Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 34 to 38. Amy Johnson was born in 1903 and grew up in Hull, England. The pioneering British aviator is one of the inspiring female figureheads of the 20th century. After university, Amy got a badly-paid (34) ______, managed to save enough money to take flying lessons. She went on to qualify as a pilot, finally receiving her ...

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 34 to 38.

Amy Johnson was born in 1903 and grew up in Hull, England. The pioneering British aviator is one of the inspiring female figureheads of the 20th century. After university, Amy got a badly-paid (34) ______, managed to save enough money to take flying lessons. She went on to qualify as a pilot, finally receiving her license in 1929. In 1930, (35) ______ only flown for seventy-five hours, she persuaded a rich businessperson to give her money to buy a plane, and set off alone for Darwin, Australia, in the hope of breaking the record for flying solo from England to Australia in fourteen days. Amy was the first woman to make this flight, (36) ______ took her nineteen days. She failed to break the record, but was welcomed home as a hero.

Over the next ten years, Amy made (37) ______ record-breaking flights. During these years, she was admired for her skill and courage, and she is still fondly remembered as Britain’s first “Queen of the Air”. She is also remembered in many ways, one of which is the British Women Pilot’s Association award - a scholarship to help outstanding women pilots (38) ______ their careers.

After university, Amy got a badly-paid (34) ______, managed to save enough money to take flying lessons.