The newly discovered papyrus manuscript has ______ doubt on long-held assumptions regarding Hellenistic trade.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. cast
- Step 1: The idiomatic collocation is to 'cast doubt on' something, meaning to cause something to be questioned or uncertain. Fresh archaeological discoveries often cast doubt on conventional historical narratives. Answer: cast. Why not the others: "thrown down ideas" is an unidiomatic phrasing; English idiom uses 'throw down the gauntlet' or 'cast doubt'; "shed down darkness" confuses 'shed light on' with an awkward unidiomatic opposite construction; "pushed away facts" means to physically or conceptually dismiss facts rather than raising scholarly doubt.
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