In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

In a recent ________, the Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled that courts should not be influenced by ________ that children are likely to lie in cases of sexual ________ or that they are tutored by parents to make ________ statements in court. While these observations are welcome, the attitude of the defense lawyer in this case was seriously problematic. He made several objections to the ________ of the child witness, citing reasons such as the possibility of influence of pretrial conversations on the child, delay in disclosing the abuse, and the possibility of false reporting.