Gap Fills Exercise

Complete the given passage.

European Space Agency’s Venus Express Mission ………1…… (solves / solved / has solved) many of the mysteries surrounding Venus. Venus is the planet closest ……2….. (to /with / by) earth not just in distance, but also ……..3…… (in / on) size.

Venus, the second planet ……..4…….. (from) the Sun, and Earth, the third, started out as virtual twins. But ……5……. (at / on / in) some point in their 4.5 billion year histories, something horribly went wrong …..6….. (for / on / with) Venus. The greenhouse effect wrecked havoc, making Venus a hellish kiln ……7……. (in / with / for) hot and dry surface and crushing atmosphere made up ……8……. (with / of / for) carbon dioxide and sulphuric acid. The two planets were, in fact, very similar …..9…… (in / on / at) the earlier days of the solar system. And then they evolved in different directions, but according ……10……. (for / to / with) the same rules and explanations.

Answers

European Space Agency’s Venus Express Mission has solved (1) many of the mysteries surrounding the planet. Venus is the planet closest to (2) earth not just in distance, but also in (3) size.

Venus, the second planet from (4) the Sun, and Earth, the third, started out as virtual twins. But at (5) some point in their 4.5 billion year histories, something horribly went wrong on (6) Venus. The greenhouse effect wrecked havoc, making Venus a hellish kiln with (7) hot and dry surface and crushing atmosphere made up of (8) carbon dioxide and sulphuric acid. The two planets were, in fact, very similar in (9) the earlier days of the solar system. And then they evolved in different directions, but according to (10) the same rules and explanations.