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 following questions.

In the past, British children were frequently encouraged to try out their performing skills for the benefit of adults. They did this by reading aloud, acting or ___(5)___ a musical instrument. As they (6) _____ up they were taken to public places of entertainment - the theatre, opera, circus or ballet.

They looked forward to these ___(7)___ with great ___(8)__ and would remember and discuss what they had seen for many weeks afterwards. But nowadays television and computers ____(9)____ an endless stream of easily available entertainment, and children quickly accept these marvelous inventions as a very ordinary part of their everyday lives. For many children, the sense of witnessing a very special live performance is gone forever.

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Since the flood the number of homeless people ________ dramatically