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Direction: Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

The 2018 Budget needs to balance competing expenditure ____ and the ____ for lower direct and indirect tax rates while attempting to maintain fiscal rectitude.

A)  superiority, fervour     

B)  emphasis, rumour      

C)  insistence, glamour    

D)  weight, favour

E)  priorities, clamour