Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Harry Potter was first introduced in the novel 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' as an orphan who is (1)_________ by his guardian aunt and uncle and their son. On his 11th birthday, Harry discovers that his parents were a witch and a wizard and that he, a wizard himself, has been invited to (2)_________ Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He also learns that his parents had not (3)__________ in a car accident, as his aunt and uncle had told him, but that they instead had been murdered by an evil wizard named Voldemort. Harry was the only person to have ever (4)_________ an attack by Voldemort-by somehow (5)__________ the latter's 'killing curse'-which left him with a lightning-bolt-shaped scar on his forehead.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 4.
Option 1: survived
Option 2: thrived
Option 3: continued
Option 4: tolerated
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Correct Answer: survived
Solution : The first option is the correct answer.
The sentence mentions that Harry was the only person to have ever survived an attack by Voldemort. Survived means to remain alive or endure adverse conditions. This implies that Harry managed to live through or withstand the attack.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
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Harry Potter was first introduced in the novel 'Harry Potter and the
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