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Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 6.

NEW EXHIBITION: VOICES OF THE RIVER

The City Museum is proud to open an exhibition (1) ____ life along the river a century ago, running from September to December.

Visitors can see photographs, letters, and tools (2) ____ once belonged to fishing families in the old quarter.

Admission is free for students, but everyone else must pay (3) ____ small entrance fee.

Guided tours are held twice a day and must be booked (4) ____ advance through the museum's website.

The museum asks visitors to switch (5) ____ their phones during the tour so that everyone can listen to the guide.

A short documentary, which is (6) ____ every hour in the main hall, brings the exhibition to a quiet close.

Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 6.

NEW EXHIBITION: VOICES OF THE RIVER

The City Museum is proud to open an exhibition (1) ____ life along the river a century ago, running from September to December.

Visitors can see photographs, letters, and tools (2) ____ once belonged to fishing families in the old quarter.

Admission is free for students, but everyone else must pay (3) ____ small entrance fee.

Guided tours are held twice a day and must be booked (4) ____ advance through the museum's website.

The museum asks visitors to switch (5) ____ their phones during the tour so that everyone can listen to the guide.

A short documentary, which is (6) ____ every hour in the main hall, brings the exhibition to a quiet close.

Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 6.

NEW EXHIBITION: VOICES OF THE RIVER

The City Museum is proud to open an exhibition (1) ____ life along the river a century ago, running from September to December.

Visitors can see photographs, letters, and tools (2) ____ once belonged to fishing families in the old quarter.

Admission is free for students, but everyone else must pay (3) ____ small entrance fee.

Guided tours are held twice a day and must be booked (4) ____ advance through the museum's website.

The museum asks visitors to switch (5) ____ their phones during the tour so that everyone can listen to the guide.

A short documentary, which is (6) ____ every hour in the main hall, brings the exhibition to a quiet close.

Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 6.

NEW EXHIBITION: VOICES OF THE RIVER

The City Museum is proud to open an exhibition (1) ____ life along the river a century ago, running from September to December.

Visitors can see photographs, letters, and tools (2) ____ once belonged to fishing families in the old quarter.

Admission is free for students, but everyone else must pay (3) ____ small entrance fee.

Guided tours are held twice a day and must be booked (4) ____ advance through the museum's website.

The museum asks visitors to switch (5) ____ their phones during the tour so that everyone can listen to the guide.

A short documentary, which is (6) ____ every hour in the main hall, brings the exhibition to a quiet close.

Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 6.

NEW EXHIBITION: VOICES OF THE RIVER

The City Museum is proud to open an exhibition (1) ____ life along the river a century ago, running from September to December.

Visitors can see photographs, letters, and tools (2) ____ once belonged to fishing families in the old quarter.

Admission is free for students, but everyone else must pay (3) ____ small entrance fee.

Guided tours are held twice a day and must be booked (4) ____ advance through the museum's website.

The museum asks visitors to switch (5) ____ their phones during the tour so that everyone can listen to the guide.

A short documentary, which is (6) ____ every hour in the main hall, brings the exhibition to a quiet close.

Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 6.

NEW EXHIBITION: VOICES OF THE RIVER

The City Museum is proud to open an exhibition (1) ____ life along the river a century ago, running from September to December.

Visitors can see photographs, letters, and tools (2) ____ once belonged to fishing families in the old quarter.

Admission is free for students, but everyone else must pay (3) ____ small entrance fee.

Guided tours are held twice a day and must be booked (4) ____ advance through the museum's website.

The museum asks visitors to switch (5) ____ their phones during the tour so that everyone can listen to the guide.

A short documentary, which is (6) ____ every hour in the main hall, brings the exhibition to a quiet close.

Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 7 to 12.

ANNUAL CITY BOOK FAIR

The Annual City Book Fair returns to Central Park (7) ____ three days, from Friday to Sunday next week.

More than fifty publishers will take part, offering discounts (8) ____ up to forty percent on new titles.

Children (9) ____ come with a parent can join free storytelling sessions held every afternoon.

Visitors are encouraged to bring their (10) ____ bags, since the fair no longer provides plastic ones.

The organisers have set (11) ____ a small stage for local writers to read from their latest books.

Entry is free, but donations are welcome and will be (12) ____ to a children's literacy programme.

Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 7 to 12.

ANNUAL CITY BOOK FAIR

The Annual City Book Fair returns to Central Park (7) ____ three days, from Friday to Sunday next week.

More than fifty publishers will take part, offering discounts (8) ____ up to forty percent on new titles.

Children (9) ____ come with a parent can join free storytelling sessions held every afternoon.

Visitors are encouraged to bring their (10) ____ bags, since the fair no longer provides plastic ones.

The organisers have set (11) ____ a small stage for local writers to read from their latest books.

Entry is free, but donations are welcome and will be (12) ____ to a children's literacy programme.

Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 7 to 12.

