In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
(1)_________ a bear encased in fat is a very messy job, and as I (2)_________ back to the Rest House for a hot bath and a late breakfast, I met a very (3)_________ Forest Guard, whose headquarters were at Dabidhura. Being in urgent need of bear’s fat for his father, who was (4)_________ with rheumatism, he was hurrying to try to get a share of the fat when he ran into a herd of (5)________ cattle, followed by a boy who informed him that a tiger had killed one of his cows.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
- ASkimming
- BSteaming
- CSkinning
- DStirring
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
The passage talks about dealing with a dead bear to extract its fat. "Skinning" means removing the skin from an animal, which fits perfectly with the phrase "a bear encased in fat is a very messy job". The other words like skimming (removing a substance from the surface of a liquid), steaming, or stirring do not fit contextually. Option C is correct.