Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following blanks.

 Amelia Mary Earhart was born in 1897 in Kansas, a state located in the Midwestern United States. She showed early (1) ………. for science and sports at school. After finishing school, she worked (2) …….. a nurse for the Red Cross where she got to know many of the wounded pilots and came to admire aviation. Earhart (3) ………… in medical studies at Columbia University, but quit after one year and soon started taking flying  lessons. In 1928 she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean and the first person to fly over both the Atlantic and Pacific. She (4) …….. many other records and wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences. She also contributed to the formation of the Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots, gave advice to women on careers and helped inspire others. In 1937, she (5) ………….. disappeared in a flight. Even today, her life and career remain fascinating to many people