Direction: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

After the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted on 15 January, a devastating tsunami ______(1)______ Tonga, a Pacific Island. Communications were ______(2)______ because there was only one undersea cable ______(3)_______ connected Tonga to the outside world. Meanwhile, several countries ______(4)______ ships and flights to the country. Hundreds of volunteers spent days ______(5)______ away ash by hand at the airport's runway so that the emergency planes could land.