PUPILS NORMALLY STUDY FOR THEIR GCSE BETWEEN THE AGES OF__________...

45. Pupils normally study for their GCSE between the ages of__________________. A. 12 and 14 B. 14 and 16 C. 15 and 17 D. 16 and 18 V. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best fits each space in the following passage. A tiny village school is soon to celebrate its 110 birthday - against all expectations. Five years ago it seemed certain to close but parents and other villagers fought the local education authority and raised funds to keep it (46)____________. It is now ending its first term as a school (47)____________by the village community and the villagers are just proud of their achievement. They were furious when education chiefs tried to make them send the village children to other schools further away because the number of pupils at the village school was too (48)__________. The villagers started a huge campaign to (49)____________money. They collected enough to hire a teacher and begin to help with school cleaning, lunch supervision and lessons. Now the school is doing well and it seems (50)___________it will continue to run in the future.