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If you think a taxidermist has anything to do with driving a taxi then you will learn something new by the end of this passage. A taxidermist is a person whose job is to preserve dead animals and show them as they looked when they were alive. The word taxidermy comes from two Greek words meaning arrangement and skin.

A taxidermist first takes exact measurements of the body of the dead animal. He/She then carefully removes and cleans the skin with a preservative or a special soap. The taxidermist then makes a drawing of the animal's body structure, including its muscles and bones. This is done so that by looking at the drawing he/she makes a skeleton frame of the animal out of metal or wood. Or he/she may use the real skeleton of the animal if it is available. To this skeleton, the taxidermist adds clay and completes the animal's shape to make a mould. Once the shape is ready, it is used to make casting from the mould. Finally, the skin of the animal is glued and sewed on to the casting or sculpture of the animal.

To become a taxidermist, a person needs to be proficient at natural history, drawing, sculpture, mechanics and dyeing.

To make a mould the taxidermist adds _______ to complete it.

A)  Glue                              

B)  clay

C)  Metal                       

D)  wood

E)  None of these