Complete the text with an appropriate word in each gap. Kayla Heard from Washington, 1____________ could read when she was eighteen months old, began college when she was eleven. Hard-working Kayla, 2____________ parents felt it wouldn’t be good to send her to a university at such a young age, gets her education at home. She is studying for her social sciences degree through WSU Online, and will become the youngest graduate from Washington State University this May.
Kayla is grateful 3____________ the opportunity to study at home. “At the moment, I want to continue my degree online because of the safety. And, 4____________ my opinion, the classes online are slightly more challenging than the ones at university, 5____________ is another good reason to study at home,” says Kayla. “Later on, I plan to get a Master's degree when I'm working, so I can get some classroom experience at that time, 6____________ necessary.”
“When she was a baby, she respected paper,” says Kayla's mother Marlyn. “She didn't tear it up, 7____________ was surprising. She looked at the pictures or writing on it, as if she wanted to know what it said. 8____________ the other hand, my son is more like a normal child. When he was a baby, he put the paper in his mouth!”
Kayla, 9____________ has already passed the law school entry test, is going to spend the summer applying to different law schools. She also says she wants to work abroad, possibly in Hong Kong, 10____________ she wants to learn Chinese.