Directions: In the following passage, there are five blanks, each of which has been denoted with an alphabet (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). You are required to fill in the blank using the word/words provided below.

A ___(A)___ buzz, created by the screeching of tyres, the roaring of engines and honking, emanates ceaselessly from the highway. The clanking of metal wheels on iron rails is distinctly loud when a train arrives at or departs from, the railway station. Aeroplanes landing or taking off leave a trail of engine roar. We have become so ___(B)___ to this noise that we are hardly distracted by the cacophony. Hawkers are another nuisance. To draw the attention of people, they shout at the top of their voices. Some construction activity or the other is always going on in the neighbourhood. The ___(C)___ sound of drilling and cutting stones just drives one mad. Construction sites generate a lot of decibels for which there seems to be no remedy. The ___(D)___ whistle of the cooker and the booming reverberations of a mixer-grinder from the home kitchen do not let me concentrate on reading and writing. Surrounded by ___(E)___ noise, I long for an oasis of silence.

(I) Raucous

(II) Phlegmatic

(III) Accustomed

(IV) Clamorous

(V) Usual

(VI) Inexorable

(VII) Intermittent