Read the following passage and choose the letter a, b, c or d indicating the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks

Last Sunday was (23)…………. not a good day for me. It was all started when I got into my car and it refused to start. I immediately (24)…………… that I had left the lights on and the battery had gone flat. I telephoned to my friend George and he came round and helped me (25)…………... the car. I then drove into town to see a friend (26)……… I had arranged to meet at six thirty, but by the time I got to there, it was ten past seven and my friend he was not there, I waited for him for an hour despite of the freezing weather, but he didn’t come. When I had returned to my car, I saw that someone had been broken into it, probably looking for the radio. Luckily, I never leave the radio in the car! There was nothing I could do but get (27)………… my car and drive to home. Later I spoke with my friend and discovered out that he had waited for only the half an hour and left. He didn’t even apologise himself for not waiting for me longer!