SugababesThe story of the Sugababes starts with two self-confident eight-year-old friends

Sugababes
The story of the Sugababes starts with two self-confident eight-year-old friends from
London who (23) __________ a hatred of maths but loved singing (24) __________ to the
radio. Mutya and Keisha then met Siobhan who joined their gang. They (25) __________
writing and singing and at fourteen the group (26) __________ their first record deal.
Just two years later, when their classmates were studying for their exams, the girls (27)
__________ their first album, the incredibly cool One Touch. But it wasnt as easy as it
(28) __________. The album didnt get publicity and Siobhan decided to leave the group.
Keisha and Mutya advertised for another girl but did not want to (29) __________ the group
name. We wanted someone who could sing and had her own ideas, they said. That was
Heidi. Heidi used to be in the girlband Atomic Kitten but she left because she never quite
(30) __________ in. Heidi was desperate to sing live in concerts and do her own writing
and she soon realised that she would never be able to do this in a manufactured band. Her
love of urban music (31) __________ her the perfect Sugababe. The three became friends
as soon as they met and (32) __________ to write and record the huge Angels with Dirty
Faces album.

23 A united B combined C shared D joined
24 A along B nearly C across D beside
25 A opened B disclosed C revealed D discovered
26 A took B brought C got D wrote
27 A demonstrated B released C published D displayed
28 A says B proclaims C goes D sounds
29 A bare B mention C describe D comment
30 A fitted B went C suited D got
31 A kept B did C held D мейд
32 A went down B went off C went on D went up