Question

1. instead of waiting for instructions, the student took the ______ to start cleaning up the classroom.

a. heritage
b. initiative
c. skeptical

1. if you areskeptical, you are...

a. very determined not to give up
b. proud of your familys traditions
c. not easily convinced; having doubts

1. the bosses were ______ at first that a janitor could invent a bestselling product, but he proved them wrong.

a. marginalized
b. innovative
c. skeptical

1. which word means the quality of being very determined and not giving up; persistent?

a. tenacity
b. skeptical
c. heritage

1. with great ______, the detective kept working on the case for years until it was solved.

a. innovation
b. tenacity
c. heritage

1. what does it mean to bemarginalized?

a. to be the leader of a large company
b. to invent something new
c. to be treated as unimportant or pushed off to the side

Explanation:

1. “take the initiative” is a common phrase meaning to do something without being told. Heritage refers to inherited traditions, and skeptical is an adjective (the blank needs a noun).
2. Skeptical means having doubts and not easily convinced. Option a is about determination (not the meaning of skeptical), option b is about family traditions (unrelated).
3. The context shows the bosses had doubts (skeptical) at first. Marginalized means treated as unimportant (not relevant here), innovative means creative (doesn’t fit the doubt context).
4. Tenacity means being very determined and not giving up. Skeptical is about doubt, heritage is about traditions.
5. The detective’s long - term work shows tenacity (determination). Innovation is about new ideas (not relevant to long - term work), heritage is about traditions.
6. Marginalized means being treated as unimportant or pushed aside. Option a is about leadership (wrong), option b is about inventing (wrong).

Answer:

1. b. initiative
2. c. Not easily convinced; having doubts
3. c. skeptical
4. a. Tenacity
5. b. tenacity
6. c. To be treated as unimportant or pushed off to the side