Answer:
B). Advertisements.
Explanation:
Lately, the news organizations have been heavily dependent on the advertising industry. The statistics have revealed that more than two-thirds i.e. 69% revenue of news houses comes through 'advertisements.'
A word that describes a verb and it usually ends in ly
Option B, Down
Mom has to descend the basement stairs.
You can get rid of <em>down</em>, because the word <em>descend</em> means to go down.
Depending on the sentence content, there are four ways to puncuate a compound sentence with two independent clauses -
Use a semicolon
Use a semicolon and a transition word (however, therefore)
Use a colon
Use a comma and coordinating conjunction (and, but, for)