Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.

Since the early days of making movies, writers and directors (23)         bring popular and classic novels to the big screen. That tradition continues today. The movie industry seems to believe that if the story made a great book, it should make a great movie as well. (24)             , that rarely seems to be the case. More often than not, a great book (25)           to be a mediocre movie in the opinion of most (26)            . Perhaps that is because readers of the book have already made their own great "movies" in their heads. Then, when they see the studio's or the director's version of the story, it does not quite measure up to their (27)            

Since the early days of making movies, writers and directors (23)         bring popular and classic novels to the big screen.