Comprehension Passage
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
Prompt recognition of Thomson’s achievement _____(1) the scientific community came in 1884 with his election as a fellow of the Royal Society of London and appointment _____(2) the chair of physics _____(3) the Cavendish Laboratory. Thomson entered physics at a critical point in its history. _____(4) the great discoveries of the 19th century in electricity, magnetism, and thermodynamics, many physicists in the 1880s were saying that _____(5) science was coming _____(6) an end like an exhausted mine. By 1900, however, only elderly conservatives held this view, and by 1914 a new physics was in existence, which _____(7), indeed, more questions than it could answer. The new physics was wildly exciting to those _____(8), lucky enough to be engaged in it, saw its _____(9) possibilities. Probably not more than a half dozen great physicists were associated _____(10) this change.
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