Read the following passage about The Return of Traditional Christmas Magic and mark the letter A, B, C or D on...

Read the following advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 6.

Discover the Future of Robotics at Humanoids Summit 2025!

⮚        Are you ready to witness the revolutionary transformation of robotics technology in real time? Join over 2,000 innovators and explore cutting-edge humanoid robots (1)_________ are reshaping industries worldwide through smart automation.

⮚        (2)_________ of the leading robotics companies from various countries will showcase their latest prototypes at this groundbreaking event. Chinese robots, particularly (3)_________ for their affordability and advanced features, (4)_________ the expo with impressive demonstrations.

⮚        Don't miss the chance to (5)_________ the latest developments in truly innovative AI-powered humanoid technology! Whether you're a researcher, investor, or technology enthusiast, this (6)_________ offers invaluable insights into how robots will work alongside humans in the near future.

❖        Register now and be part of the robotics revolution!

❖        Limited seats available. Book your spot today at www.humanoidssummit2025.com

https://apnews.com/am

Question 1:A. whose
B.  that
C.  who
D.  when

Question 2:A. Any
B.  Much
C.  Some
D.  Most

Question 3:A. known
B.  had known
C.  knowing
D.  which known

Question 4:A. highlighted
B.  enhanced
C.  dominated
D.  attended

Question 5:A. keep up with
B.  catch up with
C.  come across with
D.  look out for

Question 6:A. summit
B.  summiteer
C.  summitify
D.  summitwise

Read of the following leaflet and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 7 to 12.

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR PARENTS AND TEENS

Australia's New Social Media Age Restriction

❖        ATTENTION: Major Changes Coming to Social Media Access

⮚        Starting December 10, 2025, Australia's groundbreaking social media ban takes (7)_________ for all children under 16 years old.

❖        What You Need to Know:

⮚        The (8)_________ law requires platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube to block underage users immediately. This historic ban comes (9)_________ the wake of alarming reports about cyberbullying and harmful online content affecting teenagers. (10)_________ some teens accept these new rules, many are actively seeking ways to bypass the restrictions.

❖        Key Facts:

✔        Major (11)_________ must verify users' ages through various methods

✔        Fines up to A$49.5 million for non-compliance

✔        Some teens have already said goodbye online, while (12)_________ are looking for ways around the ban.

✔        TikTok has already deactivated 200,000 accounts

❖        What Happens Next?

⮚        Platforms will use age verification methods, including behavior analysis, selfie checks, and ID uploads, to ensure compliance.

❖        For more information, visit www.esafety.gov.au

❖        Protecting young Australians online - A new era begins

https://www.reuters.com/am

Question 7:A. place
B.  affect
C.  action
D.  effect

Question 8:A. unprecedented
B.  sweeping
C.  landmark
D.  stringent

Question 9:A. to
B.  for
C.  in
D.  at

Question 10:A. Much as
B.  Whereas
C.  Because
D.  Even as

Question 11:A. social media platforms
B.  platforms media social 

C.  media platforms social 
D.  social platforms media 

Question 12:A. other
B.  the others
C.  another
D.  others

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best arrangement of utterances or sentences to make a meaningful exchange or text in each of the following questions from 13 to 17.

Question 13:

A.         Tom: My teacher says we forget 70% after one day. But if you study again today and again tomorrow, you remember better!

B.         Anna: Oh! So I need to see the words many times? Like meeting a new friend—the first time is hard, but after three times, I remember their name!

C.         Anna: Tom, I studied English words yesterday, but today I forgot everything! Why?

A.  b-a-c
B.  c-a-b
C.  c-b-a
D.  a-b-c

Question 14:

A.         David: That's strange and scary because the computer is not really your grandmother, right?

B.         Maria: You're right, but maybe in the future, computers can save all our memories before we die, and then our families can talk to us forever!

C.         Maria: My grandmother died last year, but now a company can make a computer talk like her!

D.         David: I understand you miss her, so you want to hear her voice, but this is just a machine copying her.

e.        Maria: No, it's not her, but it knows her stories, and it sounds like her voice when I'm sad.

A.  c-a-b-e-d
B.  a-e-d-c-b
C.  c-a-e-d-b
D.  b-a-d-c-e

Question 15:

Dear Kim,

A.         I'm writing to you because I'm worried about our traditional festivals that young people are forgetting.

B.         I believe that we can use social media to share our culture because young people love watching traditional dance videos when they're mixed with modern music.

C.         If we teach our children our language and customs while they learn about the world, they can have both global knowledge and Korean hearts.

D.         When I visited Seoul last week, I saw many cafes that looked American, but I also found beautiful hanbok shops where teenagers were taking photos.

e.        Although we live in a modern world, we must remember our grandparents' stories and songs before they disappear.

