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Directions: in the following questions, you have passages where some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then, fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Civilization, like 221, fall, not so much because of 222 of the enemy outside, as through the weakness and 223 within, Rome fell not because of the 224, they merely knocked 225 something that was already dead. The heart of Rome had 226 beating when the arms and legs were cut 227. We see something of this 228 in India and China and in the case of the Arabs. The 229 of Arabian civilization was sudden even as their rise had been. In India and China the process is long-drawn 230 and it is not easy to spot it.

A) down

B) off

C) up

D) no word