Passage:
Nike gave its office workers a week-long holiday to help them de-stress (1) ______ worries over the COVID-19 pandemic. The sportswear giant (2) ______ its offices so workers could "enjoy additional time off (3) ______ and recover". A senior manager at Nike (4) ______ "Our senior leaders are all sending a clear message - take the time to unwind, de-stress and spend (5) ______ with your loved ones." Nike's stores did not close. Store workers worked as usual.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. 3.
- Ato rest
- Brested
- Cto resting
- Drest
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
The sentence uses a parallel structure connected by "and": "...could 'enjoy additional time off rest and recover'". Here, 'rest' and 'recover' are base verbs forming the compound infinitive expression following the context of using time off.