Read the following advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C and D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 6. ⇱
Unlock Your Full Potential!
Are you ready to become the best version of yourself? The term ‘personal development’ is often ssociated ___(1)___ activities like dieting or exercise, or perhaps learning a new computer program. But while these things are ___(2)___ important, there are many other worthwhile skills which are often overlooked.
At LifeMaster program, we emphasize ___(3)___ comprehensive approach to personal growth and development! Academic or cognitive skills such as clear critical thinking, memorisation and creativity are important, as are social and emotional skills like friendliness, positive thinking and self-esteem. Other essential skills highly ___(4)___ include self-control, time management and finding a balanced life.
The important thing is to ___(5)___ a ‘holistic approach’ to personal development, ensuring that you grow in all aspects rather than ___(6)___ on one at the expense of the others.
💡 Take charge of your personal development today!
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(Adapted from Move on)
Read the following leaflet and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 7 to 12. ⇱
3 DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXERCISE
A healthy body is ___(7)___ that is strong, flexible and can keep working over a long period. That’s why it’s important to do these three different types of exercise:
1. AEROBIC EXERCISE
This kind of exercise makes you ___(8)___ more oxygen, and it’s great for your heart. When you do aerobic exercise frequently, you build ___(9)___, so you can continue to do exercise for a long time.
2. EXERCISE TO BUILD YOUR STRENGTH
When you do exercise, you want to make your heart strong, but also to make your muscles strong. This helps you to be active, ___(10)___ full of energy. Strong muscles also protect your body.
3. EXERCISE TO IMPROVE YOUR FLEXIBILITY
Exercise can help to make you flexible. That means your muscles are strong but they can also move easily and in lots of different ___(11)___. Gymnastics, yoga, and martial arts can all help you to become flexible. That helps reduce the ___(12)___ of injuries you might get from sports.
(Adapted from C21 Smart)
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best arrangement of utterances or sentences to make a meaningful exchange or text in each of the following questions from 13 to 17. ⇱
a. Lan: That’s right. My dad is a factory worker, so he works in shifts. Today he’s on the night shift.
b. Lan: Come in, Mark. Did you find my place easily?
c. Mark: Yes, I actually met your dad in the street and he showed me the way. He said he was on his way to work.
a. Grace: Well I really appreciate that you can still hang out with me.
b. Alex: I'm so busy this week that I barely have time to eat.
c. Grace: Did you just get home? You go outside too often these days.
d. Grace: You're thinking of quitting? Great!
e. Alex: No problem. Oh, do you know anyone that has a new job opening?
a. I am very adaptable, reliable and excellent at multitasking.
b. I would be grateful if you consider me for the IT position.
c. I believe that I am perfectly suited for this role. Last year, I gained valuable experience working part-time at a local computer repair center.
d. I can work independently or as part of a team as I have experience working in a collaborative environment.
e. I am writing to apply for the IT support technician position advertised in the local newspaper on Tuesday 5th July.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Billy.
a. To begin with, students can gain and develop important skills that may be useful in their future careers.
b. Today, more and more students are doing part-time jobs while they are still studying at secondary school. Having a job while at school can benefit secondary school students in several ways.
c. For example, if a student works as a waiter or waitress, he or she can learn how to greet and communicate with customers.
d. The real work environment can help students learn more new skills as well as improve existing ones such as communication, teamwork, or problem-solving skills.
e. Those who are equipped with various life skills can perform better in their future jobs.
a. Responsible digital citizens respect other people's privacy, too.
b. They don't post pictures of others or discuss people's personal lives without their permission because that could harm their online security.
c. In this way, digital citizens help others to feel safer and more comfortable in the digital world.
d. A responsible digital citizen is someone who uses technology in a sensible way and encourages others to do the same.
e. They are careful about their online behaviour and always try to be as polite as possible, which helps others to avoid having negative experiences online.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 22. ⇱
In 2007, design graduates, Joe Gebbie and Brian Chesky, ___(18)___. Hearing that there was a conference coming to town and there were no hotel rooms available, they created the website airbedandbreakfast.com ___(19)___. Only six days later, they had three guests sleeping on their floor. They knew immediately that this was the start of something big.
