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 46.
            Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of it as more real than speech. A little thought, however, will show why speech is primary and writing secondary to language. Human beings have been writing (as far as we can tell from surviving evidence) for at least 5000 years; but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there have been human beings.
            When writing did develop, it was derived from and represented speech, although imperfectly. Even today there are spoken languages that have no written form. Furthermore, we all learn to talk well before we learn to write; any human child who is not severely handicapped physically or mentally will learn to talk: a normal human being cannot be prevented from doing so. On the other hand, it takes a special effort to learn to write. In the past many intelligent and useful members of society did not acquire the skill, and even today many who speak languages with writing systems never learn to read or write, while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so only imperfectly.
            To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not, however, to disparage the latter. One advantage writing has over speech is that it is more permanent and makes possible the records that any civilization must have. Thus, if speaking makes us human, writing makes us civilized.
According to the passage, writing ______.
A.represents speech, but not perfectly         
B.developed from imperfect speech 
C.is imperfect, but less so than speech         
D.is represented perfectly by speech

Children who spend a lot of time on their computers _______.
A.do not necessarily make more progress than those don’t
B.tend to like music and art more than those who don’t
C. tend to have more accidents than those who don’t
D.will suffer from brain damage

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on you answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Since he failed his exam, he had to _______ for it again.
A.make                   
B.take                                
C.sit                               
D.pass

________ (9)
A.distracted
B.disregarded
C.spoilt
D.untroubled

________ (7)
A.friends
B.neighbours
C.relatives
D.people

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each the following questions.
Some newspapers are often guilty of distorting the truth just to impress readers with sensational news stories.
A.gathering personal information
B.making changes to facts
C.providing reliable data       
D.examining factual data

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
During our holiday, we were so lucky to stay in a room with a good ______ of the sea.
A.view                                 
B.look                                    
C.sight                                   
D.vision

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
John is feeling ______ because he hasn’t had enough sleep recently.  
A.irritate                              
B.irritation                             
C.irritably                              
D.irritable

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Tony’s parents check his Facebook account every day, he hates being under ________ all the time.
A.scrutiny                            
B.attack                                 
C.pressure                             
D.control

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
My brother has been playing ______ piano since he was a small child.
A.the                                    
B.a                                         
C.no article   
D.an