Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The bank was prepared to ______ chance and lend him 40% of the purchase price.

take a

The most appropriate option to fill in the blank is take a.

The word take a means to have a chance or to take a risk. In this context, the sentence is saying that the bank was prepared to take a chance and lend him 40% of the purchase price. This means that the bank was willing to give him a loan even though he did not have a lot of money saved up.

The other options are not correct.

• Make a means to create something. It does not make sense in this context because the bank is not creating something, it is lending money.
• Spare a means to give something to someone who needs it. It does not make sense in this context because the bank is not giving him money out of pity, it is lending him money because he has a good chance of repaying it.
• See a means to have an opportunity to see something. It does not make sense in this context because the bank is not seeing a chance, it is taking a chance.