ANNUAL CITY BOOK FAIR

The Annual City Book Fair returns to Central Park (7) ____ three days, from Friday to Sunday next week.

More than fifty publishers will take part, offering discounts (8) ____ up to forty percent on new titles.

Children (9) ____ come with a parent can join free storytelling sessions held every afternoon.

Visitors are encouraged to bring their (10) ____ bags, since the fair no longer provides plastic ones.

The organisers have set (11) ____ a small stage for local writers to read from their latest books.

Entry is free, but donations are welcome and will be (12) ____ to a children's literacy programme.

Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 7 to 12.

ANNUAL CITY BOOK FAIR

The Annual City Book Fair returns to Central Park (7) ____ three days, from Friday to Sunday next week.

More than fifty publishers will take part, offering discounts (8) ____ up to forty percent on new titles.

Children (9) ____ come with a parent can join free storytelling sessions held every afternoon.

Visitors are encouraged to bring their (10) ____ bags, since the fair no longer provides plastic ones.

The organisers have set (11) ____ a small stage for local writers to read from their latest books.

Entry is free, but donations are welcome and will be (12) ____ to a children's literacy programme.

Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 7 to 12.

ANNUAL CITY BOOK FAIR

The Annual City Book Fair returns to Central Park (7) ____ three days, from Friday to Sunday next week.

More than fifty publishers will take part, offering discounts (8) ____ up to forty percent on new titles.

Children (9) ____ come with a parent can join free storytelling sessions held every afternoon.

Visitors are encouraged to bring their (10) ____ bags, since the fair no longer provides plastic ones.

The organisers have set (11) ____ a small stage for local writers to read from their latest books.

Entry is free, but donations are welcome and will be (12) ____ to a children's literacy programme.

Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 7 to 12.

ANNUAL CITY BOOK FAIR

The Annual City Book Fair returns to Central Park (7) ____ three days, from Friday to Sunday next week.

More than fifty publishers will take part, offering discounts (8) ____ up to forty percent on new titles.

Children (9) ____ come with a parent can join free storytelling sessions held every afternoon.

Visitors are encouraged to bring their (10) ____ bags, since the fair no longer provides plastic ones.

The organisers have set (11) ____ a small stage for local writers to read from their latest books.

Entry is free, but donations are welcome and will be (12) ____ to a children's literacy programme.

Question 15. a. As a result, dozens of children in the village learned to read who might otherwise never have gone to school.
b. Mr. Tuan continued teaching in his village long after he officially retired.
c. For instance, he opened a free evening class for children whose families could not afford school fees.
d. However, some of his former colleagues thought he should simply rest and enjoy his retirement.
e. He never regretted his decision, and neither did the families he helped.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 22.

A CLASSROOM AT SEVENTY

When Ong Binh retired from the postal service at sixty, he assumed his working life was completely over. For the first few months he read newspapers, tended his garden, and visited old colleagues, activities (18) ____.

Everything changed the afternoon his granddaughter showed him how to make a short video on her phone. He was fascinated, and within a week (19) ____ his neighbour's old computer to learn more.

He enrolled in a free digital skills course at the community centre, sitting beside students forty years younger than himself. Not once (20) ____ embarrassed about being the oldest person in the room; he simply raised his hand whenever he had a question.

Three years later, Ong Binh runs a small online shop selling the wooden toys he carves, a business (21) ____ almost impossible to imagine at sixty. He now tells anyone who will listen that a mind, like a garden, (22) ____ if it is never tended.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 22.

A CLASSROOM AT SEVENTY

When Ong Binh retired from the postal service at sixty, he assumed his working life was completely over. For the first few months he read newspapers, tended his garden, and visited old colleagues, activities (18) ____.

Everything changed the afternoon his granddaughter showed him how to make a short video on her phone. He was fascinated, and within a week (19) ____ his neighbour's old computer to learn more.

He enrolled in a free digital skills course at the community centre, sitting beside students forty years younger than himself. Not once (20) ____ embarrassed about being the oldest person in the room; he simply raised his hand whenever he had a question.

Three years later, Ong Binh runs a small online shop selling the wooden toys he carves, a business (21) ____ almost impossible to imagine at sixty. He now tells anyone who will listen that a mind, like a garden, (22) ____ if it is never tended.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 22.

A CLASSROOM AT SEVENTY

When Ong Binh retired from the postal service at sixty, he assumed his working life was completely over. For the first few months he read newspapers, tended his garden, and visited old colleagues, activities (18) ____.

Everything changed the afternoon his granddaughter showed him how to make a short video on her phone. He was fascinated, and within a week (19) ____ his neighbour's old computer to learn more.

He enrolled in a free digital skills course at the community centre, sitting beside students forty years younger than himself. Not once (20) ____ embarrassed about being the oldest person in the room; he simply raised his hand whenever he had a question.