Being budding entrepreneurs, ___(20)___. They enlisted Gebbie's former flatmate, Nathan Blecharczyk, a computer science graduate, to develop their website. Their idea was to target conferences and festivals across the USA, getting local people to list their rooms and travelers to book them. ___(21)___. Within a week, they had 800 listings, an achievement which dealt in part with the shortage of hotel rooms, but did not solve their financial problems, as the site was not making any money.
The team decided that they would have to handle payment for the bookings. ___(22)___. Meanwhile, investors had started showing interest in the company. By April 2009, when larger investments began to arrive, they moved the company out of their flat into a new state-of-the-art office and hired more staff.
Since then Airbnb has gone from strength to strength. The company now has over 1.5 million listings in 34,000 cities in 190 countries, and is rumoured to be worth around $20 billion.
(Adapted from Friends Global)
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the following questions from 23 to 30. ⇱
HISTORY OF THE WEEKEND
What are you doing this weekend? Perhaps you're spending time with family, friends, or playing a sport. Around the world, people unwind at the end of the working week and take part in leisure activities. In many countries, the weekend consists of Saturday and Sunday, while in others, Friday and Saturday are the days of rest. In Afghanistan, Thursday and Friday form the weekend, while in Brunei, Friday and Sunday are the days off.
The modern weekend took shape during the Industrial Revolution. In the early 19th century, people left the countryside to work in towns and cities. Factories were springing up, and employers demanded a six-day workweek of up to 12 hours a day, followed by one day of rest.
Campaigns for workers’ rights appeared. By the end of the century, the working week was reduced to five and a half days. In the US in the 1920s, Henry Ford helped establish the weekend by giving workers Saturday and Sunday off so they could buy and enjoy the cars they were producing.
Today, a 40-hour workweek is standard in many countries. Many people have a nine-to-five job, but even that is rapidly changing. Technology enables more people to work from home and plan their own use of time. Perhaps in the future we will work fewer hours altogether. If we become more productive, we should be able to afford the same lifestyle by working fewer hours.
Some believe a worker in the US could achieve a 1950s standard of living by working just 11 hours a week. Others suggest a 21-hour workweek could help with unemployment and climate change. However, while it may mean more leisure time, it could also limit people’s ability to earn enough money to enjoy it.
(Adapted from Optimise B1+)
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the following questions from 31 to 40. ⇱
One woman’s trash is another woman’s treasure
The high living costs after Covid-19, especially in clothing and merchandise, have forced a lot of people to buy second-hand goods to make ends meet. [I] Why would you want to pay for something that has already been used by a stranger? [II] But now, it is a hot new thing that youths and adults are doing. [III] As people become more environmentally conscious, they realise that handing over clothes is a solution to reducing fashion waste and helping the disadvantaged. [IV]
Passing down clothes is not a new thing, and a person can then buy that item for half the price. Mrs. Bảo Trân shared that today’s youth liked to buy expensive clothes to show off in a couple of pictures, then they would sell them back to the store. She had even almost quit buying new clothes because she can just buy almost unused clothes in a store that sells them at a 90% discount or even less. Not only is this practice good for the wallet, but it is also fantastic for the environment. As 92 million tonnes of textile waste is produced every year, the fashion industry is throwing away more clothes than ever before.
Besides taking care of the waste, giving away or buying second-hand clothes also helps the needy who are struggling to survive during cold winters or to afford basic needs. Starting as a Facebook page for selling second-hand clothes, an organisation now sells old clothing for charity money. Volunteers can either donate their used fashion items to the shop to give to the poor or give them to the shop as free apparel. The only requirement is that the clothes should be in good condition.
(Adapted from THiNK 12)