Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the

correct word for each of the blanks from 33 to 37.

Left-handers are the odd ones out. Sure, lefties (33) _____________up about 10 percent of the

population - but, frankly, it seems like society has forgotten about them. Just consider all of the right-

handed gadgets, awkwardly designed desks, and cooking tools that fit comfortably only in your right hand, what (34) _____________someone to become a lefthand? Scientists aren’t exactly sure, but research points to a complex (35) _____________between genes and environment.

While no exact set of “leftie genes” have been discovered, people who dominantly use their left hands

do have more left-handed family members. And researchers have found different brain wirings in righties vs. lefties. But no matter (36) _____________it is that drives someone to use their antipodal paw, science has also uncovered a particular set of personality traits that lefthanded people tend to have. So for all of you lefties, leftie-loving righties, and ambidextrous folks out there - it’s time to brush up on your left-handed knowledge and help (37) _____________an end to leftie discrimination once and for all.

(33) ______

Transgender people are denied the ability to join the armed forces due to discriminating policies implemented by the government. (underlined part that needs correction)

Tony and Bob are talking in their classroom.

Tony: “We are buying Lily a graduation present.”

Bob: “_____________”

Jenny has an_____________command of Japanese cuisine. 

(34) ______

John is feeling_____________because he hasn’t had enough sleep recently.

The word “bind ” in the passage probably means___________

Which of the following could be the main idea of the passage?

The biologists have found more than one thousand types of butterflies in the forest,

_____________its special characteristics.

What does the word “this” in paragraph 3 refer to? 

They are my two sisters. They aren’t teachers like me.

The more you practice speaking in public, _____________.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the

correct answer to each of the questions.

My parents lent me the money. _____________, I couldn’t have afforded the trip. 

Not only_____________among the largest animals that ever lived, but they are also among the most intelligent.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the

correct answer to each of the questions.

The children are extremely excited about the visit to the town where their grandparents were born in. 

It is said the Robinhood robbed________ rich and gave the money to _______ poor.

Chandler was shocked when his entire class seemed to come down with the same imaginative disease. (underlined part that needs correction)

The head teacher has asked me to take the new boy under my_____________and look after him.

(36) ______