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 from 39 to 43

    The Singapore Science Centre is located on a six-hectare site in Jurong. At the centre, we can discover the wonders of science and technology in a fun way. Clap your hands and colorful bulbs will light up. Start a wheel spinning and it will set off a fan churning. It is a place to answer our curiosity and capture our imagination.

    The centre features over four hundred exhibits covering topics like solar radiation, communication, electronics, mathematics, nuclear energy, and evolution. It aims to arouse interest in science and technology among us and the general public. The centre is the first science one to be established in Southeast Asia. It was opened in 1977 and it now receives an average of one thousand two hundred visitors a day. The exhibits can be found in four exhibition galleries. They are the Lobby, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences and Aviation. These exhibits are renovated annually so as to encourage visitors to make return visits to the centre.

    Instead of the usual “Hands off’ notices found in exhibition halls, visitors are invited to touch and feel the exhibits, push the buttons, turn the cranks or pedals. This is an interesting way to learn science even if you hate the subject. A Discovery Centre was built for children between the ages of three and twelve. This new exhibition gallery was completed in 1985. Lately this year a stone-age exhibit was built. It shows us about the animals and people which were extinct.

This no doubt explains the reason why schoolboys remember football results effortlessly but struggle (35) _____ dates.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 34 to 38. 

WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY

    A good memory is often seen as something that comes naturally, and a bad memory as something (34) _______ cannot be changed, but actually there is a lot that you can do to improve your memory.

    We all remember the things we are interested in and forget the ones that bore the US. This no doubt explains the reason why schoolboys remember football results effortlessly but struggle (35) _____ dates.

from their history lessons! Take an active interest in what you want to remember and (36) ______ on it consciously. One way to make yourself more interested is to ask questions — the more the better!

    Physical exercise is also important for your memory because it increases your heart rate and sends (37) ________ oxygen to your brain, and that makes your memory work better. Exercise also reduces stress, which is very bad for the memory.

    The old saying that - eating fish makes your brain may be true after all. Scientists have discovered that the fats found in fish like tuna, sardines, and salmon – (38) __________ in olive oil - help to improve the memory. Vitamin-rich fruits such as oranges, strawberries and red grapes are all good - brain food, too.

(Source: —New Cutting Edge, Cunningham, S. & Moor. 2010. Harlow: Longman)

He couldn’t retake the exam because he missed too many lessons.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions. 

This is such a difficult homework that it took me much time to finish it.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

“I have stolen documents to sell online since last year” Lien said.

It’s crucial for you to save money for the future.

He started learning Japanese to watch anime three years ago.

His mother has no alternative but stitches his clothes as ready-made clothes are not available.

We’re not taking on any new staff at the moment so that we can cut down the cost.

“___________” “Yes. Do you have any trousers?”

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.

Phat’s English teaching materials __________ since last year.

_______, I will buy for my mother a penthouse in Da Lat.

John is the first person _________ documents from the others in our group.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions. 

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions. 

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. 

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.