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Direction: In the following questions, you have several passages where some of the words have been left out. Read the passages carefully and choose the correct answer to each blank out of the four alternatives.

Passage - I

Tea prices in the domestic (28) continue to rule high in the (29) year despite the expectation of a (30) production as compared to the previous year. According to a preliminary assessment (31) on the weather (32) in recent months, tea output in 1990 may reach 740 million kg as (33) 700 million kg last year. During the past three months, tea prices have generally shown an (34) Unlike last year, when tea price rose dramatically, this year, prices seem to have (35) at a rather high level. In the subsequent four months, the (36) average price showed a downtrend but in September the prices have (37) hardened to a considerable extent.

A)  conducted                    

B) based

C) shared              

D) strategy