Your friend,

AM

A.  a-e-d-c-b
B.  d-e-b-c-a
C.  c-d-e-a-b
D.  a-c-d-e-b

Question 16:

A.         Now he has a PhD in engineering, and he teaches young workers at the factory because he understands their dreams and wants to help them succeed.

B.         After he got his diploma, his boss saw his hard work, so the company paid for his university classes while he continued working part-time.

C.         He failed many exams because English was difficult, but he didn't give up, and his family helped him when he felt tired.

D.         My uncle worked in a shoe factory for ten years, but he always read books during lunch breaks because he loved learning.

e.        Although he left school at sixteen, he studied at night school when his children were sleeping, and he slowly finished high school.

A.  b-c-e-d-a
B.  e-d-c-b-a
C.  c-b-d-e-a
D.  d-e-b-c-a

Question 17:

A.         Although we sometimes don't understand each other's accents, we are patient because we know that speaking many languages helps us with international customers.

B.         Our company has workers from fifteen countries, and we work better because everyone brings different ideas when we solve problems together.

C.         If someone celebrates a holiday that we don't know, they bring traditional food and explain their customs, which makes everyone feel welcome and happy.

D.         When Maria from Mexico joined our team, she taught us to have lunch together, so now we talk more and understand each other better.

e.        Our sales increased by 30% after we hired diverse workers because they understand different markets, and customers trust people who speak their language.

A.  b-e-d-c-a        
B.  b-d-a-c-e
C.  b-a-c-d-e
D.  b-c-e-a-d

Read the following passage about U.S. Regional DAC Hubs: Removing Carbon Directly from the Atmosphere and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 22.

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations is leading an important program to change Direct Air Capture technology from test projects into working systems. This program focuses on building regional DAC hubs across the country, (18)_________. Unlike normal pollution control methods that stop new emissions, these hubs target old carbon that is already in our atmosphere, offering a way to fix past environmental damage. Each hub must show that it can work in business at large scale; the minimum requirement is capturing one million metric tons of CO₂ every year. (19)_________; it must be permanently stored underground or converted into stable products. These methods make sure the captured carbon stays locked away instead of going back into the air.

The federal government has organized this project through careful steps. Had policymakers waited longer to act on climate technology, removing carbon from the atmosphere would have become much more difficult. (20)_________, providing basic support. The program grew stronger in 2024; more money was given, discussions with experts were held, and extra funding was announced. These actions show real government support; (21)_________. Four domestic hubs are planned, each showing different technical methods for removing carbon from the atmosphere. This varied approach reduces reliance on single methods while creating useful comparison data. It is understood that the final goal goes beyond testing—clear examples (22)_________, with carbon removal abilities expected to be increased to match the size of the climate problem facing present and future generations.

https://www.energy.gov/am

Question 18:

A.  where special facilities will remove carbon dioxide directly from the air

B.  broken machines had destroyed oxygen molecules randomly near the sea

C.  useless devices can produce harmful gases quickly through the pipe

D.  whose elderly workers are creating toxic chemicals secretly inside our lab

Question 19:

A.  What remains in the storage box after it is cleaned is very prominent

B.  What happens to the prepared tea after it is steeped is very essential

C.  What happens to the captured CO₂ after it is removed is very important

D.  What occurs to the digital file after it is deleted is quite permanent

Question 20:

A.  However, OCED cancelled a small dancing competition in spring 2001

B.  Yesterday, OCED finished a tiny sleeping meditation by August 1899

C.  Meanwhile, OCED destroyed a minor cooking experiment in early 1955

D.  Therefore, OCED started a major funding opportunity in late 2022

Question 21:

A.  the failure from classroom games to virtual broken machines is stopping slower

B.  the change from laboratory tests to actual working systems is happening faster

C.  the journey from childhood dreams to broken useless patterns was finished later

D.  the retreat from practical actions to ancient sleeping methods is becoming worse

Question 22:

A.  are designed to be shown which may be eaten by governments everywhere

B.  are required to be built that can be copied by communities nationwide

C.  are expected to be sold having been stolen by individuals yesterday

D.  are supposed to be burnt where can be hidden by corporations secretly

Read the following passage about the The Frustrating State of Modern Entertainment and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the following questions from 31 to 40.

Getting concert tickets in 2025 has become a nightmare that keeps moving the goalposts for regular fans. Virtual queues force people to wait endlessly, sometimes for hours, only to discover that affordable seats have vanished into premium tiers or resale markets within seconds. [I] Presales require special codes, credit cards, or memberships, creating unnecessary barriers between audiences and artists. What should be an exciting moment—securing tickets to see your favorite performer—transforms into administrative torture filled with disappointment, financial stress, and the bitter feeling that ordinary fans no longer matter to the industry.

