Directions: Given below is a passage with five blanks (A-E). A phrase written in brackets is given against each blank. Choose the right word from the options which can replace the phrase most appropriately. If none of the options fit for the replacement, according to you, then select 'None of these' as your answer and if all of the options fit for the replacement, then select 'All of these' as your answer.
A year ago, my life had ________(A)(collapsed, crumbled, revolved) around me. I'd worked myself into _______(B)(exhaustion, depression, nonchalant), my father died suddenly, and my relationships with my work colleagues and loved ones were in _______(C)(turmoil, shambles, excitement). Little did I know at the time, out of my greatest despair was to come the greatest gift.
I'd been given a _________(D)(sight, glimpse, indication) of a Great Secret—The Secret to life. The glimpse came in a hundred-year-old book, given to me by my daughter Hayley. I began _______(E)(following, deciphering, tracing) The Secret back through history. I couldn't believe all the people who knew this. They were the greatest people in history: Plato, Shakespeare, Newton, Hugo, Beethoven, Lincoln, Emerson, Edison, Einstein.