Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 30 to 34.
The General Certificate of Secondary Education or the GCSE examinations for (30)_______ are the standard school-leaver qualifications taken by virtually all UK students in the May and June following their 16th birthday. If you come to a UK independent school before (31)_______ the age of 16, you will study towards GCSE examinations in up to 12 subjects. Some subjects are compulsory, including English and mathematics, and you can select (32)_______, such as music, drama, geography and history from a series of options. GCSEs provide a good all-round education that you can build on at college and eventually at university.
AS- and A-levels are taken after GCSEs. They are the UK qualifications most (33)_______ accepted for entry to university and are available in subjects from the humanities, arts, sciences and social sciences as well as in vocational subjects such (34)_______ engineering, and leisure and tourism. You can study up to four subjects at the same time for two years.
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A.reach
B.reaching
C.being reached
D.to reach