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

people who wish to study at a us university usually have to take one of several standardized tests. students (6) _______ to university for the first time may take sat (scholastic aptitude test) or the act (american college test). people (7) _______ want to do a higher degree may take the gre (graduate record examination), lsat (law school admission test) or mcat (medical college admission test), depending on (8) ________ they want to study. students from other countries must usually show a knowledge of english and the most common test for this purpose is the toefl (test of english as a foreign language). standardized tests often do not test how much people know about a subject, but how strong their skills are in areas like reading and (9) ________ problems. people do not pass or fail but instead each university or college decides (10) _____ the lowest score it will accept.