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

Like everyone else, Sue has her _____________ of course but on the whole, she’s quite satisfied with life.

There is _________ water in the well, not enough for everyone in the village.

She will have to _________ if she wants to pass the final exam.

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 26 to 30.

Stress is one of the most common causes of health problems in modern life. Too much stress results (26) ____________ physical, and mental health problems.

There are numerous physical (27) ____________ of stress. Stress can affect the heart. It can increase the pulse rate, make the heart miss beats, and can cause high blood pressure. Stress can affect the (28) ____________ system. It can lead to asthma. It can cause a person to breathe too fast, leading to a loss of important carbon dioxide. Stress can affect the stomach. It can cause stomachache and problems of digesting food. These are only (29) ____________ examples of the wide range of illnesses and symptoms resulting from stress.

Long-term stress can lead to a variety of serious mental illnesses. Depression, an extreme feeling of sadness and hopelessness, can be the result of continued and increasing stress. Alcoholism and other addictions often develop as a result of overuse of alcohol or drugs to try to relieve stress. Eating disorders, such as anorexia, are sometimes caused by stress and are often made worse by stress. If stress is allowed to continue, then one’s mental health is put (30) ____________ risk.

After the tourists ___________ two hours in the supermarket, they ____________ to a traditional craft village.

Smoking cigarettes is harmful __________ your health.

Most guests __________ the party by the time we came.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 35.

Getting recipes and cooking tips was a complicated process in the past. A person had to go to the store and buy a cook book, or get recipes from friends. Fortunately, the internet has changed all that. Today, if you want to find a recipe for lasagna or cob salad, you just search online. It couldn’t be simpler.

Cooking blogs are a great source of information because they are free and there are so many of them. They are also nice because they give all different kinds of ideas. The problems with blogs is that because we don’t know who is writing them, we need to use with caution. When you are looking at a new blog, you don’t know if the writer knows what he or she is talking about.

We’d like to introduce two popular cooking blogs. The first is called Smitten Kitchen. This website is run by a family living in New York City. It focuses on food that doesn’t require many ingredients. If you want to make food that is simple but wonderful, then this is the site for you. It offers hundreds and hundreds of recipes, divided into categories. You will be amazed at how many there are.

Wednesday Chef is another great cooking blog. It is run by a writer who lives in Berlin. This blog also offers many recipes, along with recommendations for great restaurants in Berlin, and advice for people who want to start their own blogs. Wednesday Chef has great pictures of its food, as well as interesting pictures of Berlin. The blog got its name because in the past, newspapers published their food articles on Wednesdays.

There are a lot of cooking blogs on the internet, and most of them are pretty good. Go online and check some of them out. You might be surprised at how much they can help you improve your cooking.

How did Wednesday Chef get its name?