(E) negligence . . upgraded
The correct answer is D
Explanation
Town officials certainly might have "reinstated," or restored or brought back, the annual parade in response to great "outcry," or vehement protests, from the town's residents over the cancellation of the event.