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 5.

1. A
   stationary
2. B
   stagnant
3. C
   listless
4. D
   stampeding