Three years later, Ong Binh runs a small online shop selling the wooden toys he carves, a business (21) ____ almost impossible to imagine at sixty. He now tells anyone who will listen that a mind, like a garden, (22) ____ if it is never tended.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 22.

A CLASSROOM AT SEVENTY

When Ong Binh retired from the postal service at sixty, he assumed his working life was completely over. For the first few months he read newspapers, tended his garden, and visited old colleagues, activities (18) ____.

Everything changed the afternoon his granddaughter showed him how to make a short video on her phone. He was fascinated, and within a week (19) ____ his neighbour's old computer to learn more.

He enrolled in a free digital skills course at the community centre, sitting beside students forty years younger than himself. Not once (20) ____ embarrassed about being the oldest person in the room; he simply raised his hand whenever he had a question.

Three years later, Ong Binh runs a small online shop selling the wooden toys he carves, a business (21) ____ almost impossible to imagine at sixty. He now tells anyone who will listen that a mind, like a garden, (22) ____ if it is never tended.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 22.

A CLASSROOM AT SEVENTY

When Ong Binh retired from the postal service at sixty, he assumed his working life was completely over. For the first few months he read newspapers, tended his garden, and visited old colleagues, activities (18) ____.

Everything changed the afternoon his granddaughter showed him how to make a short video on her phone. He was fascinated, and within a week (19) ____ his neighbour's old computer to learn more.

He enrolled in a free digital skills course at the community centre, sitting beside students forty years younger than himself. Not once (20) ____ embarrassed about being the oldest person in the room; he simply raised his hand whenever he had a question.

Three years later, Ong Binh runs a small online shop selling the wooden toys he carves, a business (21) ____ almost impossible to imagine at sixty. He now tells anyone who will listen that a mind, like a garden, (22) ____ if it is never tended.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 23 to 30.

Late at night, when hospital corridors are quiet, a waist-high robot glides silently between wards, carrying trays of medication from the pharmacy to the nursing station. It waits patiently for a lift, announces its arrival with a soft chime, and never once complains about the hour. In a growing number of hospitals, machines like this one have become as familiar as the coffee cart, taking over tasks that used to keep nurses away from patients.

Most hospital robots are not designed to replace doctors or nurses. Instead, they handle repetitive, time-consuming jobs: delivering supplies, disinfecting rooms with ultraviolet light, and moving laundry between floors. By taking these routine tasks off staff members' hands, the robots free up hours that nurses can spend directly with patients instead of pushing carts through hallways. Hospital managers who have adopted the technology report that staff satisfaction has risen alongside efficiency, since fewer nurses feel stretched between clinical work and simple errands.

The technology is not without its problems. Robots can become confused by crowded corridors, and a single breakdown can disrupt an entire delivery schedule until a technician arrives. Some older patients also find the machines unsettling, preferring a human face at their bedside even for small tasks. Hospitals that introduce robots too quickly, without training staff properly, sometimes see the equipment sitting unused in a storage room within months.

Even so, most hospital administrators who have tried the technology say they would not go back. As the machines become cheaper and easier to programme, more hospitals are expected to add them, not as a replacement for human care, but as a quiet assistant that gives staff more time to do the part of the job that machines cannot: sitting with a worried patient and simply listening.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 23 to 30.

Late at night, when hospital corridors are quiet, a waist-high robot glides silently between wards, carrying trays of medication from the pharmacy to the nursing station. It waits patiently for a lift, announces its arrival with a soft chime, and never once complains about the hour. In a growing number of hospitals, machines like this one have become as familiar as the coffee cart, taking over tasks that used to keep nurses away from patients.

Most hospital robots are not designed to replace doctors or nurses. Instead, they handle repetitive, time-consuming jobs: delivering supplies, disinfecting rooms with ultraviolet light, and moving laundry between floors. By taking these routine tasks off staff members' hands, the robots free up hours that nurses can spend directly with patients instead of pushing carts through hallways. Hospital managers who have adopted the technology report that staff satisfaction has risen alongside efficiency, since fewer nurses feel stretched between clinical work and simple errands.

The technology is not without its problems. Robots can become confused by crowded corridors, and a single breakdown can disrupt an entire delivery schedule until a technician arrives. Some older patients also find the machines unsettling, preferring a human face at their bedside even for small tasks. Hospitals that introduce robots too quickly, without training staff properly, sometimes see the equipment sitting unused in a storage room within months.

Even so, most hospital administrators who have tried the technology say they would not go back. As the machines become cheaper and easier to programme, more hospitals are expected to add them, not as a replacement for human care, but as a quiet assistant that gives staff more time to do the part of the job that machines cannot: sitting with a worried patient and simply listening.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 23 to 30.

Late at night, when hospital corridors are quiet, a waist-high robot glides silently between wards, carrying trays of medication from the pharmacy to the nursing station. It waits patiently for a lift, announces its arrival with a soft chime, and never once complains about the hour. In a growing number of hospitals, machines like this one have become as familiar as the coffee cart, taking over tasks that used to keep nurses away from patients.

