Pam is a nice person and doesn't want to _____ people.

Pam is a nice person and doesn't want to _____ people.

• A. Hurt
• B. Help
• C. Scare
• D. Ignore

Answer: (A)

Being described as nice sets up the expectation that Pam avoids causing harm to others. The blank should be filled with a verb that represents something negative a kind person would not want to do. Hurt is the best fit because it directly means causing pain or injury, which a nice person wouldn’t want to do to people. So the sentence reads smoothly as “Pam is a nice person and doesn’t want to hurt people,” conveying a clear intention to be kind rather than harmful. The other options don’t fit as naturally: help would align with kindness, which contradicts “doesn’t want to”; scare is possible but less direct to the point of harming someone; ignore would describe neglect, which isn’t the same action suggested by the sentence.

Being described as nice sets up the expectation that Pam avoids causing harm to others. The blank should be filled with a verb that represents something negative a kind person would not want to do. Hurt is the best fit because it directly means causing pain or injury, which a nice person wouldn’t want to do to people. So the sentence reads smoothly as “Pam is a nice person and doesn’t want to hurt people,” conveying a clear intention to be kind rather than harmful. The other options don’t fit as naturally: help would align with kindness, which contradicts “doesn’t want to”; scare is possible but less direct to the point of harming someone; ignore would describe neglect, which isn’t the same action suggested by the sentence.