Critical Reading > Sentence Completions
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Cecily is worried that, with all the recent innovations in computing, her five-year-old laptop and its software will soon be -------.
(A) redundant
(B) obsolete
(C) unnecessary
(D) renewable
(E) valuable
The correct answer is B
Explanation
Choice (B) is correct. It is logical that the owner of a five-year-old computer would be concerned that her machine would soon be “obsolete,” or no longer useful, given the recent changes in computing.
