Taylor Swift is a very successful country singer. She was born in 1989 and grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania. Her family loved country music, so she started singing when she was very young. When she was 11 years old, she sang the national anthem at a basketball game, and some record company people heard her. They were very impressed (1) _______ her voice and signed her immediately. She wrote her first song when she was 12 and by the time she was 16 , she (2) _______ over 100 songs! Her first ...

Taylor Swift is a very successful country singer. She was born in 1989 and grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania. Her family loved country music, so she started singing when she was very young. When she was 11 years old, she sang the national anthem at a basketball game, and some record company people heard her. They were very impressed (1) _______ her voice and signed her immediately. She wrote her first song when she was 12 and by the time she was 16 , she (2) _______ over 100 songs! Her first album came out in 2006, and it (3) _______ more than 2.5 million copies. Since then, she has released several (4) _______ albums and they have all been very successful too. Swift has won many awards for her music, including six Grammy Awards. She is also the youngest ever winner of the Country Music Association (CMA) Award for Entertainer of the Year. In 2011, Forbes magazine put her in their list of the (5) _______ most powerful women. She was number 11. Taylor Swift is an amazing singer and songwriter who has fans around the world.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.