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Plants make their own food through photosynthesis. They use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide from the air to make sugar, and they give off oxygen. What gas do plants give off during photosynthesis?

1. ANitrogen
2. BWater vapour only
3. COxygen
4. DCarbon dioxide

Lightning is a giant spark of electricity in the sky. Thunder is the sound made when lightning heats the air very quickly. What makes the sound of thunder?

1. AStrong wind blowing through trees
2. BLightning heating the air very quickly
3. CRain hitting the ground very hard
4. DClouds bumping into each other

Nina had a sore throat and a runny nose. She stayed home from work, drank warm tea and rested on the sofa all day. What did Nina do because she was ill?

1. AShe went for a long run.
2. BShe went to work early.
3. CShe stayed home and rested.
4. DShe visited a friend.

“Unlike typical classrooms, the new science lab has movable tables, large screens on every wall and sinks at each station.” What is the author mainly doing in this sentence?

1. ADescribing the history of the school
2. BExplaining how to build a science lab
3. CGiving an opinion about the teachers
4. DContrasting the lab with typical classrooms

A patient reads: “Take this medicine on an empty stomach, one hour before breakfast.” She usually eats breakfast at 8 a.m. When should she take the medicine?

1. AAt 9 a.m. after breakfast
2. BAt bedtime, before she sleeps
3. CAt 7 a.m.
4. DAt 8 a.m. with breakfast

“Sound travels as vibrations. It moves faster through water than through air, and faster still through solids such as steel.” Through which material does sound travel fastest, according to the passage?

1. AEmpty space
2. BAir
3. CWater
4. DSteel

Passage A: “Homework helps students practise skills learned in class.” Passage B: “Too much homework can cause stress and leave little time for rest.” Which statement best combines both passages?

1. AHomework can help, but too much can be harmful.
2. BMore homework always means better grades.
3. CHomework is never useful for any student.
4. DHomework should be banned in all schools from now on.

A survey on a fitness website asked visitors, “How many days a week do you exercise?” Most answered five or more. The website reported, “Most adults exercise five days a week.” Why is this conclusion questionable?

1. AThe survey asked too many different questions.
2. BVisitors to a fitness site are not typical adults.
3. CExercise cannot be measured in days per week.
4. DExercise was not defined by the website.