Most hospital robots are not designed to replace doctors or nurses. Instead, they handle repetitive, time-consuming jobs: delivering supplies, disinfecting rooms with ultraviolet light, and moving laundry between floors. By taking these routine tasks off staff members' hands, the robots free up hours that nurses can spend directly with patients instead of pushing carts through hallways. Hospital managers who have adopted the technology report that staff satisfaction has risen alongside efficiency, since fewer nurses feel stretched between clinical work and simple errands.

The technology is not without its problems. Robots can become confused by crowded corridors, and a single breakdown can disrupt an entire delivery schedule until a technician arrives. Some older patients also find the machines unsettling, preferring a human face at their bedside even for small tasks. Hospitals that introduce robots too quickly, without training staff properly, sometimes see the equipment sitting unused in a storage room within months.

Even so, most hospital administrators who have tried the technology say they would not go back. As the machines become cheaper and easier to programme, more hospitals are expected to add them, not as a replacement for human care, but as a quiet assistant that gives staff more time to do the part of the job that machines cannot: sitting with a worried patient and simply listening.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 23 to 30.

Late at night, when hospital corridors are quiet, a waist-high robot glides silently between wards, carrying trays of medication from the pharmacy to the nursing station. It waits patiently for a lift, announces its arrival with a soft chime, and never once complains about the hour. In a growing number of hospitals, machines like this one have become as familiar as the coffee cart, taking over tasks that used to keep nurses away from patients.

Most hospital robots are not designed to replace doctors or nurses. Instead, they handle repetitive, time-consuming jobs: delivering supplies, disinfecting rooms with ultraviolet light, and moving laundry between floors. By taking these routine tasks off staff members' hands, the robots free up hours that nurses can spend directly with patients instead of pushing carts through hallways. Hospital managers who have adopted the technology report that staff satisfaction has risen alongside efficiency, since fewer nurses feel stretched between clinical work and simple errands.

The technology is not without its problems. Robots can become confused by crowded corridors, and a single breakdown can disrupt an entire delivery schedule until a technician arrives. Some older patients also find the machines unsettling, preferring a human face at their bedside even for small tasks. Hospitals that introduce robots too quickly, without training staff properly, sometimes see the equipment sitting unused in a storage room within months.

Even so, most hospital administrators who have tried the technology say they would not go back. As the machines become cheaper and easier to programme, more hospitals are expected to add them, not as a replacement for human care, but as a quiet assistant that gives staff more time to do the part of the job that machines cannot: sitting with a worried patient and simply listening.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 23 to 30.

Late at night, when hospital corridors are quiet, a waist-high robot glides silently between wards, carrying trays of medication from the pharmacy to the nursing station. It waits patiently for a lift, announces its arrival with a soft chime, and never once complains about the hour. In a growing number of hospitals, machines like this one have become as familiar as the coffee cart, taking over tasks that used to keep nurses away from patients.

Most hospital robots are not designed to replace doctors or nurses. Instead, they handle repetitive, time-consuming jobs: delivering supplies, disinfecting rooms with ultraviolet light, and moving laundry between floors. By taking these routine tasks off staff members' hands, the robots free up hours that nurses can spend directly with patients instead of pushing carts through hallways. Hospital managers who have adopted the technology report that staff satisfaction has risen alongside efficiency, since fewer nurses feel stretched between clinical work and simple errands.

The technology is not without its problems. Robots can become confused by crowded corridors, and a single breakdown can disrupt an entire delivery schedule until a technician arrives. Some older patients also find the machines unsettling, preferring a human face at their bedside even for small tasks. Hospitals that introduce robots too quickly, without training staff properly, sometimes see the equipment sitting unused in a storage room within months.

Even so, most hospital administrators who have tried the technology say they would not go back. As the machines become cheaper and easier to programme, more hospitals are expected to add them, not as a replacement for human care, but as a quiet assistant that gives staff more time to do the part of the job that machines cannot: sitting with a worried patient and simply listening.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 23 to 30.

Late at night, when hospital corridors are quiet, a waist-high robot glides silently between wards, carrying trays of medication from the pharmacy to the nursing station. It waits patiently for a lift, announces its arrival with a soft chime, and never once complains about the hour. In a growing number of hospitals, machines like this one have become as familiar as the coffee cart, taking over tasks that used to keep nurses away from patients.

Most hospital robots are not designed to replace doctors or nurses. Instead, they handle repetitive, time-consuming jobs: delivering supplies, disinfecting rooms with ultraviolet light, and moving laundry between floors. By taking these routine tasks off staff members' hands, the robots free up hours that nurses can spend directly with patients instead of pushing carts through hallways. Hospital managers who have adopted the technology report that staff satisfaction has risen alongside efficiency, since fewer nurses feel stretched between clinical work and simple errands.

