Given a sentence with a missing word, pick the answer option that best fills out the missing word in the sentence. Indicate each answer with its index ('a', 'b', 'c', 'd').

Summer is the hottest of the ____ temperate seasons , falling between spring and autumn .\Question: Choose the right answer from options given a) six b) four c) no d) nine
b

Stringers consist of ____ narrow pieces of wood glued together.\Question: Choose the right answer from options given a) ten b) three c) five d) seven
b

Apples have ____ seed pockets or carpels.\Question: Choose the right answer from options given a) eight b) one c) five d) zero

c