Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 33 to 37.

   Most adults struggle to recall events from their first few years of life and now scientists have identified exactly when these childhood memories are lost forever. A new study into childhood amnesia has found that it tends to take (33)___________around the age of seven.

The rapid decline of memories persisting while children are five and six is owing to the change in the way memories are formed.

Before the age of seven, children tend to have an (34) ___________form of recall with no sense of time and place in their memories. In older children, however, the early recollected events tend to be more adult like in their content and the way they are formed. Faster rate of forgetting in children and higher turnover of memories means early memories are less likely to survive. (35) ___________ , memories of younger children tend to lack autobiographical narrative leading to a process known as “retrieval induced forgetting” (36) ___________the action of remembering causes other information to be forgotten. Consequently, if childhood memories can survive into the ninth or tenth year of life, they may stay a chance of (37) ___________it into adulthood.

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Question 18. While I was looking through my old albums the other day, I___________this photograph of my parents’ wedding.

Question 15. The commission estimates that at least seven companies took___________ of the program.

Question 16. The cinema is no longer as popular as it was in the 1930 s and 1940’s, but it is still an important___________of entertainment.

Question 11. Her parents are really strict. They rarely let her stay out late, ___________  ?

Question 13. Many astronomers never get back to the Earth because of___________accidents.

Question 8. Air pollution is getting___________serious in big cities such as Hanoi and Beijing.

Question 17. After years of derision from the world, the Hindi film industry is achieving its ___________ in the Sun.

Question 6. Dana finally admitted___________by what her father had said the day before.

Question 5. Tim and his friends have founded___________voluntary organisation which helps disabled people with their transport needs.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

Question 27. Sam and David are talking about what to do after work.

- “Do you fancy going to a movie this evening?”         - “___________”

Question 14. After years of training hard, the athlete finally could___________ her ambition of winning an Olympic gold medal.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Question 25. He was very tired. He agreed to help me with my homework.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Question 26. Mary quarreled with her boyfriend yesterday. She didn’t want to answer his phone call this morning.

Question 9. The company has made an announcement that any application___________  in after 30^th April shall not be considered.

Question 20. In spite of the Indian lacked animals, they had the ability to cultivate plants suitable for daily use.