THEY COULDN’T CLIMB UP THE MOUNTAIN BECAUSE OF THE STORM. A. THE S...

70. They couldn’t climb up the mountain because of the storm. a. The storm made them impossible to climb up the mountain. b. The storm discouraged them from climbing up the mountain. c. Their climbing up the mountain was unable due to the storm. d. The storm made it not capable of climbing up the mountain. Read the following passage and mark the letter a, b, c, or d on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. TALKING TO…………ELTON JOHNQ - Do you miss doing the ordinary things in life? - I like plodding round the kitchen doing the things everybody else does. I love going to the supermarket to do theshopping. I come back with far more stuff than I need. When I am on holiday in St. Tropez, I love to get up at six inthe morning to get the fresh bread. So people often see me wheeling my trolley round the supermarkets in town.Q - Do you mind being recognized? - I’ve tried going out in disguise, but in the end most people recognize me, Ninety- nine percent are very pleasant,very polite. But it’s frustrating if you get out of bed on the wrong side- and you do some days- and someone asksyou for an autograph and they haven’t got a pen or a piece of paper. But I enjoy my popularity; I don’t see the pointin being a recluse.Q - You once said that you’re a bit of a loner. - Yeah, I always have been. By that I don’t mean that I’m alone. It’s just that I like to be my own boss all the time.Don’t confuse that with being lonely because I’m not. I have lots of great friends around me. Being successful hasgiven me the confidence to do things I wouldn’t have had the courage to do otherwise. But I still retain that shynesswhen I first meet people. I’m never going to get rid of that.Q - You like your food, don’t you? - I’m one of those people who only has to look at a doughnut and I immediately put on 2 pounds without eveneating it. I’ve always had a problem with my weight .it doesn’t bother me too much, although I get depressed whenI’m very overweight. I dieted once and I became so obsessed that I neatly made myself ill. But I’m happy with theway I am at the moment. If you exercise at least three or four times a week and play tennis, then it’s no problem, butyou have to keep at it. ( …)Q - Do you think you will still be touring and making records in another ten year’s time? - I can’t keep touring and making records for the rest of my life- I’ve got to try something different now and then.One thing I am interested in doing is writing a musical.Q - So do you think we see you on stage in your town musical one day? - I doubt it. I’m not interested in going into a theatre and performing every night. You may find that strange but ifyou’re on tour, you’re changing cities. I played at the Hammersmith Odeon once for 14 nights and by the end of it Iwas going crazy. It was like going to the office. People who actually appear in plays and musical for two or threeyears have my greatest sympathy and admiration. I never consider what I do as work.