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33. We offer a very competitive rate for parcels of under 15kg.

A. effective B. emulative C. adjective D. active

34. Every woman who has enough criteria can join the beauty contest irrespective of their background.

A. regardless of B. must have gone C. was D. can have gone

35. The abominable custom of women sacrificing themselves with the pyres of their dead husbands was abolished during the right of William Bentinck.

A. social B. sacred C. disgusting D. moral

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 36 to 45.

British parents are always complaining that their children spend too much time glued to the telly and not enough time on other activities ___(36)__ sports and reading. A survey recently ___(37)__ on people’s viewing habits does not disprove this. It shows that young people in Britain spend on average 23 hours a week in front of the television ___(38)__ works out at over hours everyday.

___(39)__ is surprising, however, is the fact that the average adult watches even more: an incredible 28 hours a week. We ___(40)__ to have become a nation of addicts. Just about every household in the country has a television and over half have two or more. According to the survey, people nowadays don’t just watch television sitting in their living-rooms, they watch it in the kitchen and in bed ___(41)__

The Education Minister said a few weeks ago that Britain’s pupils ___(42)__ spend more time reading. Unfortunately, parents are not setting a good example: adults do___(43)__ reading than young people. In fact, reading is at the ___(44)__ of their list of favoring pastimes. They would ___(45)__ listen to the radio, go to the cinema or hire a video to watch on their televisions at home

36.	A. such	B. like	C. as	D. alike
37.	A. investigate	B. researched	C. carried	D. carried out
38.	A. that	B. which	C. this	D. it
39.	A. What	B. It	C. The thing	D. This
40.	A. seem	B. ought	C. used	D. would like
41.	A. in addition	B. as well	C. more	D. moreover
42.	A. might	B. could	C. should	D. would
43.	A. more	B. less	C. little	D. fewer
44.	A. tail	B. top	C. beginning	D. bottom
45.	A. better	B. rather	C. prefer	D. like