SSC CGL Tier-2 9-March-2018 English

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.
Passage:

Never write down a phonetic __________ without fully understanding its meaning in every detail. A key to the various marks will be _____________ at the bottom of every page of the dictionary, and the student should refer to this ______________. In the front part of the dictionary there will also be found an _______________ of all possible sounds that any letter may have; and every sound that any letter may have may be indicated by a peculiar mark, __________ several letters may represent the same sound there are a variety of symbols for the same sound.

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.
Passage:

Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps ____________ directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over _________ over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn’t something that blew in ___________ far away, something that has nothing to do with you. This storm is you. Something ___________ of you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn’t get in, and walk ___________ it, step by step.