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)

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.