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Choose the word that best completes the analogy: QUARRY is to STONE as MINE is to .

1. SHOVEL
2. ORE
3. MINER
4. TUNNEL

Answer

B. ORE

Solution

STONE is extracted from a QUARRY, just as ORE is extracted from a MINE.

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