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. Silence is much more than the absence of sound; it is the ______ pre-existing entity in which God creates. It is the source to which all words return to ______ true meaning. Silence is the womb of the tangible world. In the Christian Biblical version of Creation, God ‘spoke’ and the world came into being. With the pronouncing of the Word, speech became primary, but silence remained ______. The heart of Christian meditation is to return to this primordial state of being. It is a journey from words into the creative word of God; this word is ______ by silence. By its very nature, silence is ______, often purposeless and for that reason very frightening.
it is the ______ pre-existing
autonomous
The blank describes silence as a fundamental, self-sufficient pre-existing entity. Autonomous means self-governing or independent, fitting the passage's portrayal of silence as a foundational reality that exists on its own before creation.
Enormous refers to physical size; disastrous means destructive; acrimonious means bitter — none describe an independent entity.
The entry of foreign media has to be ______ by strict rules.
Any intention to ______ the country politically.
cultural ______ in order to make the country.
would not be ______ . If the foreign media.
country’s unity and ______ is essential.
is most definitely determined by our ______.
Also, our ______ tend to be habit forming.
we have a ______ to act in a particular manner.
people are ______ by their deeds and seem.
Environment which to a great extent ______ our priorities.
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