Choose the word or phrase among A, B, Cor D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
When visitors join in a ___(1)___ of the Mekong Delta, they can visit Cai Rang Floating Market to see the river life. Cai Rang Floating Market is ___(2)___ all day but it is busiest from sunrise to about 9 a.m. The main items ___(3)___ there are farm produce and specialties of neighboring areas.
During the early morning market hours, larger sized boats anchor and create lanes so that ___(4)___ boats can move into and out of. The waterway becomes a maze of hundreds of boats packed with mango, bananas, papaya, pineapple, and other goods. Sellers do not have to ___(5)___ their goods because their goods can be seen ___(6)___ and their cries would not be heard in the vastness of the river and the noise of boat engines. Sellers tie their goods to a tall pole ___(7)___ buyers can see from a distance ___(8)___ they are selling. Each boat is loaded with plenty of seasonal goods. Activities at the market are also a(n) ___(9)___ for tourists to study the cultural ___(10)___of southerners.