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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. History is an interesting subject but that which 301 history, properly so called, is in great part 302 from works on the subject. Only of late years have historians 303 giving us, in any considered quantity, the truly valuable information. As in the past ages the 304 was everything and the people nothing. So, in past histories, the 305 of the king fill the picture, to which the national life forms but an 306 background. While only now, when the 307 of nations rather than the rulers is becoming the 308 idea, are historians beginning to 309 themselves to the phenomenon of social progress. What we are 310 about, is the natural history of society. We want all facts which help us to understand how a nation has grown.

A) occupy

B) avail

C) address

D) dwell