Question

When it comes to staying ________, a mind-lift beats a _______ any day.

• A. young ... face-lift
• B. at home ... egg
• C. light ... elevator
• D. away ... sleep

Hint:

Think of the pun between mind-lift and face-lift, both linked to looking or feeling young.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

This question tests a well-known one-liner built around a pun. A face-lift is cosmetic surgery, a physical procedure that smooths the skin and makes someone look younger. A mind-lift is the coined counterpart, a shift in thinking or attitude that keeps a person feeling youthful. The joke works because both phrases end in "lift", so the sentence sets up a comparison between an outer fix and an inner one.

To complete the blanks correctly, the first blank needs a word that describes the goal both a face-lift and a mind-lift are chasing, which is staying young, and the second blank needs the term that pairs naturally with mind-lift to complete the pun, which is face-lift. That is exactly what option 1 offers.

The remaining choices break down under this test. "At home ... egg" reads as random and carries no relation to youthfulness or lifts. "Light ... elevator" latches onto the literal meaning of lift as in an elevator, but that removes the pun entirely and makes the sentence pointless. "Away ... sleep" again fails to connect to the mind-lift versus face-lift comparison. Since the whole sentence depends on the pun between the two kinds of lift, and only option 1 keeps that pun alive, option 1 is the answer.