Question

Questions 1 to 5 refer to the following text

baseball (1).....a bat and ball game played between two teams of nine players each who take turns batting and fielding.
the batting team (2)...... to score runs by hitting a ball that is thrown by the pitcher with a bat swung by the batter,then running counter clockwise around a series of four bases.first second third and home plate a run is scored when a player advances around the bases and returns to home plate
(3).....on the batting team take turns hitting against the pitcher of the fielding team which tries to prevent runs by getting hitters out in any of several ways.a player on the batting team who reaches a base safely can later attempt to advance to subsequent bases during teammates turns batting such as on a hit (4).....by other means.the teams switch between batting and fielding whenever the fielding team records three outs one turn batting for both teams beginning with the visiting team constitues an inning a game (5).....of nine innings and the team with the greater number of runs at the end of the game wins baseball is the only major team sport in amerika with no game clock although almost all games end in the ninth inning

1 a are
b is
c was
d were

2 a attempt
b attempts
c attempted
d are attempting

3 a a player
b players
c supporters
d manager

4 a and
b of
c on
d or

5 a comprise
b comprises
c comprised
d is comprising

Answer 1

1. B. Is
2. B. Attempts
3. B. Players
4. D. Or
5. B. Comprises