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Direction: 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 alternatives given.

After an absence of thirty years I decide to visit my old school again. I had (181) to find changes but not a (182) different building. As I walked up (183) school drive I wondered for a (184) if I had come to the (185) address. The grimy red-brick fortress with (186) tall windows that had looked down (187) on the playground and playing fields (188) been swept away. In its place (189) a bright modern block raised from (190) ground on great concrete stilts.

A)  stood

B)  was

C)  Appeared                     

D)  rose