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.
Easter Island is a small triangle of rock situated in the Pacific Ocean. It’s about 2, 000 miles ___(1)___ the nearest city. Easter Island is ___(2)___ for its statues. Hundreds of these huge, stone faces can be found all over the island. Who made them? How did they move these giant pieces of rock? What happened to the people ___(3)___ lived there? Studies show that people first arrived on the island about 1600 years ago. They had a very advanced culture. They made many objects and they had their own written language. ___(4)___, the number of people on the island grew and grew until it reached about 10, 000 people. Soon there were too many people and there wasn’t enough food to eat. A terrible war started and ___(5)___ of the statues were broken. When western explorers ___(6)___ the island on Easter Day in 1722, the huge rock statues were the only sign that a great society had once lived there.