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 31 to 35.

Many people enjoy lying in bed in the morning, but can you imagine having to spend 90 days in bed? Could you stand the boredom and the frustration of not being(31)_____ to get up? That was the task that faced 14 volunteers when they started out on a bed-rest experiment being conducted (32)_____ the European Space Agency.

The study had a serious purpose: to investigate the changes that take place in the human body during long-duration spaceflight. Lying in a horizontal position was the best way of (33)_____ weightlessness. The aim was to discover what effect period of weightlessness will
have on the health of astronauts spending several months on the International Space Station.

The volunteers ate their meals, took showers and underwent medical tests without ever sitting up. That's even tougher than it sounds, especially when you (34)_____ that no visitors were permitted. However, each volunteer did have a mobile phone, as well as access to the latest films,

computer games and music. Surprisingly, Everyone was in a good (35)_____ at the end of the
90 days, 'I would do it again,' said one of the volunteers. 'It was disorientating, but we knew we were 'contributing to medical research and space exploration.

Question 35

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Question 12: Some high school students often_____helping the disadvantaged or handicapped children.

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

Question 9: After feeling off_____for days, Tom finally went to see his doctor.

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

Question 18: She frequently volunteers_____extra work because she really likes her job.

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Question 14: The local authority asked for a _____ contribution from the community to repair roads and bridges.

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.

Question 23: In England, primary education is provided by state schools run by the government and by independent fee-paying schools.

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.

Question 22: A bank has promised a donation of $24 million toward the disaster fund.

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 21: Mary invited her friend, Sarah, to have dinner out that night and Sarah accepted.

- Mary: "Shall we eat out tonight?"

- Sarah: "______”