Directions: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

By reading, seeing, hearing, touching, smelling and even kissing books, I grew up. The journey has continued through the different stages of life and now, basking in the warm rays of the setting sun as a septuagenarian. For me, libraries are where books are ___(1)___, and bookstores are where they are celebrated. I joined a library in my village at the age of 10. But my initiation into reading happened when I was just four. At 72, books still excite and ___(2)___ me. As a reader, writer, editor and publisher, I spend most of my day and night among books even now. My grandfather gifted me a book, written in beautiful English and printed on glossy art paper, with so many ___(3)___ pictures showing the Christian missionary works in an African country. That was my first book other than a class text. I kept that book close to my heart for many years and read it over and over again until I wanted to become a missionary and write, print and publish books in high ___(4)___ quality. However, my parents did not approve of me becoming a priest. So, leaving aside my desire to work among the poor and ___(5)___, I began to learn more and more about the various aspects of creative writing and the art and science of book production.