<p style="">The correct answer is (D) auditor.</p><p style="">The sentence is talking about Mr. Peterson preparing for a meeting. The term following "with the" should be a noun indicating the person(s) he is meeting with.</p><p style="">(A) "audit" is a noun, but it refers to the process or an instance of auditing, not the person performing the audit.</p><p style="">(B) "audited" is the past participle of the verb "audit" and refers to something that has been reviewed in an audit, not the person conducting the audit.</p><p style="">(C) "auditing" is the gerund (verb form used as a noun) of "audit," but it refers to the action or process, not the individual performing it.</p><p style="">(D) "auditor" is a noun, and it refers to the person who performs audits. This is the correct choice because it completes the sentence with the appropriate individual with whom Mr. Peterson is preparing to meet: "Mr. Peterson went over the company's financial record carefully in order to prepare for the meeting with the auditor."</p>