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Laughter has health benefits. It can lower stress, relax the muscles and may even help the immune system. Which benefit of laughter is mentioned in the passage?

1. AIt improves eyesight.
2. BIt replaces exercise.
3. CIt cures infections.
4. DIt can lower stress.

A clinic sign reads: “Please turn off your mobile phone in the X-ray room.” Where must phones be turned off?

1. AAnywhere inside the clinic
2. BIn the car park
3. CIn the X-ray room
4. DIn the waiting room

Digestion begins in the mouth. As you chew, saliva starts to break down some of the food, and your tongue helps form it into a ball that you can swallow. Where does digestion begin?

1. AIn the stomach
2. BIn the mouth
3. CIn the liver and gallbladder
4. DIn the large intestine

“Every morning, Mr. Patel opened his bakery at 5 a.m. By 7 a.m., a line of customers stretched down the street.” What can you infer about the bakery?

1. AIt sells only one type of bread.
2. BIt is popular with many customers.
3. CIt opens later than other shops.
4. DIt is closing down soon.

“Leaves change colour in autumn because the trees stop making chlorophyll, the green pigment. As the green fades, yellow and orange pigments that were there all along become visible.” Where do the yellow and orange colours come from?

1. ACold night air that paints the leaves
2. BPigments already present in the leaves
3. CSunlight that burns the green away
4. DNew pigments made only in autumn

The word “quarantine” comes from the Italian “quaranta giorni”, meaning forty days. In the 1300s, ships arriving in Venice during plague outbreaks had to wait forty days before passengers could come ashore. Why did ships have to wait before passengers came ashore?

1. ATo give passengers time to learn Italian
2. BTo let the ships be repaired after long journeys
3. CTo prevent the plague from spreading to the city
4. DTo collect taxes from the ship owners

“The bakery’s sales rose by 30% after it began selling coffee. The owner wonders whether to start selling sandwiches as well.” What can be reasonably inferred?

1. AThe bakery stopped selling bread.
2. BAdding coffee seems to have helped sales.
3. CCoffee lost the bakery money.
4. DSandwiches will raise sales by exactly 30%.

“I have been a nurse for thirty years,” the speaker said, “and I have never seen a team work as hard as this one. Still, hard work cannot replace enough staff.” What is the speaker’s main point?

1. AThirty years is a long time to be a nurse.
2. BThe team works hard, but more staff are needed.
3. CThe team does not work hard enough.
4. DHard work is more important than the number of staff on duty.