In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. The S...

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The Sun is the star at the center of (1) __________ Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma. The Sun has inspired us since ancient times. It’s central to mythology and religion around the world. It gives us light so we can see. It is by far the most important (3) __________ of energy for life on Earth. It is about a hundred times as wide (4) __________ the Earth. If there were no sun, many things wouldn’t occur like photosynthesis or the presence of oxygen, which would have caused no existence of life.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.