I. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

TEENAGE TEACHERS

People may think teenagers are too young to be in charge of a class when they’re still students themselves, but that’s not true. Sixteen- year- olds are ___(1)___ teaching lessons to primary school children in a new government scheme which allows school leavers to work as teaching assistants in primary schools.

They recently introduced new rules ___(2)___ have allowed all primary school teachers to have more time during the school day for preparing lessons, but this sometimes means that teachers have less time for teaching. Now teenagers fill the gap. They take ___(3)___ two- year course, starting when they’re 14. When they enter the lesson as teachers rather than students, they ___(4)___ to quickly put into practice the skills they learned while they were studying.

The government believes that about 18,000 teenagers could get jobs in this way. However, many people believe that young teenagers will not make suitable teachers.