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 25 to 29.

In many countries of Northern Europe, including Scandinavia, Finland, Northern Russia, and the Baltic states, ice swimming is closely connected with the tradition of sauna, (25)______ has led to the creation of a new activity where stays in the sauna are (26)______ with quick 'pauses' in ice water. In Russia, ice swimmers are called what can be literally translated as 'walruses '. The north of Europe, (27) ______, is not the only place where winter swimming is practised regularly. A large ice swimming movement exists in the UK, based in a famous location: the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park in London. In Harbin, Northern China, about 200,000 people ice-swim in the Songhua River every winter. The oldest ice swimming club in the United States, the Coney Island Polar Bear Club of New York, organises an annual (28) ______ on New Year's Day. In Canada, 'Polar Bear Swims; 'Plunges' or 'Dips' are a New Year's Day tradition in (29)______ communities as well, the biggest one taking place in Vancouver since 1920.

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

I have left my book in _______ kitchen and I would like you to get it for me.

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

With so many daily design resources, how do you stay-up-date with technology without spending too much time on it?

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

Two friends, Peter and Linda, are talking about pets.

- Peter: “Well, cats are very good at catching mice around the house”

- Linda: “___________________”

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______, no one was absent from the farewell party last night.

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It was not until after I got home that I realized that I had not set the burglar alarm in the office.

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With very high price of oil, people have to ______ on petrol.

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Betty knows she needs exercise, but finds going to the gym a ______.