In the following question, some of the words in the passage have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct word for each blank, out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks. After falling consistently _______ (1) the U.S. dollar for a major part of the year, the rupee has _______ (2) somewhat over the last few weeks. It has risen by almost 5% from its lowest levels _______ (3) in October. Even with this recent improvement, the rupee is still down about 11% since the start of the year. The rupee's performance has been closely _______ (4) to global crude oil prices. This makes sense, as imported oil accounts for about 80% of India's total demand. The value of the rupee dropped when oil prices climbed earlier this year, a trend that lasted until early October. Since then, as global crude prices have fallen, the rupee has _______ (5) against the dollar.
What should come in blank (4)?
tied
Blank (4) is in "The rupee's performance has been closely ____ to global crude oil prices", and the pairing with "to" signals a word expressing a link.
"Tied" combines with "to" to mean strongly connected or linked, and the passage immediately justifies this by noting imported oil is about 80% of India's demand.
So "closely tied to crude oil prices" accurately describes the dependence the rest of the paragraph explains.
"Tightly" and "morally" are adverbs and cannot follow "has been closely ____ to" as the needed adjective/participle; they also do not form the idiom with "to".
"Amicably" means in a friendly way, which is meaningless for a statistical relationship between a currency and oil prices.
The correct word is tied.
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