HE ASKED ME WHERE I HAD BOUGHT THOSE ENGLISH BOOKS. A. HE ASKED M...

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He asked me where I had bought those English books.

A. He asked me, “Where had I bought those English books?”

B. He said to me, “Where did you buy these English books?”

C. He said to me, “Where I bought these English books?”

D. He asked me, “Where did I buy those English books?”

Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with suitable words

TEENAGERS AND SPORT

It’s quite rare to meet teenagers who don’t like sports. When you are young, you know how

important (41)______ to do physical exercise if you want to be healthy and strong, and for that reason

you often concentrate on just one sport with so (42)______ enthusiasm that in the end you can’t live

without it. The problem is, though, that as you grow up you have less and less spare time. At your age

you have to study harder if you want to get good marks to go to university, with perhaps only one

afternoon a week to do any sport. This happens just when you are at the best (43)______ for many

sports, such as gymnastics and swimming. By the time you finish all your studies you will probably be

too old to be really good at sports like those, but if you spend enough time on (44)______ while you are

young, then one day you will find that you are very good at your sport but too old to study, and you will

find it (45)______ to get a good job. Somehow, it doesn’t seem fair.