Read the passage below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. It is now extremely popular to take a gap year between school and university or university and work and to spend it traveling. There are plenty of reasons to recommend it - travel broadens the mind, you’re (1) ___________young once, life isn’t a rehearsal and so on. And if you don’t do it, you may always regret that you didn’t take the (2) __________In the end, there’s only one response: well, why not? The idea may ...

Read the passage below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

It is now extremely popular to take a gap year between school and university or university and work and to spend it traveling. There are plenty of reasons to recommend it - travel broadens the mind, you’re (1) ___________young once, life isn’t a rehearsal and so on. And if you don’t do it, you may always regret that you didn’t take the (2) __________In the end, there’s only one response: well, why not?

The idea may have its roots in the 18^th century Grand tour once (3) ____________ by the young, rich and noble, but it is the middle classes who have turned it (4) __________ something that 200,000 British youngsters do every year. (5) ____________ has never been so easy and cheap, with more places open to tourists than ever. Also, the gap year is now (6) ____________ by many employers and universities.

The States, the Far East and Australia were among the original (7) _________ _and although these remain in the top five, young explorers are now going even further. The most far-flung corners of the world are (8) ____________ in popularity year by year. About $700 will buy a student ticket (9) ___________ for six months that will take you from London to Calcutta, Singapore, Bangkok, Perth, Sydney, Auckland, Fiji, Tahiti, Los Angeles and (10) ____________ again.

There are plenty of reasons to recommend it - travel broadens the mind, you’re (1) ____ young once, life isn’t a rehearsal and so on.