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

Long ago a lot of people 51 _______________ the moon was a god. Other people thought it was just a light in the sky. And others thought it was a big 52 _______________ of cheese!
The telescopes were made, and men saw that the moon was really another world. They wondered 53 _______________ it was like. They dreamed of going there. On July 20, 1969, that dream came 54 _______________. Two American astronauts landed on the moon. 55 _______________ names were Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin.
The first thing the men found was that the moon is covered 56 _______________ dust. The dust is so thick that the men left 57 _______________ where they walked. Those were the first marks a living thing had ever made on the moon. And they could 58 _______________ there for years and years. There is no wind or rain to wipe them off. The two men 59 _______________ rocks to bring back to Earth for study. They dug up dirt to bring back. They set up machines to find out things people wanted to know. Then they were off on their long trip 60 _______________ the earth.