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In each of the following sentences, parts of the sentence are left blank. Beneath each sentence, different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative among them.

But ______ are now regularly written not just for tools, but well-established practices, organisations and institutions, not all of which seem to be _____ away.

Explanation:

For the second blank, ‘trading’ does not fit with ‘away’. We don’t use ‘trading away’. Option 2 can therefore be done away with.
Now, obituaries (published notices of death) are written for practices which die (or wither or fade in these cases). Therefore, reports and books do not fit the context. But, we don’t say that tools die. Therefore option 3 is eliminated. Yes, but the use of tools can fade away. The idea is that obituaries are written for tools, practices and organisations and not all of them seem to be fading away, that is, they are still used or practiced.
Hence, the correct answer is option 4.

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