Choose the word among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

Online Dating
Dating people online has become an extremely popular custom that has developed as more and more people have figured out the ___(1)___ of using the Internet as a way of finding love. People of all ages submit to dating online, teens and adults ___(2)___ searching for that special person by setting up ___(3)___ on online dating sites and browsing through other people’s profiles. On dating websites, singles are provided the ___(4)___ of learning a few things about various potential partners, making their decision of contacting them based ___(5)___ dating profile descriptions and photos.
Out of the many countries where people practise online dating, the United Kingdom is perhaps the keenest on online dating ___(6)___ most English people prefer to browse on the Internet in order to find ___(7)___ instead of trying to meet other people in bars, clubs, parks or at parties.
Dating may vary across the globe, yet as time passes, people develop ___(8)___ dating customs, such as dating with the help of the Internet. Although this ___(9)___ of dating is mostly practised in the Western civilization, no one can tell for sure what other customs will emerge as the world changes, and whether strict dating will come against some people’s right of choosing whatever partner they see ___(10)___ for themselves.