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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. Recent discoveries 271 that Indians of early days 272 to have been 273 civilized 274 many ways. They had massive public buildings and comfortable dwelling houses 275 mostly of brick. They had 276 arrangements 277 good sanitation and an elaborate drainage system. They knew how to write 278 their language, which has not yet been 279 was not alphabetic but syllabic 280 the Sumerian language.

A) less

B) ignored

C) made

D) started