4. Anyone who has ever tried it agrees that there is nothing more exasperating that trying to drive a flock of , even with the help of a well-trained dog.

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4.  Anyone who has ever tried it agrees that there is nothing more exasperating that trying to drive a flock of                        , even with the help of a well-trained dog.

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The question presents a fill-in-the-blank about driving a flock under challenging conditions and mentions the aid of a well-trained dog.
The prompt uses the phrase 'flock of' which typically pairs with animals that gather in a flock, such as sheep or birds, but in common usage and farming contexts, 'flock' most strongly associates with sheep.
Because the provided answer is 'sheep', this choice aligns with standard agricultural phrasing: a flock of sheep is a well-known image for a stubborn or exasperating herd to drive, even when a skilled herding dog is involved.
If we consider alternative potential animals that could form a 'flock' (for example, birds), the sentence would feel unusual or less conventional in a farming or herding scenario, and the rest of the sentence about a well-trained dog would not fit as naturally.
Thus, the construction 'drive a flock of sheep' matches idiomatic usage and the sense of difficulty implied by the sentence, which explains why this fill makes the most sense in a typical context.
Regarding the absence of answer options: since none are provided, it's not possible to evaluate or contrast other choices. In this setting, we evaluate the sentence structure and common collocations to determine the most plausible completion.
Finally, the overall logic rests on understanding that 'flock' is most routinely linked to sheep in agricultural language, reinforcing why 'sheep' is the expected word to complete the sentence.

CLA 030 001 WQ 2025 Homework 42: Words of Interesting Origin, p. 299

4. Anyone who has ever tried it agrees that there is nothing more exasperating that trying to drive a flock of , even with the help of a well-trained dog.

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