Question

Choose the most appropriate option from those given to complete the paragraph: There are two types of wool-based fabrics, woolen fabric and worsted fabric. Woolen fabrics are made up of carded yarns, where the yarn is fuzzy and bulky with uneven diameter and varying lengths. Worsted fabrics are made of combed yarns ___

• A. that help the fabric to not hold creases.
• B. unless they provide better insulation.
• C. which are smoother with an even diameter.
• D. usually used for making fine table linen.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Concept:

• The completion must directly contrast with the fact already stated about the other type mentioned in the sentence.
• The passage already describes woolen fabric as 'fuzzy and bulky with uneven diameter', so the description of worsted fabric should offer the natural contrast to this.
• Reject options that introduce unrelated properties, like insulation or use for table linen, which are not the point being set up here.

Step 1: Reread the comparison being set up.
Woolen fabric is made of carded yarns that are 'fuzzy and bulky with uneven diameter and varying lengths'.
Worsted fabric is made of combed yarns, and the blank should describe how combed yarns differ from carded ones.

Step 2: Think about what combing yarn actually does.
Combing removes short, uneven fibres, producing yarn that is smoother and more uniform, the opposite of 'fuzzy and uneven'.

Step 3: Test the options against this contrast.
'that help the fabric to not hold creases' and 'usually used for making fine table linen' describe unrelated properties never set up by the sentence.
'unless they provide better insulation' does not logically follow from 'made of combed yarns'.
'which are smoother with an even diameter' directly gives the natural contrast to the uneven, fuzzy woolen yarn described earlier.

Final Answer: which are smoother with an even diameter.