Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank space in the following passage. Among some of the most popular aspects of the 1920s was pole sitting. This unusual pastime turned ordinary people and showmen (21) _________ overnight celebrities before the Great Depression.The (22) ______ for pole sitting began in Hollywood in the early 1920s, when a local theater hired a man called Alvin “Shipwreck” Kelly to sit on a pole outside the building for as long as his body held up. This served the purpose of (23) ______ public attention to a new movie. (24) ______, he perched himself on the pole for more than 13 hours and then became popular. Before long, people of all ages and genders followed his trend towards climbing poles of their own.Although pole sitting has experienced a (25) ______ in popularity since the Depression, some pole sitters still pop up in the news, particularly for protests. Regardless of the purpose behind it, it is unlikely that a person atop a pole will ever attract a sea of thousands of onlookers again.

Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank space in the following passage. Among some of the most popular