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Read the 3 passages carefully. For each of the numbered brackets, choose one correct answer from the options given. Write A or B or C or D in the space provided. Passage A Go ahead, sing in the shower even if others in your household cover their ears. The result is that you may live (1), suggests a researcher. By examining the heart and (2) functions of 20 opera singers between the (3) of 28 and 65, with a control (4) of young non-singers, the study showed that (5) opera singers had stronger chest-wall muscles and (6) better heart-pumping capability. Some of the singers (7) and some never even engaged in any (8) of physicalconditioning exercises, but they still maintained (9) breathing with large lung volumes. (10) hearts worked more efficiently and their heart (11) were lower than those of the non-singers, (12) were all under the age of 40. It seems (13) this kind of singing is a conditioning (14) of the muscles of respiration. It very (15) tones up the chest muscles in a manner similar to swimming, rowing and yoga. Normally, heart and lung functions decline with age in most adults, and the decrease is accelerated in those who smoke or lead sedentary lives. The study shows that the decline can be slowed down by singing. 1 A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B long longest stomach brain periods lives gang team any the plenty thus smoked smoking kind age practical organic C D C D C D C D C D C D C D C D C D longer lengthy liver lung ages records herd group no none a any smokers smoky style fashion diaphragmatic physical 10 A B A B A B A B A B A B Its Any races rates who whom which whom restriction power adversely efficiently C D C D C D C D C D C D All Their jumps rattles which whose that whose exercise limitation deliberately diligently

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Passage B The orangutans seem to take well to the rehabilitation programme. At the Sepilok rehabilitation (16) in Sabah, a huge male orangutan makes (17) incongruous sight among the infants being reacquainted (18) the wild. The male had been successfully (19) years before but now has begun to (20) more frequently to the feeding site. It (21) suspected that the return is a sign (22) the isolated forest can no longer support (23) orangutans already there, much less the orphans (24) confiscated animals brought in every month. A (25) to the camp is quite an experience. (26) dock is crowded with orangutans that have (27) to get pineapples laid out by camp (28). A worker is trying to teach a (29) orang-utan to climb trees. Like many others, (30) particular orangutan has been recovered after being captured for the pet trade. 16 A B A B A B A B A B A B A side site an the with from recognised retained sleep depend has be which C D C D C D C D C D C D C sight sigh a its by for reintroduced recycled venture return been is whose

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