Choose the correct answer A, B, or C to fill in each blank in the following passage.

Venus is more like Earth in some ways than any other planet. It is almost the same size as Earth. It is a similar distance (26) _________ the Sun compared to the other planets. It is made mostly of rock and has an atmosphere (gases that (27) _________ a planet).

Venus has flat plains and high places, just like Earth. It has huge extinct (dead) volcanoes and big craters. Meteorites crashing into the planet made the big (28) _________. But Venus has no moon.

In other ways, Venus is not at all like Earth. It is not a place you would like to visit. The atmosphere is poisonous. It is made (29) _________ mainly of a gas called carbon dioxide. The clouds are filled with falls of acid "rain" that (30) _______ eat through your clothes and through you. The atmosphere is so thick that its weight would crush you.