The reply (9) _____ a long time to arrive, but eventually

Read the following passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks from 6 to 10.

Some years ago, my daughter was studying English at a university on the south coast. One evening, she phoned to (6) _____ me that what she really wanted to do was a travel round the world, (7) _____ she was looking into the possibility of working in another country. She had seen several advertisements in the paper for student teachers of English abroad, and she was interested in one in Italy, (8) _____ she was desperate to visit.

She decided that this would be a good way to achieve her ambition, so she was writing to apply for the job. The reply (9) _____ a long time to arrive, but eventually she received a letter asking if she would go for an interview in London the following week. She was so excited that she immediately got in touch with the school owner and agree to attend the interview . She was determined that nothing would prevent her (10) _____ doing what she had set out to do.