Readthe following passage andmarkthe letterA, B, C, orD toindicatethecorrect wordorphrase

that bestfits eachof the numberedblanks.

BRITPOP

Intheearlyto mid-1990sBritpop artists, influenced byBritish guitar sounds of the1960s and 70s, wrote

about topics that were(26) ____ purelyBritish and relevant totheirgeneration. Themusicstylewithits (27)____ songswasconsideredasareactionagainstthegrungemusicthat wasarriving fromthe States and, in fact,

itdid nothave(28)____hugecommercial success inthe USA.

Britpop bands included Suede, Pulp, Blur andOasis butitwasthe (29)____two that reallydominated

the market.In1994Blurreleased theiralbumParklife (30)____ hadastrongretro feel from the70sand Oasis

releasedDefinitely Maybe, againwith aretro feelreminiscent (31)____ John Lennon.

Thetwo bands wereoften seen(32) ____rivals andthis wasexaggerated bythe mediawho emphasised

theirdifferences in origins and class: Oasisfromthenorth ofEngland,Blur fromthe south. This culminated in

both bands (33) ____ singles on thesame dayin 1985,with Blur's singleCountryHouse reachingnumberone

in thecharts and Oasis'sRollWithItnumbertwo.Oasis, (34)____, wentonto havegreatercommercial success,

particularlywith thealbum (What'sthe story)Morning Glory?(1985) which sold 412 million (35) ____in the

UK.

The underlined word ‘vital’ can be best replaced by ___.