The correct answer would be A. The first step in getting the gist would be to identify the keywords. Getting gist is the same as knowing the main idea of a certain passage. The very first to identify this should be to find keywords that you think is important in the text and speaks of the message of the passage.
It seems that you have already filled the correct pronoun in the blank provided. Yes, the correct answer to complete this sentence is the pronoun "this". The pronoun "this" is an example of a demonstrative pronoun. Other demonstrative pronouns also include these, those, and that. Hope this answer helps.
As they believe in no one i thnk
You pronounce it amond without the l sounding. And yes the l is silent
