<p>Far from being <strong><em>, bears in some national parks are surprisingly </em></strong>_ when approached by humans; still, visitors must exercise caution.</p>
<p>A) benign… cantankerous
B) reticent… bellicose
C) complacent… docile
D) aggressive… placid
E) playful… frisky</p>
<p>I answered E, but the correct answer is D. Someone explain why its D because it makes no frikkin sense to me.</p>
<p>“suprisingly” shows the words have to be the opposite so a, b, d and “still visitors mist excersize caution” means that second one has to be c, d, e…and so it’s d. At least that’s how I get d.</p>
<p>Key word: surprisingly</p>
<p>This indicate there should be a contrast between the two words.</p>
<p>So you can eliminate C and E.</p>
<p>Since the “still, visitors must exercise caution”. This indicates that the second blank must be contrast to “caution” (aka positive connotations).</p>
<p>Placid is positive, so it must be the answer. (D)</p>
<p>Bellicose and cantankerous are both negative.</p>