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 Simon 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 For, 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. 3.
Option 1: their
Option 2: a
Option 3: an
Option 4: the
Correct Answer: an
Solution : The third option is correct.
In the given sentence, the word (an) would be used as an indefinite article before the noun undergraduate student. An is an indefinite article used before a singular noun that begins with a vowel sound. It refers to a nonspecific or unspecified undergraduate student.
Therefore, the complete sentence would be: "Fox was an undergraduate student and basketball player at SFU."
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