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

Scientists say they have had a "conversation" with a whale. The scientists from the University of California, the Alaska Whale Foundation, and SETI (Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence) teamed up and spoke to a humpback whale (34) _____ is named Twain. Their conversation (35) _____ place after the scientists sent a "contact call" into the ocean off the coast of Alaska. Twain heard the call and responded. She swam to the research boat and chatted. SETI said it was the first ever communication between humans and humpback whales.
The scientists say their conversation with Twain was not a deep one. (36) _____ Professor Brenda McCowan said it was more like a series of greetings. Whales use contact calls to let (37)_____ whales know where they are. The scientists made the same call 36 times over a 20-minute period. Each time, Twain responded by calling back. She even matched the (38) _____ between each call the researchers made. Professor McCowan told the Business Insider website that her research could make it easier to talk to aliens. She said: "There are diverse intelligences on this planet. By studying them, we can better understand what an alien intelligence might be like because they are not going to be exactly like ours."