Please read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. You are supposed to do the test without any help and spend about 5 minutes on it. Please type your answers in the boxes provided according to the numbers of the gaps. Spelling matters. Most of the missing words are simple. The task is FCE level.

Fast Track to Fluency
A couple of generations ago, a bilingual child - in other words a child who spoke more than one language - was regarded with suspicion. People thought that such...........(1) child would be slow........ (2) develop academically, would feel confused and even.......... (3) up with a split personality.  
Today, however, research shows the advantages of a bilingual upbringing, including an awareness..........(4) other cultures and an increased ability ............ (5) language learning.  
Tests ..... (6) out in Canada presented small children with two apartment blocks made......... (7) of building bricks, the larger apartment contained fewer bricks. Children who........ (8) not bilingual said that the larger apartment had more bricks, whereas bilingual children correnctly saw that the............ (9) one had more bricks. The bilingual children appeared to have the ability to ignore misleading information...............(10)  dealing with problems, in much the .............. (11) way as they "edit out" one language when using the...................(12).  
According to the research, as..............(13) as developing problem-solving skills earlier than those who only speak one language, bilingual children also understand written languages faster ...........(14) learn to read more easily.