Question

After a series of steep ascents the bike race _______, mercifully, on a flat stretch where bikers race for the finish line.

Answer 1

After a series of steep ascents the bike race declines, mercifully, on a flat surface where bikers race for the finish line.

Explanation:

• The correct verb to be used in the given sentence is ‘declines’, which according to the above sentence means to come down the steep ascent.
• The action which follows after climbing a steep ascent is to go down or decline or descent the steep, meaning a sharp fall from the steep ascent.
• The given sentence means that after a steep ascent, the bikers should decline on the slope of the ascent and reach a flat surface and race till it culminates at the finish line.

Answer 2

Answer:

declines

Explanation:

because of after a series