Here are the correct choices for each numbered blank in the passage:
- c) live
- a) on
- d) of
- b) is
- a) are
- b) some
- c) in
- a) shines
- c) does
- b) moon
- a) countries
- b) different
- c) largest
- d) evening
- a) our
- a) speak
- a) languages
So the completed passage would read:
"THE EARTH We live on the earth. It is very, very big. There is a lot of water on the earth. It is in rivers, seas, and oceans. There are a lot of forests and fields, hills, and mountains on it. The earth is full of wonders. Different animals live on the earth. Different plants grow on it. The earth is beautiful. There are large countries and small countries. There are warm countries and cold countries. There are some countries where there are four seasons in a year and some countries where there are only two. When it is day in one country it is night in another country. It is day, when the sun shines, when the sun does not shine it is night. You can see the moon and the stars in the sky at night. People live in different countries. Our country is one of the largest countries in the world. It is so large that when it is morning in the east, it is evening in the west. There are a lot of long rivers, beautiful lakes, large forests and fields, and high mountains in our country. People who live in our country speak more than two hundred different languages."