The technology is not without its problems. Robots can become confused by crowded corridors, and a single breakdown can disrupt an entire delivery schedule until a technician arrives. Some older patients also find the machines unsettling, preferring a human face at their bedside even for small tasks. Hospitals that introduce robots too quickly, without training staff properly, sometimes see the equipment sitting unused in a storage room within months.

Even so, most hospital administrators who have tried the technology say they would not go back. As the machines become cheaper and easier to programme, more hospitals are expected to add them, not as a replacement for human care, but as a quiet assistant that gives staff more time to do the part of the job that machines cannot: sitting with a worried patient and simply listening.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 23 to 30.

Late at night, when hospital corridors are quiet, a waist-high robot glides silently between wards, carrying trays of medication from the pharmacy to the nursing station. It waits patiently for a lift, announces its arrival with a soft chime, and never once complains about the hour. In a growing number of hospitals, machines like this one have become as familiar as the coffee cart, taking over tasks that used to keep nurses away from patients.

Most hospital robots are not designed to replace doctors or nurses. Instead, they handle repetitive, time-consuming jobs: delivering supplies, disinfecting rooms with ultraviolet light, and moving laundry between floors. By taking these routine tasks off staff members' hands, the robots free up hours that nurses can spend directly with patients instead of pushing carts through hallways. Hospital managers who have adopted the technology report that staff satisfaction has risen alongside efficiency, since fewer nurses feel stretched between clinical work and simple errands.

The technology is not without its problems. Robots can become confused by crowded corridors, and a single breakdown can disrupt an entire delivery schedule until a technician arrives. Some older patients also find the machines unsettling, preferring a human face at their bedside even for small tasks. Hospitals that introduce robots too quickly, without training staff properly, sometimes see the equipment sitting unused in a storage room within months.

Even so, most hospital administrators who have tried the technology say they would not go back. As the machines become cheaper and easier to programme, more hospitals are expected to add them, not as a replacement for human care, but as a quiet assistant that gives staff more time to do the part of the job that machines cannot: sitting with a worried patient and simply listening.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 23 to 30.

Late at night, when hospital corridors are quiet, a waist-high robot glides silently between wards, carrying trays of medication from the pharmacy to the nursing station. It waits patiently for a lift, announces its arrival with a soft chime, and never once complains about the hour. In a growing number of hospitals, machines like this one have become as familiar as the coffee cart, taking over tasks that used to keep nurses away from patients.

Most hospital robots are not designed to replace doctors or nurses. Instead, they handle repetitive, time-consuming jobs: delivering supplies, disinfecting rooms with ultraviolet light, and moving laundry between floors. By taking these routine tasks off staff members' hands, the robots free up hours that nurses can spend directly with patients instead of pushing carts through hallways. Hospital managers who have adopted the technology report that staff satisfaction has risen alongside efficiency, since fewer nurses feel stretched between clinical work and simple errands.

The technology is not without its problems. Robots can become confused by crowded corridors, and a single breakdown can disrupt an entire delivery schedule until a technician arrives. Some older patients also find the machines unsettling, preferring a human face at their bedside even for small tasks. Hospitals that introduce robots too quickly, without training staff properly, sometimes see the equipment sitting unused in a storage room within months.

Even so, most hospital administrators who have tried the technology say they would not go back. As the machines become cheaper and easier to programme, more hospitals are expected to add them, not as a replacement for human care, but as a quiet assistant that gives staff more time to do the part of the job that machines cannot: sitting with a worried patient and simply listening.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 40.

Long before supermarkets lined their shelves with plastic-wrapped everything, most shopping looked very different. A customer walked into a corner shop with their own container, and the shopkeeper weighed out exactly the amount of flour, rice, or oil that was needed. There was no packaging to throw away because there was barely any packaging to begin with. This everyday habit, once simply called shopping, is now marketed as something new: the zero-waste store.

The change came gradually, driven by convenience and mass production. As supermarkets spread across cities in the mid-twentieth century, pre-packaged goods let a single cashier serve hundreds of customers a day without weighing anything by hand, and shoppers grew used to trusting a sealed label over a shopkeeper's scale. Packaging also made food easier to transport over long distances without spoiling, which suited an economy that increasingly shipped groceries across entire countries rather than growing them nearby.

[I] Concern about plastic waste has slowly reversed some of that trend. [II] Small zero-waste shops have opened in cities around the world over the past decade, encouraging customers to bring their own jars, bags, and bottles. [III] A handful of larger supermarket chains have even begun setting aside refill sections for products such as pasta, detergent, and shampoo. [IV] Owners of these shops report that regular customers often end up buying only what they will actually use, since they can measure out a small amount rather than a fixed package size.

