Question

read the passage. then, select the synonym of the word in bold. mia morgan is a research associate at the university. although she loves to perform experiments, her job also includes the tedious task of cataloging thousands of study results. she spends several hours every day entering data into the computer, which she finds extremely boring.

Explanation:

The word "tedious" in the passage describes a task that is long, dull, and tiresome. The context says she spends hours entering data and finds it extremely boring. So a synonym for "tedious" would be a word like "boring" (or other synonyms like "monotonous", "tiresome", "dull" etc.). Since the task is described as something she finds boring, "boring" is a direct synonym here based on the context provided (she spends hours on it and finds it extremely boring, so tedious means boring in this context).

Answer:

boring (or other appropriate synonyms like monotonous, tiresome, dull. If this was a multiple - choice question with options, we would pick the option that means boring/tiresome/dull. Since the options aren't provided here, based on the context, the synonym is "boring" as per the passage's description of her finding the task extremely boring which matches the meaning of tedious).