Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

The history of farming

Before people started farming, they went to the forest to look ___(1)___ plants or fruit they could eat. This meant people were moving all the time to find food. But about 12,000 years ___(2)___, in the Middle East, people began to grow food. These people were first farmers. Farming made it possible for people to ___(3)___ in one place and slowly their villages got bigger.
Some people in the villages became free to do other work, like making clothes ___(4)___ the farmers could grow food for everyone. Unfortunately, farming was difficult when the weather was bad and then some people did not get enough food to eat. Today, farmers can ___(5)___ more food and it travels thousands of kilometers from where it is grown to our homes.