Multiple choice

Find blank (x).

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

The Internet was started as a/an (i) ______ to test networks to try and develop a network that could survive a nuclear attack. While the net has never (ii) ______ to survive a nuclear blast its design has proven again and again how robust it is. It has withstood (iii) ______ an attack from construction, people digging up cables, to lightning blowing up a router. The network has always recovered (iv) ______ bypassed the problem. The Internet (v) ______ as the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) during the cold war in 1969. It was (vi) ______ by the US Department of Defense's (DOD) research people in (vii) ______ with a number of military contractors and universities to explore the possibility of a communication network (viii) ______ could survive a nuclear attack. It continued simply because the DOD, DOD's contractors, and the universities found that it provided a very (ix) ______ way to communicate. (x) ______ originally designed to allow scientists to share data and access remote computers, e-mail quickly became its most popular application.

  1. Since

  2. Although

  3. Unless

  4. Whether

  5. .
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The conjunction ‘although’ is used to indicate the situation where the main clause indicates that in spite of the action in the subordinate clause, the action in the main clause takes place. This is the correct answer choice as this conjunction is correct in the context. The reference here is to the fact that in spite of the fact that e-mail was originally designed for the purpose of scientists to share data, it still became the most popular application.

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