Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks. If we wish to _______ a democratic country, we must _________ to our constitution.
remain, adhere
Fill the second blank first — it is the one with a clue attached. The preposition to already stands in the sentence, so the verb must be one that takes to.
Adhere takes to and means to stick firmly to a rule or principle. ‘Adhere to our constitution’ is the natural formal phrase.
Then the first blank. Remain fits the sense of continuing to be something: ‘If we wish to remain a democratic country’.
So the pair is ‘remain, adhere’.
Why the others fail:
‘govern, fasten’ — fasten is used of physical objects and does not take to in this sense; ‘fasten to our constitution’ is not English.
‘continue, hold’ — hold to is possible but far weaker than adhere to in this formal context, and continue a democratic country is not idiomatic.
‘uphold, lead’ — lead to means to result in, which reverses the relationship: the citizens follow the constitution, not the other way round.
Method: in a two-blank question, start with whichever blank is pinned down by a preposition or a fixed collocation. That usually settles the pair.
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