Need help - CR Question in BB

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<p>I found this question inside a photocopy booked but I’m sure that its from the BB, so here it is:</p>

<li><p>It is ironic that the ---- insights of the great thinkers are voiced so often that they have become mere -----.
A - original … cliches
B - banal … belief
C - dubious … habits
D - philosophical … questions
E - abstract … assessments</p></li>
<li><p>Since many disadvantaged individuals view their situations as ----- , as well as intolerable, their attitudes can best be described as -----.
A - squalid … obscure
B - unpleasant … bellicose
C - acute … sanguine
D - inalterable … resigned
E - political … perplexed</p></li>
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<p>The answer for the first one is A but D seem more reasonable, why would original insights could later become cliches? It doesn’t make any sense too me ><</p>

<p>The answer for the second one is D but when I search for “inalterable” no proper definitions appeared. Strange? </p>

<p>Please do answer !!!</p>

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<p>Before I read your answer, I chose A , for D) the second word, “questions” just doesn’t seem to be the right word in that context.</p>

<p>and I got D for the second one,</p>

<p>since the situations they view are inalterable or UNCHANGEABLE, they have no choice but to just give up or be RESIGNED.</p>

<p>I, myself, am not very good with the Critical Reading section, but hopefully this helped you a little bit :)</p>

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<p>Original insight become become cliches when everybody start using them. Like “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” They don’t seem original anymore, therefore they become trite sayings.</p>

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<p>inalterable- something you can’t change
resigned- say 2 things to quit your job and to accept something in your life that you cant change :
resigned
adj. submissive, acquiescent, yielding</p>