Questions 1-10

READing PASSAgE 3 
Training 
Useful strategy: recognising distraction
1  D is the correct answer.
The paragraph outlines three common mistakes: not 
delegating; not having a financial plan; and not studying 
the market. 
Also, ‘mistakes’ in option D has several synonyms in the 
paragraph (problems, errors, etc.).
2
Distraction for A: The writer describes setting up a new 
business as ‘exciting’, which might be a motivation. But 
this is the only positive reference so cannot be what the 
writer is 
doing in the whole paragraph. 
Distraction for B: The phrases ‘As a business analyst, 
I’ and ‘in my experience’ might suggest B is correct. 
However, the writer only talks about other people’s 
businesses, never her own. 
Distraction for C: The word ‘secondly’ in the paragraph 
is a distractor for ‘two’ in C. However, the writer 
mentions problems among new businesses 
generally, 
not two businesses in particular.