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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 100: "events in class. ________ society seems so indifferent."

  1. A
    Yet
  2. B
    Thus
  3. C
    Hence
  4. D
    So

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

The passage establishes a stark contrast between the students who show deep empathy by crying, and the broader society which remains cold. The coordinating conjunction "Yet" perfectly introduces this contrastive behavior.

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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 100: "events in class. ________ society seems so indifferent."
A
Yet
B
Thus
C
Hence
D
So

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