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.

Hello, my name ___(1)___ ________ Joe Hayden, and I am twelve years old. My eldest brother, David, is sixteen and Michael is fourteen. I have three younger brothers. My little sister, who is called Naomi, is only two.
David, Michael and I all enjoy ___(2)___ ________ to music. David plays the drums and Michael plays the guitar. I ___(3)___ ________ on well with David but not so much with my younger brothers Jacob and Sam. We go to a school that is far, far away and we are only at home during the holidays. It’s good being in a big family. You can play games like football and cricket with everyone. In smaller families, this is not ___(4)___________.
The bad things are that you always get little kids bugging you. They can be so noisy! Everything around you is very busy and really messy, and there’s lots of washing up ___(5)___________ laundry to do. It also costs much more to go anywhere. But I prefer being in a big family.