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.