Difficulty: Easy
Correct Answer: should be heavily fined
Explanation:
Concept
In legal/administrative style, penalties are commonly expressed in the passive: should be fined, optionally with an adverb like “heavily.” The adverb modifies the past participle: “be heavily fined.”
Option analysis
should be heavily fined — correct passive + adverb placement. ✅should be heavy fined — uses adjective “heavy” rather than adverb “heavily.”should have heavily fined / shall have heavy fine — wrong auxiliary/inflection; unidiomatic.
Final Answer
“Tax evaders should be heavily fined …”
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