Sugababes the story of the sugababes starts with two self-confident eight-year-old friends from london who (23) a hatred of maths but loved singing (24) to the radio. mutya and keisha then met siobhan who joined their “gang”. they (25) writing and singing and at fourteen the group (26) their first record deal. just two years later, when their classmates were studying for their exams, the girls (27) their first album, the incredibly cool one touch. but it wasn’t as easy as it (28) the album didn’t get publicity and siobhan decided to leave the group. keisha and mutya advertised for another girl but did not want to (29) the group name. “we wanted someone who could sing and had her own ideas,” they said. that was heidi. heidi used to be in the girlband atomic kitten but she left because she never quite (30) in. heidi was desperate to sing live in concerts and do her own writing – and she soon realised that she would never be able to do this in a “manufactured” band. her love of urban music (31) her the perfect sugababe. the three became friends as soon as they met and (32) to write and record the huge angels with dirty faces album. 23 a united b combined c shared d joined 24 a along b nearly c across d beside 25 a opened b disclosed c revealed d discovered 26 a took b brought c got d wrote 27 a demonstrated b released c published d displayed 28 a says b proclaims c goes d sounds 29 a bare b mention c describe d comment 30 a fitted b went c suited d got 31 a kept b did c held d made 32 a went down b went off c went on d went up