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.

A narrow rock that stands taller than the Empire State Building does not look like the most Welcoming place to set up home. But that did not stop an insect which was ___(1)___ to be extinct for 80 years from building its last known colony on the 562-meter tall Ball's Pyramid in the South Pacific Ocean. Scientists have discovered 24 of the creatures living around a plant on the rock. The “tree lobster” insect, which is as large as a human hand, had somehow made its camp ___(2)___ the lack of food.
In 2001, Australian scientists decided to investigate claims by climbers ___(3)___ tackled Ball's Pyramid that they had seen fresh droppings here. They too saw the droppings and upon returning ___(4)___ dark with flashlights were stunned to discover the insect colony around the only plant on the rock. Mr. Carlie said: “It felt like ___(5)___ back into the Jurassic age, when insects ruled the world.”