Running a shop this way is not simple. Weighing every item takes longer at the till, and suppliers who are used to delivering in standard packaging sometimes charge more for loose goods delivered in bulk. Prices at zero-waste shops can therefore be higher than at a conventional supermarket, which limits their appeal to shoppers on a tight budget. Even so, owners argue that customers who might otherwise buy too much and throw part of it away end up saving money in the long run, simply by buying only what they need.

Whether the zero-waste shop becomes a permanent fixture or a passing trend probably depends less on plastic than on price. If refill shopping becomes cheap and convenient enough to compete with the supermarket aisle, it may stop looking like a lifestyle choice for the committed few and start looking, once again, like ordinary shopping.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 40.

Long before supermarkets lined their shelves with plastic-wrapped everything, most shopping looked very different. A customer walked into a corner shop with their own container, and the shopkeeper weighed out exactly the amount of flour, rice, or oil that was needed. There was no packaging to throw away because there was barely any packaging to begin with. This everyday habit, once simply called shopping, is now marketed as something new: the zero-waste store.

The change came gradually, driven by convenience and mass production. As supermarkets spread across cities in the mid-twentieth century, pre-packaged goods let a single cashier serve hundreds of customers a day without weighing anything by hand, and shoppers grew used to trusting a sealed label over a shopkeeper's scale. Packaging also made food easier to transport over long distances without spoiling, which suited an economy that increasingly shipped groceries across entire countries rather than growing them nearby.

[I] Concern about plastic waste has slowly reversed some of that trend. [II] Small zero-waste shops have opened in cities around the world over the past decade, encouraging customers to bring their own jars, bags, and bottles. [III] A handful of larger supermarket chains have even begun setting aside refill sections for products such as pasta, detergent, and shampoo. [IV] Owners of these shops report that regular customers often end up buying only what they will actually use, since they can measure out a small amount rather than a fixed package size.

Running a shop this way is not simple. Weighing every item takes longer at the till, and suppliers who are used to delivering in standard packaging sometimes charge more for loose goods delivered in bulk. Prices at zero-waste shops can therefore be higher than at a conventional supermarket, which limits their appeal to shoppers on a tight budget. Even so, owners argue that customers who might otherwise buy too much and throw part of it away end up saving money in the long run, simply by buying only what they need.

Whether the zero-waste shop becomes a permanent fixture or a passing trend probably depends less on plastic than on price. If refill shopping becomes cheap and convenient enough to compete with the supermarket aisle, it may stop looking like a lifestyle choice for the committed few and start looking, once again, like ordinary shopping.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 40.

Long before supermarkets lined their shelves with plastic-wrapped everything, most shopping looked very different. A customer walked into a corner shop with their own container, and the shopkeeper weighed out exactly the amount of flour, rice, or oil that was needed. There was no packaging to throw away because there was barely any packaging to begin with. This everyday habit, once simply called shopping, is now marketed as something new: the zero-waste store.

The change came gradually, driven by convenience and mass production. As supermarkets spread across cities in the mid-twentieth century, pre-packaged goods let a single cashier serve hundreds of customers a day without weighing anything by hand, and shoppers grew used to trusting a sealed label over a shopkeeper's scale. Packaging also made food easier to transport over long distances without spoiling, which suited an economy that increasingly shipped groceries across entire countries rather than growing them nearby.

[I] Concern about plastic waste has slowly reversed some of that trend. [II] Small zero-waste shops have opened in cities around the world over the past decade, encouraging customers to bring their own jars, bags, and bottles. [III] A handful of larger supermarket chains have even begun setting aside refill sections for products such as pasta, detergent, and shampoo. [IV] Owners of these shops report that regular customers often end up buying only what they will actually use, since they can measure out a small amount rather than a fixed package size.

Running a shop this way is not simple. Weighing every item takes longer at the till, and suppliers who are used to delivering in standard packaging sometimes charge more for loose goods delivered in bulk. Prices at zero-waste shops can therefore be higher than at a conventional supermarket, which limits their appeal to shoppers on a tight budget. Even so, owners argue that customers who might otherwise buy too much and throw part of it away end up saving money in the long run, simply by buying only what they need.

Whether the zero-waste shop becomes a permanent fixture or a passing trend probably depends less on plastic than on price. If refill shopping becomes cheap and convenient enough to compete with the supermarket aisle, it may stop looking like a lifestyle choice for the committed few and start looking, once again, like ordinary shopping.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 40.

Long before supermarkets lined their shelves with plastic-wrapped everything, most shopping looked very different. A customer walked into a corner shop with their own container, and the shopkeeper weighed out exactly the amount of flour, rice, or oil that was needed. There was no packaging to throw away because there was barely any packaging to begin with. This everyday habit, once simply called shopping, is now marketed as something new: the zero-waste store.

The change came gradually, driven by convenience and mass production. As supermarkets spread across cities in the mid-twentieth century, pre-packaged goods let a single cashier serve hundreds of customers a day without weighing anything by hand, and shoppers grew used to trusting a sealed label over a shopkeeper's scale. Packaging also made food easier to transport over long distances without spoiling, which suited an economy that increasingly shipped groceries across entire countries rather than growing them nearby.

