In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Our host started to read and the (1)_________ stopped. There was a sweet (2)_________ as each person read, not one that felt forced or imposed in any way. People did not seem to (3)_________ or cough, but perhaps that is just how I remember it now. I know I was increasingly self-conscious as the readings came closer to me and that when it was my turn I think I (4)_________ through most of it, probably without making any sense of the (5)_________.