Section 8: 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 from 26 to 30. What a day! (26) _________ says a day at home is restful? I was in the middle of making dinner and I still had a huge pile of ironing to (27) __________. No sooner had I ironed the first shirt than the doorbell rang. I had done most of the housework during the morning and had even had time to pop out to do some shopping. I had just about enough time left to make the beds and perhaps do a few of my daily keep-fit exercises when the salesman (28)________ the vacuum cleaner company turned up at the door. He had phoned my wife to make an appointment. She (29) _________ me about it but it had slipped my (30) _________. ‘I’m not interrupting anything, am I?’ he said with one of those false smiles people put on when they are trying to sell you something. ‘We did say one o’clock, didn’t we?’ He smiled again and asked if my wife was at home.

Section 8: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct

Section 8: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct