Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
To mark the 25th anniversary of the run, (1)______ Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a one-dollar commemorative circulation coin (2)_________ Monday on the campus of Simion Fraser University. Fox was (3)________ undergraduate student and basketball player at SFU when a malignant tumour was discovered in his right leg in 1977. It resulted in (4)_________. A bronze statue of Fox, one of many such tributes across Canada, looks over the academic quadrangle of the university, just a short stroll from the theatre where Monday's (5)________ was held.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 2.
Option 1: at
Option 2: through
Option 3: on
Option 4: over
Correct Answer: on
Solution : The third option is correct.
In the given sentence, the preposition (on) would be used to indicate the specific occasion or time when the action ( unveiling the coin ) took place. It shows that the unveiling of the commemorative coin coincided with or happened at the time of the 25th anniversary of the run.
Therefore, the complete sentence would be: "To mark the 25th anniversary of the run, the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a one-dollar commemorative circulation coin on Monday."
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