Sample test (B 2 ) reading part 1

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Part 1

Questions 1-10 

Read the text below and decide which answer

 A, B, C or D 
best fits each space
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There is an example given at the beginning

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The Price of Fame 
Charlotte Church looks like a (
0
) ........ teenager, but she 
is far from average. She has an amazing voice. Her fans stand in 
(
1
) ........ for hours to get tickets for her concerts and she
is often on television. Charlotte’s singing (
2
) ........ began
when she performed on a TV show at the age of 11. The head of a 
record company was so impressed by her voice that he(
3
) ........ 
her up on the spot. Her first album rose to number one in the 
charts. 
Charlotte still attends school in her home town when she can. 
(
4
) ........ , she is often away on tour for weeks at a time. She 
doesn’t miss out on lessons, though, because she takes her own tutor 
with her! She (
5
) ........ three hours every morning with him. Her 
exam results in all the (
6
) ........ she studies are impressive. 
But how does she (
7
) ........ with this unusual way of life? 
She (
8
) ........ that she has the same friends as before. That 
may be true, but she can no longer go into town with them because 
everybody stops her in the street to ask for her (
9
) ........ . 
It seems that, like most stars, she must learn to (
10
) ........
these restrictions and the lack of privacy. It’s the price of fame!
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