For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

Question

More often than not, mothers are ____________ for oddities of behavior in their offspring. ____________, single mothers’ children, raised even in the most difficult of times, do not display ‘outrageous’ patterns of behavior, as do those of nuclear families.

Blank (1)	Blank (2)
appreciated	Consequently
blamed	In the same manner
praised	Interestingly enough

Explanatory Answer

Blank (1): Second sentence is crucial. Second sentence gives evidence that single mothers are better at managing kids, so they cannot be blamed for anything.

Blank (2): We can eliminate ‘consequently’ and ‘in the same manner’ since they don’t logically fit.

Correct Answer: blamed, Interestingly enough.