Test incompl/advan-812, User's Answer 3

[BenDover23]

English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #812 "Atlantis, Bahamas", question 3

The focus of The Blue Project is to protect the ......... tropical marine ecosystems.

(a) interest
(b) iconoclast
(c) integrity
(d) ideogram

English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #812 "Atlantis, Bahamas", answer 3

The focus of The Blue Project is to protect the integrity tropical marine ecosystems.

Correct answer: (c) integrity

Your answer was: correct
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isn't it better to say "the integrity of tropical marine ecosystems"?

[BenDover23]

or even better "the integrity of the tropical marine ecosystems"..? The phrase given in the text sounds to me like "half way there"...

[Peter3791]

Moreover, the absence of "of the" makes it possible to insert only an adjective in the gap.

Let us be logical and analyze the sentence structure to make a guess.
As it is obvious that interest, integrity, and ideogram are NOT adjectives, and the word "iconoclast" is far from being a frequently used one, so it is alright if we non-native speakers fail to understand it.

Hence, the only logical conclusion is "iconoclast", which means Test #812 "Atlantis, Bahamas", question 3
is quite misleading.

[BenDover23]

Iconoclast is a noun, means something like a desecrater but not just vandal, political or religious desecrater. The adjective is iconoclastic.

Logically only integrity suits this question but grammatically looks wrong (to me)

[Beeesneees]

The question contains missing words. It's incorrect.
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