Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that…

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

The young astronaut gazed out of the space station's window, observing the vast galaxy before her. She had always dreamed of (1) ________ from Earth to explore the cosmos. As a child, she'd spend hours with her (2) ________ father, peering through telescopes at distant planets. Now, she was part of a record-breaking mission to study a newly discovered planet 50 (3) ________ away.

As she prepared for her first spacewalk, she thought, "If I (4) ________ harder in space camp, I would have been more prepared for this moment." The spacecraft's sensors suddenly detected an unidentified object approaching. "It (5) ________ a comet," she deduced, reaching for her binoculars to get a better look.

Her mind raced with curiosity as she observed the object's path. Was it a meteorite? Or perhaps a satellite from an earlier mission? Whatever it was, it presented an exciting opportunity for an experiment in zero gravity. She quickly radioed the mission control to report her findings. Her ambition to (6) ________ groundbreaking discoveries fueling her every action.