Read the text below and choose the answer best fits each space. Yesterday Eleaner Preston won an international swimming competition for girls (1) _____ under sixteen. She swam faster (2) _____girls from ten other countries. This (3) _____even better when you learn that Eleanor is only thirteen. She had to have a special (4) _____to enter, because normally competitors are fourteen or older. Eleanor has been (5 _____ on swimming for a long time (6) _____she was three in fact. I wonder whether she found it hard to (7) _____several hours a day training. She (8) _____me that sometimes she has problems finding time for homework, but that's all. "My parents have given up so (9) _____time driving me to local competitions, I think it's been harder for them, actually." Her aim is to swim at the Olympic Games. After yesterday's performance, I think she may (10) _____ there. 1. A. age B. aged C. ages D. ageing 2. A. that B. from C. than D. of 3. A. suggests B. means C. sounds D. shows 4. A. permission B. attention C. opportunity D. accommodation 5. A. happy B. good C. pleased D. keen 6. A. until B. since C. when D. ever 7. A. take B. use C. spend D. pass 8. A. told B. explained C. said D. agreed 9. A. often B. much C. long D. many 10. A. reach B. find C. get D. make