[I] Concern about plastic waste has slowly reversed some of that trend. [II] Small zero-waste shops have opened in cities around the world over the past decade, encouraging customers to bring their own jars, bags, and bottles. [III] A handful of larger supermarket chains have even begun setting aside refill sections for products such as pasta, detergent, and shampoo. [IV] Owners of these shops report that regular customers often end up buying only what they will actually use, since they can measure out a small amount rather than a fixed package size.

Running a shop this way is not simple. Weighing every item takes longer at the till, and suppliers who are used to delivering in standard packaging sometimes charge more for loose goods delivered in bulk. Prices at zero-waste shops can therefore be higher than at a conventional supermarket, which limits their appeal to shoppers on a tight budget. Even so, owners argue that customers who might otherwise buy too much and throw part of it away end up saving money in the long run, simply by buying only what they need.

Whether the zero-waste shop becomes a permanent fixture or a passing trend probably depends less on plastic than on price. If refill shopping becomes cheap and convenient enough to compete with the supermarket aisle, it may stop looking like a lifestyle choice for the committed few and start looking, once again, like ordinary shopping.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 40.

Long before supermarkets lined their shelves with plastic-wrapped everything, most shopping looked very different. A customer walked into a corner shop with their own container, and the shopkeeper weighed out exactly the amount of flour, rice, or oil that was needed. There was no packaging to throw away because there was barely any packaging to begin with. This everyday habit, once simply called shopping, is now marketed as something new: the zero-waste store.

The change came gradually, driven by convenience and mass production. As supermarkets spread across cities in the mid-twentieth century, pre-packaged goods let a single cashier serve hundreds of customers a day without weighing anything by hand, and shoppers grew used to trusting a sealed label over a shopkeeper's scale. Packaging also made food easier to transport over long distances without spoiling, which suited an economy that increasingly shipped groceries across entire countries rather than growing them nearby.

[I] Concern about plastic waste has slowly reversed some of that trend. [II] Small zero-waste shops have opened in cities around the world over the past decade, encouraging customers to bring their own jars, bags, and bottles. [III] A handful of larger supermarket chains have even begun setting aside refill sections for products such as pasta, detergent, and shampoo. [IV] Owners of these shops report that regular customers often end up buying only what they will actually use, since they can measure out a small amount rather than a fixed package size.

Running a shop this way is not simple. Weighing every item takes longer at the till, and suppliers who are used to delivering in standard packaging sometimes charge more for loose goods delivered in bulk. Prices at zero-waste shops can therefore be higher than at a conventional supermarket, which limits their appeal to shoppers on a tight budget. Even so, owners argue that customers who might otherwise buy too much and throw part of it away end up saving money in the long run, simply by buying only what they need.

Whether the zero-waste shop becomes a permanent fixture or a passing trend probably depends less on plastic than on price. If refill shopping becomes cheap and convenient enough to compete with the supermarket aisle, it may stop looking like a lifestyle choice for the committed few and start looking, once again, like ordinary shopping.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 40.

Long before supermarkets lined their shelves with plastic-wrapped everything, most shopping looked very different. A customer walked into a corner shop with their own container, and the shopkeeper weighed out exactly the amount of flour, rice, or oil that was needed. There was no packaging to throw away because there was barely any packaging to begin with. This everyday habit, once simply called shopping, is now marketed as something new: the zero-waste store.

The change came gradually, driven by convenience and mass production. As supermarkets spread across cities in the mid-twentieth century, pre-packaged goods let a single cashier serve hundreds of customers a day without weighing anything by hand, and shoppers grew used to trusting a sealed label over a shopkeeper's scale. Packaging also made food easier to transport over long distances without spoiling, which suited an economy that increasingly shipped groceries across entire countries rather than growing them nearby.

[I] Concern about plastic waste has slowly reversed some of that trend. [II] Small zero-waste shops have opened in cities around the world over the past decade, encouraging customers to bring their own jars, bags, and bottles. [III] A handful of larger supermarket chains have even begun setting aside refill sections for products such as pasta, detergent, and shampoo. [IV] Owners of these shops report that regular customers often end up buying only what they will actually use, since they can measure out a small amount rather than a fixed package size.

Running a shop this way is not simple. Weighing every item takes longer at the till, and suppliers who are used to delivering in standard packaging sometimes charge more for loose goods delivered in bulk. Prices at zero-waste shops can therefore be higher than at a conventional supermarket, which limits their appeal to shoppers on a tight budget. Even so, owners argue that customers who might otherwise buy too much and throw part of it away end up saving money in the long run, simply by buying only what they need.

