She wanted to know how long did it take to get there.

Who does the writer respect least?

A

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.

      Different Colours can affect us in many different ways; that’s according to Verity Allen. In her new series ‘Colour me Healthy’, Verity looks at the ways that colours can influence how hard we work and the choices we make. They can even change our emotions and even influence how healthy we are. 

      ‘Have you ever noticed how people always use the same colours for the same things?’ says Verity. ‘Our toothpaste is always white or blue or maybe red. It’s never green. Why not? For some reason we think that blue and white is clean, while we think of green products as being a bit disgusting. It’s the same for businesses. We respect a company which writes its name in blue or black, but we don’t respect one that uses pink or orange. People who design new products can use these ideas to influence what we buy.’

      During this four-part series, Verity studies eight different colours, two colours in each programme. She meets people who work in all aspects of the colour industry, from people who design food packets, to people who name the colours of lipsticks. Some of the people she meets clearly have very little scientific knowledge to support their ideas, such as the American ‘Colour Doctor’ who believes that serious diseases can be cured by the use of coloured lights. However, she also interviews real scientists who are studying the effects of green and red lights on mice, with some surprising results. 

      Overall, it’s an interesting show, and anyone who watches it will probably find out something new. But because Verity is goes out of her way to be polite to everyone she meets on the series, it’s up to the viewers to make their own decisions about how much they should believe.

What is the writer doing in this text?

According to Verity, why is a knowledge of colour important?

A. A

Thankfully, Diana doesn't need to have an operation.

Even though it had been snowing all day, a great many people managed to get to the end-of-term concert.

They gave Martha a lot of presents on her birthday.

The minister had to resign because of ill health.

Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions.

      Easter Island is a small triangle of rock situated in the Pacific Ocean. It’s about 2, 000 miles (21)______ the nearest city. Easter Island is (22)______ for its statues. Hundreds of these huge, stone faces can be found all over the island. Who made them? How did they move these giant pieces of rock? What happened to the people (23)______ lived there? Studies show that people first arrived on the island about 1600 years ago. They had a very advanced culture. They made many objects and they had their own written language. (24)______, the number of people on the island grew and grew until it reached about 10, 000 people. Soon there were too many people and there wasn’t enough food to eat. A terrible war started and (25)______ of the statues were broken. When western explorers (26)______ the island on Easter Day in 1722, the huge rock statues were the only sign that a great society had once lived there. 

William is talking to Jennie about his headache.

William: “Oh, dear. The pain in my head is killing me.”

Jennie: “________.”

Due to the heavy snow, all buses have been cancelled until further notice.