In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
In a strange ________, the production and the consumption of the event become cause for concern. ________ wonders whether newer forms of "non-caring" or violence are appearing. Somehow, silence, even ________ quietly suppresses a meditation on such events. ________ a professor, I can recollect the number of occasions when my students have cried as we discussed such events in class. ________ society seems so indifferent.

For Blank 99: "________ a professor, I can recollect..."

1. A
   Like
2. B
   Alike
3. C
   As
4. D
   Being