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. 

Have you ever thought about the impact your name has on the way others perceive you? A recent study by Dr Simon Laham from the University of Melbourne and Dr Adam Alter from New York University Stern Business School reveals that people with easy to pronounce" names tend to be (1)…. more positively than those with "difficult to pronounce" names. The researchers found that people with more easily pronounceable names were more likely to be (2)….. upon favourably for political office, and that lawyers with easier sounding names made their way up the career (3)…... faster. Surnames from a wide range of nationalities were used in the study, and researches stressed that preferences were not (4)…... due to the  length of a name or how unusual it was, but rather how easy it was to say. Dr Laham believes the research highlights the kind of (5)….. that our everyday thinking is subject to

A. To be awarded 

B. Having awarded 

C. To award 

D. Having been awarded 

A. Capital 

B. crimes 

C. committing 

D. hinder 

A. As the deadline set by the building contractor for completing this work was drawing near, we had no choice but take our time over it

B. We are under a lot of time pressure to complete this work by the deadline set by the building contractor

C. We all pulled our weight to get this work finished prior to the imminent deadline set by the building contractor

D. The sooner the building contractor want this work to be finished, the harder it is for us to make ends meet

A. If Tim reads articles about the company very carefully, he is able to answer all interview questions

B. Although Tim read articles about the company very carefully, he was able to answer all questions 

C. Tim read articles about the company very carefully whereas he was able to answer all interview questions

D. Tim read articles about the company very carefully; therefore, he was able to answer all interview questions

A. Even though George liked touring Asia very much, he was afraid of the terrorism in Indonesia, so he chose not to go there

B. As Indonesia had become a high-risk terrorism spot, George, who normally loved Asia was afraid to go there. 

C. Although George likes touring Asia, ever since the threat of terrorism started, he hadn't been to Indonesia

D. George would have gone to Indonesia if he hadn't been scared to terrorism so much because Asia was his favourite travel spot

A. horse's 

B. camel's 

C. dog's 

D. cat's 

A. duty 

B. money 

C. salary 

D. fee