Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
The key phrases that indicate how the blank for this question should be completed are
“Only by ignoring decades of mismanagement and inefficiency” and “provide anything
other than.” Taken together, these phrases indicate that the sentence will not envision a
very beneficial or successful resolution of the “financial woes.” Among the answer
choices, “complete” and “total” are quite close in meaning and would clearly create two
sentences very similar in meaning. But those two sentences would be internally contradictory,
suggesting that doing something unwise would completely solve a problem.
“Fleeting” and “momentary” suggest that the event referred to (“a fresh infusion of
cash”) might have some beneficial effect, but that it would ultimately not resolve the
problem.