Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage
- Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage. (1.5 pts)
Two British policemen were sent to investigate a flying saucer on March 31, 1989, the day before April Fool’s Day. When the policemen arrived at a field in Survey, they saw a small figure wearing a silver space (13) _________ walking out of a spacecraft. Immediately, the police ran off in the opposite direction. Reports revealed that the alien was in fact a small person, and the flying saucer was a hot air balloon that had been specially built to look (14) _________ a UFO by Richard Branson, the (15) _________ chairman of Virgin Records. Branson had planned to (16) _________ the balloon in London’s Hyde Park on April 1. However, a wind change had brought him down in a Survey field. The police received a lot of phone calls from terrified motorists as the balloon drifted over the motorway. One lady was so (17) _________ by the incident that she was crying as she was (18) _________ the UFO to a radio station.
13. A. linen
B. cloth
C. denim
D. suit
14. A. like
B. as
C. for
D. after
15. A. 36 years old
B. 36-year-old
C. 36 year-old
D. 36-years-old
16. A. fly
B. land
C. erupt
D. collapse
17. A. pleasing
B. terrific
C. shocked
D. amazed
18. A. telling
B. saying
C. phoning
D. describing