According to paragraphs 1, what is stated regarding “When Harry Met Sally”?

This tour has been organised in _______ with the Natural History Museum.

She got out of the exam room. She realised that she had forgotten to submit her paper.

He finally _______ a life long ambition of becoming a famous singer.

Due to the foot-and-mouth pandemic, the company was forced to reappraise its strategy.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

They will have completed the weekly financial report _______.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.

WHY WE NEED TO PROTECT POLAR BEARS?

Polar bears are being increasingly threatened by the effects of climate change, but their disappearance could have (26) ______ consequences. They are uniquely adapted to the extreme conditions of the Arctic Circle, (27) _______ temperatures can reach -40°C. One reason for this is that they have up to 11 centimetres of fat underneath their skin. Humans with comparative levels of adipose tissue would be considered obese and would be likely to suffer from diabetes and heart disease. (28) ______ the polar bear experiences no such consequences.

A 2014 study by Shi Ping Liu and colleagues sheds light on this mystery. They compared the genetic structure of polar bears with (29) _____ of their closest relatives from a warmer climate, the brown bears. This allowed them to determine the genes that have allowed polar bears to survive in one of the toughest environments on Earth. Liu and his colleagues found the polar bears had a gene known as APOB, which reduces levels of low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) - a form of 'bad' cholesterol. In humans, mutations of this gene are (30) _______ with increased risk of heart disease. Polar bears may therefore be an important study model to understand heart disease in humans.

(Adapted from Cambridge English Academic IELTS 16 by Cambridge University Press)

When planning meals, you need to think about variety and taste as well as nutritious value.

The Council is considering _______ the one who will find the thief in the camera.

According to paragraph 2, what is NOT a benefit to thinking positively?

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) 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 answer to each of the questions from 31 to 35.

When you wake up in the morning, do you assume that you're going to have a great day or that you're going to have a difficult day? If you normally have positive expectations, you might consider yourself an optimist, and if your expectations are usually negative, you may be a pessimist.

According to research done by the Mayo Clinic, optimism can have a strong positive effect on your health. Their research shows that optimists may live longer, get colds less often, and be less likely to suffer from cardiovascular disease. Optimists may even deal with stress better than pessimists do. If you think you might be a pessimist and would like to try to be more optimistic, pay attention to what some call “self-talk.” The term “self-talk” refers to the automatic thoughts that go through your head all the time. You know-the ideas, worries, beliefs, and hopes that run through your mind as you're driving, washing dishes, folding laundry. Are those thoughts negative like, "Everyone knows so much more than I do," or positive like, "I'm learning a lot at this job"?

If your self-talk is negative, there are some things you can do to steer it in a more positive direction. First, you can simply stop your negative self-talk. Every time you catch yourself thinking something negative, you can stop yourself by actually saying, “Stop," out loud. Alternatively, you can revise your self-talk. For example, if you catch yourself saying, 'I’m terrible at giving presentations," revise that to a question like, “How can I improve my presentation skills?” Another idea is to think of yourself as a friend.

When you “hear" a negative sentence go through your mind, think about whether or not you would feel comfortable saying it to a friend. If the sentence seems too mean to say to a friend, think about what would sound better.

(Adapted from Select Readings by Linda Lee and Jean Bernard)