Question

Instructions [99-100]: Choose the correct word which best fits the sentence so that it is complete and grammatically correct.

It was no wonder that after the roads were closed with continuous snow fall, hotels started_______ off the tourists.

• A. raking
• B. taking
• C. beating
• D. looting

Hint:

Think of the phrase that means to profit unfairly from someone who has no choice.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Read the sentence for tone first: it describes hotels quietly taking advantage of tourists stuck by snow, not committing violence or open theft, so extreme words can be ruled out right away.

1. Option A: Correct. "Rake off" is the everyday phrase for skimming an unfair profit off someone, which matches hotels charging stranded tourists more than they should.
2. Option B: Wrong. "Take off" normally means to leave or remove something, and it does not combine naturally with "off the tourists" here.
3. Option C: Wrong. "Beat off" implies force, which does not match the calm, business-like overcharging the sentence describes.
4. Option D: Wrong. "Loot" implies outright robbery, a much stronger action than simply charging high prices.

Ruling out the extreme and the ill-fitting choices leaves option A as the answer.