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 31 to 35 ).

FOOD FIRSTS

How much do you know about the history of some of your favorite foods? Do you know when people in England started cooking curry dishes? Do you know in which country pizzas or hamburgers were first made? The facts might surprise you.

Many people think the English found out about curry from people in India in the 1600s. In reality, wealthy English people were eating dishes made with curry spices hundreds of years before British ships traveled to India. Cooks of wealthy English families during the time of King Richard I were making curry dishes, and in fact, the word “curry” can be found in an English language cookbook as far back as 1377.

As for pizza, this dish was probably first made in Persia (what is now Iran). The Persians were eating round, flat bread with cheese in the 500s. That was nearly 1,000 years before pizza caught on in Naples, Italy! Finally, let’s look at the truth behind hamburgers. Many people think hamburgers are an American food. However, according to some stories, hamburgers came from Hamburg, Germany. A German named Otto Kuasw created the first hamburger in 1891. Four years later, German sailors introduced hamburgers to Americans.

Where foods come from isn’t nearly as important as how they taste; as long as they are delicious!

So, go get some of your favorite food and dig in.

What is the main idea of this reading?

Mr. Smith is often            first person to come to the office in the morning.

Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best option to fit each numbered blank (from 26 to 30).

What will life be like in the future? Different people have (26)            answers to this question; some are pessimistic while others optimistic.

Things will be much worse than they are nowadays, pessimists say. (27)            whole world will experience a period of economic depression. Many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost. The security of the earth will be threatened by terrorism as terrorist groups will become more powerful and more dangerous. (28)           , optimists believe that life will be far better than it is today. We will be living in a much cleaner environment, breathing fresher air and eating healthier foods. We will also be better looked (29)            by a more modern medical system. Domestic chores will no longer be a burden thanks to the (30)            of labour-saving devices.

Different people have (26)            answers to this question; some are pessimistic while others optimistic.

A large number of Indian men agree that it is unwise to confide            their wives.

February is the month             many of my colleagues take skiing holidays.

(28)           , optimists believe that life will be far better than it is today.

Being well- dressed and punctual can help you create a good            on your interviewer.

Jack and Mark are in a coffee shop:

Jack : “Would you like some more tea?”- Mark: “              .”

She is constantly under             , and it is affecting her health.

Students             the GCSE when they finish compulsory education.

The word “they” in the last paragraph refers to .

Who introduced hamburgers to America?

(27)           whole world will experience a period of economic depression.

The prisoners are reported            by means of a helicopter last week.

The manager             the workers on having done excellent work that month.

The idiom “found out" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to           .