Can narrow be replaced with the word poor here?

[Ildiko]

English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #66 "Lunch is served", question 8

There is nothing worse when you take important clients out for lunch to find that the choice of dishes is very ..........

(a) isolated
(b) lonely
(c) narrow
(d) weak

English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #66 "Lunch is served", answer 8

There is nothing worse when you take important clients out for lunch to find that the choice of dishes is very narrow.

Correct answer: (c) narrow

Your answer was: incorrect
There is nothing worse when you take important clients out for lunch to find that the choice of dishes is very weak.
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Can narrow be replaced with the word poor here?
Thanks,
Ildiko.

[Yankee]

Hi Ildiko

I suppose you could use the word 'poor'.
The use of the word 'narrow' in the test sentences suggests to me that the number of things on the menu was very limited.
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[Ildiko]

Hi,
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Ildiko.

[Baubau]

Hello,
There is nothing worse when you take important clients out for lunch (than) to find that the choice of dishes is very narrow.
Is the absence of "than" between "lunch" and "to find" deliberate or it's a typo?
Thanks in advance.

[Vladimir13]

Hello teachers,

Help me, please! Either I don't catch the meaning of the whole statement or I understand it incorrectly.

The meaning is that it is "the worst thing when you invite your clients for lunch" (this is the first sentence before 'to') and it is turned out that "the lunch is poor" (this is the second sentence).

The problem is in that how to connect these two sentences? What type of joining here? Is it a coordinating or subordinating conjunction? Maybe some word is missed therefore the sence escapes me?

Thank you in advance,
Vladimir.
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[Beeesneees]

The worst thing that can happen when you invite your clients for lunch is that the lunch is poor.
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Cheers m' dears!

[Vladimir13]

So, I've understood now that I can say in these ways:

There is nothing worse when you take important clients out for lunch and you all find that the choice of dishes is very narrow.

The worst thing that can happen when you invite your clients for lunch is to find that the lunch is poor.

Tell me please, is it correct?
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[Beeesneees]

Your first sentence is not well written.
It does not mean the same as this:
There is nothing worse when you take important clients out for lunch than to find that the choice of dishes is very narrow/limited.
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Cheers m' dears!

[Vladimir13]

Hi Beeesneeees,

As I can see your sentence differs from the original one with the word 'than' before 'to'. Now it is quite clear to me what the test statement is assigned to express.

The last question, as I hope. Is this case fit into that I've asked about in the question "Maybe some word is missed therefore the sence escapes me?" a little bit early?

Thank you,
Vladimir.
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My little horse must think it queer...

[Beeesneees]

"Maybe some word has been missed out, therefore the sense escapes me."
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Cheers m' dears!