TEAS Reading Comprehension Practice Test 2

The word “exposed”, and the phrase “indiscriminate use of pesticides”, imply that the first missing word must be one which stands for something bad that is associated with the use of pesticides. So, the choices “advantages” and “benefits” canbe ruled out first.
Since the phrase “deaths of the indiscriminate use of pesticides” does not make sense, the choice “deaths” can also be ruled out leaving “hazards” (meaning risks) and “dangers” as the only possible choices for the first missing word.If the pair “hazards; defused” is chosen, the sentence would mean that the exposure of the hazards of using pesticides defused for weakened the modern environmental movement, which is illogical. The pair “dangers; inspired”completes a cogent and logical sentence.