Everyone has routines that govern their work. The myth is that artists are somehow different, that they reject (i)________, but of course that’s not true: most artists work as the rest of us do, (ii) ________, day by day, according to their own customs.
The sentence begins by asserting that everyone has routines that govern their work.
It then states that it is a myth that the artists are somehow different and reject _________.
Clearly the word for the blank in the above sentence should be routine. Hence Choice B
habit, is the correct answer.
After the colon, which further explicates what came before it, the sentence states "most artists work as the rest of us do, (ii) ________, day by day, according to their own customs."
If they work as the rest of us do, day by day, then they must be working according to routines. We can rule out
sporadically which means occasionally or at irregular intervals, and
impetuously which means "in a sudden way, without considering the results of your actions". Therefore,
ploddingly, which means laboriously, is the best and only choice.
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