Read the following passage and choose the best answer to fill in each numbered gap by circling the corresponding letter A,B,C or D(1 p)..
Around the age of sixteen, you must make one of the biggest decisions of your life. Do I stay on at school and hopefully go on to university (1) ....? Do I leave and start work or begin a training (2)... ?
The decision is yours, but it may be (3) ....remembering two things: there is more unemployment (4) ..........those who haven’t been to university, and people who have the right (5) ... will have a big advantage in the competition for jobs. If you decide to go (6) ....into a job, there are many opportunities for training. Getting qualifications will (7) ... you to get on more quickly in many careers, and evening classes allow you to learn (8) .... you earn. Starting work and taking a break to study when you are older is (9) .... possibility. This way, you can save up money for your student days, as well as (10) .... practical work experience.
1. A. after B. later C. then D. past
2. A. school B. class C. course D. term
3. A. worth B. necessary C. important D. useful
4. A. between B. among C. with D. through
5. A. notes B. papers C. arts D. skills
6. A. straight B. just C. direct D. rather
7. A. make B. help C. let D. give
8. A. where B. while C. when D. what
9. A. also B. again C. another D. always
10. A. getting B. making C. taking D. doing