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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 18th 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.
1. A. merely B. only C. slightly D. simply
2. A. occasion B. moment C. chance D. luck
3. A. undertaken B. gone C. done D. given
4. A. up B. out C. over D. into
5. A. Voyage B. Travel C. Excursion D. Tour
6. A. received B. stood C. accepted D. admitted
7. A. destinations B. endings C. landings D. terminals
8. A. spreading B. expanding C. enlarging D. growing
9. A. genuine B. valid C. effective D. legal
10. A. now B. here C. back D. then
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 18th 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.
1. A. merely B. only C. slightly D. simply
2. A. occasion B. moment C. chance D. luck
3. A. undertaken B. gone C. done D. given
4. A. up B. out C. over D. into
5. A. Voyage B. Travel C. Excursion D. Tour
6. A. received B. stood C. accepted D. admitted
7. A. destinations B. endings C. landings D. terminals
8. A. spreading B. expanding C. enlarging D. growing
9. A. genuine B. valid C. effective D. legal
10. A. now B. here C. back D. then