There are a (33) ……….. number of decisions to be made every day, from the moment we wake up out of a deep sleep to the moment we fall asleep at the end of the day. Some people are very good at making decisions and others (34) ……….. it almost impossible.

Take, for example, a simple meal out with my friend Barbara. She can never make her  mind up about what to (35) ……….. for and will look at a menu for ages and ages before (36)……….. loudly, almost incapacitated with indecision. It results in her voice becoming extremely (37) ………..the more frustrated she gets, and ugly red blotches erupting on her face. However, I do admire the fact that she still tries to remain positive in such situations and she invariably (38) ……….. a desire to be more decisive like myself. I am (39) ……….. to the acute embarrassment I know she suffers at these times and suffer along with her. When it come  to food, it’s easy for me, as I’ll know instantly what I fancy, and when it comes to desserts, I rarely have any (40) ……….. left for them, so it’s easy for me to say I’ll have nothing.  However, I fall down abysmally with fashion decisions and, for some reason, Barbara has no problem there. She finds it easy to decide what to wear and has an innate (41) ……….. of style of which I’m extremely envious. I can imagine her still looking (42) ……….. and stylish at 70, while at 22 I already look like an elderly woman who doesn’t care about how she looks.

1.    A. charming                     B. bustling                 C. bewildering                      D. strange

2.    A. find___                         B. notice                     C. consider                            D. regard

3.    A. choose             B. opt                          C. select                                 D. pick

4.    A. shuddering                 B. coughing               C. barking                              D. sighing

5.    A. creaky_             B. squeaky                 C. catchy                                D. noisy

6.    A. expresses                     B. announces             C. states                                 D. exposes

7.    A. sensible                       B. attentive                C. thoughtful                                    D. sensitive

8.    A. room__                         B. place                      C. scope                                 D. area

9.    A. meaning                      B. notion                    C. sense                                 D. impression

10.A. childlike                      B. youthful                C. childish                             D. juvenile