Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer for each of the questions.
Think about your daily life. Do you follow the same road to work every day? Do you sit in the same place in the class? When you get dressed, do you always put the same leg or arm in first? You probably do, because we all have routines in our lives.
Routines save time and energy because you do them without thinking, that’s why they are so important in the morning when your brain isn’t active. Here’s Jo talking about her morning routine.
“Oh yes, I always do exactly the same things. I wake up at seven o’clock every morning, but I don’t get up till quarter past seven. I switch on the radio and listen to the news. Then I go to the loo and I brush my teeth. I have a shower and dry my hair. Then I choose my clothes and I get dressed, I don’t eat anything for breakfast. I just have a cup of coffee. Then I go to work. Yes, it’s always the same.”
Routines are very useful, but they also make you uncreative. So sometimes it’s a good idea to break your routines. Get out of bed on the opposite side. Listen to a different radio station. Take a different route to work. Eat something different for breakfast. Change your routine. You never know, it could change your life.
Question 38. This passage is mainly concerned with ___________.
A. our usual ways of doing things B. our daily activities
C. Jo’s timetable D. changes in our lives
Question 39. According to the passage, routines are useful because ___________.
A. we can do them in the morning B. they make a habit of never thinking
C. they save time and energy D. we all have them in our lives
Question 40. The word “loo” can best be replaced with _____________________.
A. balcony B. bedroom C. sink D. toilet
Question 41. What is the main disadvantage of routines?
A. Routines may change our life.
B. Routines make us unable to create things or to have new ideas.
C. Routines make a habit of never thinking before doing.
D. Routines make us do the same things day after day.
Question 42. Which of the sentences is true?
A. Routines make our brain creative.
B. People who have routines are unable to think.
C. We shouldn’t break our routines.
D. Our lives could be changed if we change our routines.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 43. He plays sometimes (A) badminton or joins (B) a group of (C)workers to relax (D).
Question 44. Some parents believe (A) that most of the (B) homework are (C) useless (D).
Question 45. A little (A) minutes later, the (B) pilot announced that everything was (C) all (D) right.
