Question

In the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Below the sentence, there are four pairs of words. Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

The film's hero, a Pearl Diver, naively expects that the purchasers will compete amongst themselves to pay him the best price for his pearl, but instead, they ____ to ____ him.

Options

• work ____ help

• plan _____ incentives

• refuse ____ deceive

• collude ____ swindle

Answer 1

The film's hero, a Pearl Diver, naively expects that the purchasers will compete amongst themselves to pay him the best price for his pearl, but instead, they collude to swindle him.