IV. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blanks space in the following passage.
My sister Susan and I were in the yard ___(1)___ with our neighbors' dog last Saturday afternoon when suddenly the sky turned dark gray. Minutes later, it began to rain heavily, so we ran quickly into the house.
Mom asked us to close all the windows. Just as I shut the window in the kitchen, we heard a loud clap of thunder. Dad took us to the ___(2)___ and asked us to keep calm. From there, we could hear the strong wind outside. All of ___(3)___ my sister was startled by a loud crashing noise and started to cry. We tried to calm her down but she was very scared.
After a few minutes, the wind stopped and everything was quiet. We slowly made our way up from the basement. The house was full of glass ___(4)___ the broken windows. The real damage was outside though. There were trees on the streets and there were damaged cars all over. Our neighbors were very ___(5)___ because they couldn’t find their dog. We ___(6)___ everywhere and finally found him behind some bushes. He got wet all over but luckily was unhurt.



