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

A banker taped a picture, drawn by one of his small children, to his office wall. When he 1. ______ at work the next morning, he found the 2. ______ was covered by a 3. ______ notice, saying he was in 4. ______ of company policy which required personal items to be put away at night. 5. ______ a reaction was not just petty, it risked demotivating the banker completely. In short, it defied common sense.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.

A

reached

B

arrived

C

achieved

D

turned

Solution

option B arrived is the correct answer here,

achieved and turned are completely irrelevant here and hence are eliminated.

now reach and arrive are the same word only difference is in their usage.

you reach a place

or arrive at/in a place

so arrived is correct here.