Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 34 to 38.

School exams are, generally speaking, the first kind of test we take. They find out how much knowledge we have gained. But do they really show how intelligent we are? After all, isn’t it a fact that some people (34)______ are very academically successful don’t have any common sense.

Intelligence is the speed at which we can understand and react to new situations and it is usually tested by logic puzzles. (35)______ scientists are now preparing advanced computer technology that will be able to “read” our brains, for the present tests are still the most popular ways of measuring intelligence.

A person’s IQ is their intelligence as it is measured by a special test. The most common IQ tests are (36)______ by Mensa, an organization that was found in England in 1946. People taking the tests are judged in (37)______ to an average score of 100, and those who score over 148 are entitled to join Mensa. (38)______ the questions are straightforward and most people can answer them if allowed enough time. But that’s the problem; the whole point of the test is that they’re against the clock.

Instead of getting all riled up about the boy’s uncooperative behaviours, the teacher should try to figure out how to get him involved in the class activities.

My brother is not old enough. He can’t take the driving test.

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 following questions from 39 to 43.

Can you imagine waking up each day in a house that is gently rocked by the movement of water, having a water park as a garden and getting to work by water taxi? Well, for some people this vision of the future may become a reality. It is a commonly accepted fact that as the Earth’s temperature rises, the ice caps at the North and South Poles will melt, causing the sea level to rise.

So, where does this leave the many countries in the world which have large sections of their populations living in areas which lie at or below sea level? The Netherlands, for example, is one of the most highly populated, low-lying countries in the world and has been battling with the problem of flooding for years. Further rises in the sea level would mean much of the country will disappear under water.

Inventive architects may have come up with a solution to the problem: a floating house actually built on the water. The basic idea is that houses will have a base filled with air and a way of anchoring them to the ground. This will allow the houses to float upwards whenever the sea level rises and sink back down when the sea level drops. So, are floating houses the homes of the future? For some people there may be no alternative; for others it will be through choice. After all, who says you have to live on dry land anyway?

Bill ______ at his watch and started running. He was late for school.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges.