Directions: The given sentence has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are four numbered-(1), (2), (3) and (4)-words or sets of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

For sometime now, __________ has been presumed not to exist: the cynical conviction that everybody has an angle is considered wisdom.