Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 36 to 45.
In a world where 2 billion people live in homes that don't have light bulbs, technology holds the key (36)______ banishing poverty. Even the simplest technologies can transform lives and save money. Vaccines, crops, computers and sources of solar energy can all reduce poverty in developing countries. For example, cheap oral-rehydration therapy developed in Bangladesh has dramatically cut the death (37)______ from childhood diarrhoea.But even when such technologies exist, the depressing fact is that we can’t make them (38)______ for those who most need them. Solar panels, batteries and light bulbs are still beyond the purse of many, but where they have been installed they change lives. A decent light in the evening gives children more time for homework and extends the productive day for adults.Kenya has a thriving solar industry and six years ago Kenyan pioneers also (39)______ connecting schools to the Internet via radio links. These people were fortunate (40)______ being able to afford solar panels, radios and old computers. How much bigger would the impact be if these things (41)______ and priced specifically for poor people?Multinationals must become part of the solution, because (42)______ they own around 60 per cent of the world's technology, they seldom make products for poor customers. Of 1,223 new drugs marketed worldwide from 1975 to 1996, for example, just 13 were for tropical diseases.People think those enterprises should do more to provide vital products such as medicines (43)______ different prices around the world to suit (44)______ people can afford. Alternatively, they could pay a percentage of their profit towards research and development for (45)______.
Adapted from “The Price is Wrong” in “Focus on IELTS Foundations” by Sue O’Connell, Pearson Longman, 2006
___________(36)




A.to
B.at
C.with
D.for

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions.
A small hotel was the only choice of place to stay at during my trip to London.




A.I had no alternative but to stay at a small hotel during my trip to London.
B.I was talked into staying at a small hotel during my trip to London.
C.There were a lot of hotels for me to choose from during my trip to London.
D.I had different choices of where to stay during my trip to London.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions.
No one but Jane succeeded in giving the correct answer.




A.All but Jane managed to produce the correct answer.
B.Only Jane failed to answer the question correctly.
C.Jane was among those who failed to guess the answer.
D.Everyone but Jane failed to provide the correct answer.

The sofa ________ for three people to sit on.




A.isn't enough wide
B.isn't wide enough
C.so wide
D.is so wide

By the time he comes, we will have already __________.




A.leave
B.leaving
C.left
D.leaves

She gave me a few books _________ during the Xmas holidays.




A.reading
B.read
C.to read
D.for reading

There were _________ at the meeting that it was cancelled.




A.such few people
B.such a few people
C.so a few people
D.so few people

He redecorated his house ________ selling it.




A.with a view
B.with view to
C.with view
D.with a view to

Not only ....................... my car poorly, but they also overcharged me.




A.did they repair
B.repair they did
C.they did repair
D.they didn't repair

If interest rates are cut, the economic situation may improve.




A.A reduction in interest rates may improve the economic situation.
B.The economic situation won’t be better if interest rates are cut.
C.The economic situation may improve if we increase the interest rates.
D.There’s no doubt that the economic situation will improve as a result of the reduction in interest rates.