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An ambulance siren sounds higher as it comes towards you and lower as it moves away. This change in sound is called the Doppler effect. What is the Doppler effect, according to the passage?

1. AThe echo of a sound off tall buildings
2. BThe change in a sound as its source moves
3. CThe loudness of an ambulance siren at night
4. DThe speed at which an ambulance can travel

Mia set her alarm for 6 a.m. After she woke up, she showered and ate breakfast. Then she packed her bag and caught the bus to school. What did Mia do right after she ate breakfast?

1. AShe set her alarm.
2. BShe showered.
3. CShe caught the bus.
4. DShe packed her bag.

“Please do not feed the ducks bread,” says a sign by the pond. “Bread can make them ill. Use the duck food sold at the kiosk instead.” What does the sign suggest instead of bread?

1. ADuck food from the kiosk
2. BSeeds from the garden
3. CLeftover rice from home
4. DFresh fruit

“The patient’s blood pressure was stable throughout the night, with every reading close to the one before.” What does “stable” mean here?

1. AToo low to measure
2. BGetting harder to read
3. CRising quickly
4. DNot changing much

The river flooded after a week of heavy rain. Water covered the main road, so the town closed it and set up a detour through the hills. What caused the town to close the main road?

1. AFlood water covering the main road
2. BRepairs being made in the hills
3. CA traffic accident on the detour
4. DSnow falling during the week

When Rosa started her new job at the hospital, she got lost three times on the first day. By the end of the month, she was giving directions to visitors. What does the passage show about Rosa?

1. AShe was given a map on her first day.
2. BShe quickly learned her way around the hospital.
3. CShe often gets lost in new places.
4. DShe did not like her new job at the hospital and wanted to leave.

“The writer calls the new shopping centre ‘a concrete monster that swallowed the town’s last green field’.” What is the writer’s attitude toward the shopping centre?

1. ANeutral and factual
2. BMildly positive
3. CVery enthusiastic
4. DStrongly negative

“In one study, people who were told a pill would ease their pain reported less pain, even though the pill contained no medicine.” What does this study illustrate?

1. AThe study’s pill secretly contained hidden painkillers.
2. BPain cannot be measured in any study.
3. CExpectations can affect how people report symptoms.
4. DPills without medicine cure all kinds of disease.