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 43.

      Rain pounded down on the roof. I was trying to read but the sound was too loud. I couldn’t help myself from being a little grumpy. I wanted to be outside playing, but the rain was keeping me inside.

My mom had gone to the grocery store, and my dad was spending Saturday at the office. I had planned to spend the day hiking, but Mother Nature decided that today was the perfect day for rain.

      It meant that I would have to entertain myself. I spent most of the morning playing with my stuffed animals and reading. I was sitting next to the window staring out when I got a strange idea: why not just go outside anyway?

      I put on my boots and a big raincoat and stepped out into the wet world. It was raining hard but it wasn’t cold. All I could hear were raindrops and the wind. I decided to go on my hike anyway.

      My feet didn’t make any sound on the wet ground and the forest seemed different. I went to my favourite place and sat down. In the summer, my best friend Ellen and I would come here and sit for hours. It was our special place. All of a sudden, I thought I heard someone shouting my name. I turned and saw Ellen walking up behind me.

      “Oh my Gosh! It’s really you, Martha!” she said. “I can’t believe that you are out here right now. I thought I would be the only person crazy enough to go for a walk in the rain.”

      I was very happy to have some company. We decided that hiking in the rain was just as fun as hiking in the sunshine. We planned on hiking in the rain again.

(Adapted from Navigate)

What is the best title for the story?

Mark will book his flight ticket __________.

I’m sure Linda was very upset when you left.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

The books ____________ by William Shakespeare are interesting.

My father said to me: “Why are you late? Did you miss the train?”

(38) __________  for all of you lefties, leftie-loving righties, and ambidextrous folks out there – it’s time to brush up on your left-handed knowledge and help put an end to leftie discrimination once and for all.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

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.

      Left-handers are the odd ones out. Sure, lefties (34) __________ up about 10 percent of the population - but, frankly, it seems like society has forgotten about them. Just consider all of the right-handed gadgets, awkwardly designed desks, and cooking tools that fit comfortably only in your right hand. What (35) __________ someone to become a lefthand? Scientists aren’t exactly sure, but research points to a complex makes between genes and environment. While no exact set of “leftie genes” have been discovered, people who dominantly use their left hands do have (36) __________ left-handed family members. And researchers have found different brain wirings in righties vs. lefties. But no matter (37) ______ it is that drives someone to use their antipodal paw, science has also uncovered a particular set of personality traits that left-handed people tend to have. (38) __________  for all of you lefties, leftie-loving righties, and ambidextrous folks out there – it’s time to brush up on your left-handed knowledge and help put an end to leftie discrimination once and for all.

(Adapted from FCE Use of English)