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.

Once .............., (1) it is that time of the year when  the examination results season may be just ending and the admissions season is in progress, and marked by a ..............(2) of two contradictory voices — often  from the same people — that rose to deafening..............(3) from April to May when  the results of various school boards ............... (4) The first voice ..............(5) those who succeeded and did wondrously well.