Television streaming platforms now prioritize quantity over quality, churning out formulaic thrillers designed to hook viewers rather than tell compelling stories that resonate emotionally. Series feel more like business products than creative works. These productions stretch paper-thin plots across eight tedious episodes, constantly repeating information for distracted audiences while manufacturing artificial cliffhangers every few minutes. [II] Instead of genuine suspense, viewers encounter calculated manipulation engineered for subscriber retention metrics, not artistic merit, emotional impact, or meaningful storytelling that respects their intelligence and time.

The internet has deteriorated into a wasteland of synthetic content, where AI-generated articles flood search results and deepfake videos blur reality beyond recognition. [III] Even podcasts, once intimate audio experiences, now interrupt conversations mid-sentence with jarring advertisements that destroy the listening flow. This relentless monetization strategy reveals how platforms value profit margins above listener satisfaction, contributing to widespread digital fatigue among users who increasingly feel exploited by the very services they pay for monthly.

Industry consolidation has created entertainment monopolies that control distribution channels and creative decisions with unprecedented authority. Mergers concentrate power among fewer corporations, making content harder to locate across fragmented services that require multiple expensive subscriptions. Typography has also suffered noticeably, with all-caps titles and deliberately illegible stylization symbolizing culture's hostile attitude toward simplicity and readability. [IV] These accumulated irritations represent a broader pattern: entertainment systems increasingly treat consumers as obstacles to overcome rather than audiences to serve respectfully, transforming leisure into labor and enjoyment into exhausting work.

https://www.theguardian.com/am

Question 31: The phrase “moving the goalposts” in paragraph 1 has the closest meaning to _________.

A.  opening up                                B. setting up                                C. giving away                                D. shifting around

Question 32: According to the passage, which is NOT mentioned?

A.  Virtual queues forcing people to wait for hours

B.  Specific dollar amounts for concert ticket prices

C.  Presales requiring special codes and memberships

D.  AI-generated articles flooding search results

Question 33: Where in the paragraph does the following sentence best fit?

Companies eagerly embrace generative technology despite serious concerns about authenticity and human creativity.

A. [I]
B. [II]
C. [III]
D. [IV]

Question 34: The word “their” in paragraph 2 refers to _________.

A.  viewers                                        B. streaming platforms        C. productions                                D. stories

Question 35: Which of the following best summarises paragraph 3?

A.  Technology companies use AI to innovate digital platforms and create better user experiences through targeted advertising.

B.  Content creators face challenges with platform algorithms while trying to maintain authentic audience connections.

C.  Regulatory frameworks must address digital monopolies and oversee AI applications to ensure fair competition.

D.  Digital platforms prioritize profit through synthetic content and disruptive ads, causing user exploitation and digital fatigue.

Question 36: The word “jarring” in paragraph 3 is OPPOSITE in meaning to _________.

A.  disturbing                                B. harmonious                        C. unpleasant                                D. shocking

Question 37: Which of the following best paraphrases the underlined sentence in paragraph 4?

A.  Corporate mergers create unified platforms that reduce subscription costs and improve content accessibility.

B.  Business acquisitions spread control among many companies, simplifying content discovery through centralized services.

C.  Corporate consolidation centralizes control, complicating content discovery across scattered platforms, requiring costly subscriptions.

D.  Industry mergers enhance competition, streamlining content organization while offering flexible subscription options.

Question 38: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.  Concert presales require special codes or memberships, creating barriers between audiences and artists.

B.  Streaming platforms stretch thin plots across episodes to provide meaningful storytelling for viewers.

C.  Podcast advertisements are strategically placed to enhance rather than disrupt listening experiences.

D.  Corporate mergers distribute power among multiple companies, improving content accessibility for consumers.

Question 39: Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A.  The entertainment industry's technological innovations primarily serve to enhance consumer satisfaction and creative quality.

B.  Presale systems and virtual queues were designed to democratize concert access for regular everyday fans.

C.  Streaming services prioritize quantity over quality because audiences genuinely prefer diverse content viewing options.

D.  The entertainment industry increasingly prioritizes financial metrics over authentic consumer experiences and artistic merit.

Question 40: Which of the following best summarises the passage?

A.  Entertainment industries face transitional challenges balancing innovation and accessibility, though technological advances will ultimately improve most overall consumer experiences.

B.  Modern entertainment systems increasingly prioritize corporate profits over consumer satisfaction, creating widespread barriers and transforming enjoyment into exhausting frustration.

C.  Streaming platforms and concert venues struggle with operational efficiency challenges, resulting in occasional inconveniences for consumers seeking quality entertainment content.

D.  Contemporary entertainment reflects evolving consumer preferences toward quantity and convenience, though some traditional quality standards have gradually declined overall.