Comprehension Passage
Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blanks out of the four alternatives.
Several lines of geological evidence (1) ________ that an asteroid that was as much as 10 kilometers (6 miles) in diameter hit the Earth at the end of the Cretaceous (2) ________. This evidence includes an ancient impact crater in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico that dates (3) _______ the time of the extinction. The impact would have produced an enormous dust cloud that would have (4) _______ into the atmosphere and (5) ______. the planet.
Several lines of geological evidence (1) ________ that an asteroid that was as much as 10 kilometers (6 miles) in diameter hit the Earth at the end of the Cretaceous (2) ________. This evidence includes an ancient impact crater in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico that dates (3) _______ the time of the extinction. The impact would have produced an enormous dust cloud that would have (4) _______ into the atmosphere and (5) ______. the planet.
Select the most appropriate option for blank (5)
1
walled
2
encircled
3
fenced
4
captured