Directions: In the following passage, some sentences have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

On February 7, 2016, roughly a month after an alleged hydrogen bomb test, North Korea claimed to have put a satellite into low Earth orbit. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe had ___(1)___, and if it did and the rocket violated Japanese territory, it would be shot down. North Korea launched the rocket anyway, ___(2)___, scientific purposes. Several nations, including the United States, Japan, and South Korea, have criticized the launch, and despite North Korean claims that the rocket was for peaceful purposes, ___(3)___ as an attempt to perform an ICBM test under the guise of a peaceful satellite launch. China also criticized the launch, however, urged "the relevant parties" to "___(4)___ on the Korean peninsula". While some North Korean pronouncements have been ___(5)___, analysts treated the unusual pace of North Korean rocket and nuclear testing in early 2016 quite seriously.