Complete the following passage by choosing A, B, C or D to fill in each blank

Almost a hundred thousand people were killed (1) ________half a million homes were destroyed as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake began a minute before noon (2)_______ people were cooking their midday meals. Thousands of stoves (3) _______ overturned as soon as the earth began to shake. As a result, small fires broke out everywhere and quickly spread. It was impossible (4) _______fire fighting equipment. Consequently, over ninety percent (5) _______ the damage was caused by fire rather than by the collapse of buildings.

Almost a hundred thousand people were killed (1) ________half a million