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why not B? (Question: 314689.0 )

B)

Question:
DIRECTIONS: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.


Ulcers are not exclusive to stress-ridden males. Women and babies are also likely victims of this _(a)_ affliction. The stomach is lined with cells which _(b)_ potent acids and pepsins that digest food. Food then promptly _(c)_ the acid. Whenever we feel hungry, see or smell food, or become anxious or angry, impulses are _(d)_ by a nerve to stimulate stomach secretions.


Thus, if we are tense most of the time, _(e)_ are flooding our stomachs all the time. In the _(f)_ of food, these digestive juices form a crater like sore called peptic ulcer. Doctors have proved that stress plays an _(g)_ role in ulcers. Besides stress, there are other factors that _(h)_ one to ulcers. Ulcers are more frequent in persons with blood group O, probably because their saliva _(i)_ a  chemical which protects the inner lining of the stomach. Chronic smoking or tobacco chewing and alcohol also can lead to _(j)_

Mark the correct option for blank _(a)_.
Options:
A)

harmless

B) infectious       
C) common
D) contagious      
Solution:
Solution: (c)

Knowledge Expert

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· 1 Months ago

Dear Student,
Here common is more appropriate because we are talking in such a way that ulcers are not exclusively in males but common in womens as well as babies.
Therefore the given option is correct.

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