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Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D), best fits each space. A Famous Writer famous almost overnight. She is the (1)_______ of a highly successful series of books

Joanne Rowling (0) A for young people.

Joanne has (2)_______ of being a writer for as long as she can remember. In fact, she has been (3)_______ stories and characters ever since she was a schoolgirl. When she was still quite young, the family (4)_______ to a town called Chepstow. A family who lived (5)_____ were called Potter, and she used their name for the hero of her books. She and her sister, Di, (6)_______ a state school in the town. At school, she was hard-working and rather reserved. She was particularly good (7)_______ English and languages. Her talent for telling stories made her a popular figure in the school. During breaks between (8)_______, she was often surrounded by a (9)_______ of friends, anxious to hear the (10)_______ story she had written. She often included her (11)_______ in her stories, although they were not always aware of this! When she left school, Joanne succeeded in getting a (12)_______ at university. After graduating, (she got a (13)_______ in French), Joanne worked as a (14)_______ in a school in Portugal. She married a journalist but, sadly, the couple soon (15)_______ and she moved to Edinburgh. She had no income and couldn't even afford a plastic folder to send her new book to potential publishers. However, one wonderful day a publisher said 'yes'. It was the greatest day of her life. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 A became A novelist A intended A doing up A removed A next A attended A in A lectures A crowd A last A fellows A place A certificate A professor A broke down B got B composer B wanted B taking up B moved B near B went B at B sessions B row B recent B colleagues B room B diploma B lecturer B broke out C achieved C author C liked C putting up C migrated C across C frequented C for C tutorials C queue C latest C pupils C seat C degree C trainer C broke up D reached D artist D dreamt D making up D transferred D nearby D studied D on D lessons D procession D ultimate D classmates D space D licence D teacher D broke into

Reading 3 gapped text You are going to read a short story in which an old lady remembers her schooldays. Eight sentences have been removed from the story. Choose from the sentences (A - I) the one which best fits each gap (1 7). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. First Day at School One Monday afternoon, Ivy was very surprised to see her daughter Anne and little granddaughter Joy. This is a funny time to visit me, she said. Is everything all right? It's Joy, replied Anne, it was her first day at school today and she's refusing to go back tomorrow, but she won't tell us what happened. (0) I . Anne went to make some tea, leaving Ivy alone with her granddaughter. Tell me what happened, prompted Ivy after a while. Joy said in a rush, I got the sums wrong, then I upset the paint, then I broke a boy's ruler and so he chased me. (1)_______ She was horrid. I'm not going back! Tell me a story, please Grandma. Ivy smiled. I'll tell you about my first day at school but if it sounds worse than yours, then you'll have to go back to school tomorrow. Is it a bargain? Joy nodded her head. All right then, said Ivy. When I was your age, girls had to wear a white pinafore over a blue dress. What's a pinafore? asked Joy. It's a sort of white apron with pockets. What a funny thing to wear to school! (2)_______ Anyway, I didn't know any of the other children, so I felt a bit lonely on my first day. The teacher looked very serious and, when she suddenly called out my name, I was terrified! (3)_______ She said, Ivy Wilson, you cannot come to school with hair like that. You must tie it back! Please Miss, I haven't got a ribbon, I answered in a whisper. So she gave me an old piece of string. All the other girls with long hair were wearing ribbons, so I felt ridiculous. Poor Grandma! said Joy sympathetically. Everything seemed to go wrong after that, continued Ivy. In the break, we had to go outside and do skipping. I tried my best, but for some reason I got out of step with everyone else. So the teacher made me stand aside and just watch the others. (4)_______ You had a horrid day but mine was just as bad! said Joy. I haven't finished yet! retorted Ivy. Lunchtime was even worse. We had to eat in the school dining-room and you had to finish everything on your plate. (5)_______ I was extremely hungry by this time. But then I saw they were serving the food I hate most: liver. I sat down and started to eat the vegetables, but every time I looked at the liver, I felt sick. Finally, when I thought that nobody was looking, I picked the liver up in my handkerchief and put it in my pocket! Joy looked at her grandmother with a new respect and asked, Did anyone see? No, they didn't. The final lesson was reading. We took our pinafores off and sat in a circle, taking turns to read, which I was normally quite good at. (6)_______ The girl next to me, who was called Rose, read perfectly and the teacher praised her at the end. Then we all went to collect our pinafores which were hanging up outside. To my horror, I saw a stain on my pinafore pocket where the juice from the liver had soaked through. Suddenly, the teacher shouted, Who does this pinafore belong to? pointing to mine. (7)_______ But before I could reply, Rose said, It's mine, Miss - I had a nosebleed after lunch and my hankie got messy. The teacher said, Oh really? Well make sure it's clean for tomorrow! After that, Rose was my best friend. So, Joy, was my day worse than yours? It certainly was so I'll go back to school tomorrow, replied Joy with a sigh.
A I didn't expect this to be a problem though. B I walked slowly to the front of the classroom and looked up at her. C I fell over and the teacher told us both off. D I thought exactly the same thing, but it was the rule. E I thought I was going to get into real trouble this time. F I was so nervous about what I'd done, however, that I kept making mistakes. G I felt that it hadn't really been my fault. H I felt so disappointed with my effort. I I thought you may be able to find out.