Whether the zero-waste shop becomes a permanent fixture or a passing trend probably depends less on plastic than on price. If refill shopping becomes cheap and convenient enough to compete with the supermarket aisle, it may stop looking like a lifestyle choice for the committed few and start looking, once again, like ordinary shopping.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 40.

Long before supermarkets lined their shelves with plastic-wrapped everything, most shopping looked very different. A customer walked into a corner shop with their own container, and the shopkeeper weighed out exactly the amount of flour, rice, or oil that was needed. There was no packaging to throw away because there was barely any packaging to begin with. This everyday habit, once simply called shopping, is now marketed as something new: the zero-waste store.

The change came gradually, driven by convenience and mass production. As supermarkets spread across cities in the mid-twentieth century, pre-packaged goods let a single cashier serve hundreds of customers a day without weighing anything by hand, and shoppers grew used to trusting a sealed label over a shopkeeper's scale. Packaging also made food easier to transport over long distances without spoiling, which suited an economy that increasingly shipped groceries across entire countries rather than growing them nearby.

[I] Concern about plastic waste has slowly reversed some of that trend. [II] Small zero-waste shops have opened in cities around the world over the past decade, encouraging customers to bring their own jars, bags, and bottles. [III] A handful of larger supermarket chains have even begun setting aside refill sections for products such as pasta, detergent, and shampoo. [IV] Owners of these shops report that regular customers often end up buying only what they will actually use, since they can measure out a small amount rather than a fixed package size.

Running a shop this way is not simple. Weighing every item takes longer at the till, and suppliers who are used to delivering in standard packaging sometimes charge more for loose goods delivered in bulk. Prices at zero-waste shops can therefore be higher than at a conventional supermarket, which limits their appeal to shoppers on a tight budget. Even so, owners argue that customers who might otherwise buy too much and throw part of it away end up saving money in the long run, simply by buying only what they need.

Whether the zero-waste shop becomes a permanent fixture or a passing trend probably depends less on plastic than on price. If refill shopping becomes cheap and convenient enough to compete with the supermarket aisle, it may stop looking like a lifestyle choice for the committed few and start looking, once again, like ordinary shopping.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 40.

Long before supermarkets lined their shelves with plastic-wrapped everything, most shopping looked very different. A customer walked into a corner shop with their own container, and the shopkeeper weighed out exactly the amount of flour, rice, or oil that was needed. There was no packaging to throw away because there was barely any packaging to begin with. This everyday habit, once simply called shopping, is now marketed as something new: the zero-waste store.

The change came gradually, driven by convenience and mass production. As supermarkets spread across cities in the mid-twentieth century, pre-packaged goods let a single cashier serve hundreds of customers a day without weighing anything by hand, and shoppers grew used to trusting a sealed label over a shopkeeper's scale. Packaging also made food easier to transport over long distances without spoiling, which suited an economy that increasingly shipped groceries across entire countries rather than growing them nearby.

[I] Concern about plastic waste has slowly reversed some of that trend. [II] Small zero-waste shops have opened in cities around the world over the past decade, encouraging customers to bring their own jars, bags, and bottles. [III] A handful of larger supermarket chains have even begun setting aside refill sections for products such as pasta, detergent, and shampoo. [IV] Owners of these shops report that regular customers often end up buying only what they will actually use, since they can measure out a small amount rather than a fixed package size.

Running a shop this way is not simple. Weighing every item takes longer at the till, and suppliers who are used to delivering in standard packaging sometimes charge more for loose goods delivered in bulk. Prices at zero-waste shops can therefore be higher than at a conventional supermarket, which limits their appeal to shoppers on a tight budget. Even so, owners argue that customers who might otherwise buy too much and throw part of it away end up saving money in the long run, simply by buying only what they need.

Whether the zero-waste shop becomes a permanent fixture or a passing trend probably depends less on plastic than on price. If refill shopping becomes cheap and convenient enough to compete with the supermarket aisle, it may stop looking like a lifestyle choice for the committed few and start looking, once again, like ordinary shopping.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 40.

Long before supermarkets lined their shelves with plastic-wrapped everything, most shopping looked very different. A customer walked into a corner shop with their own container, and the shopkeeper weighed out exactly the amount of flour, rice, or oil that was needed. There was no packaging to throw away because there was barely any packaging to begin with. This everyday habit, once simply called shopping, is now marketed as something new: the zero-waste store.

The change came gradually, driven by convenience and mass production. As supermarkets spread across cities in the mid-twentieth century, pre-packaged goods let a single cashier serve hundreds of customers a day without weighing anything by hand, and shoppers grew used to trusting a sealed label over a shopkeeper's scale. Packaging also made food easier to transport over long distances without spoiling, which suited an economy that increasingly shipped groceries across entire countries rather than growing them nearby.

[I] Concern about plastic waste has slowly reversed some of that trend. [II] Small zero-waste shops have opened in cities around the world over the past decade, encouraging customers to bring their own jars, bags, and bottles. [III] A handful of larger supermarket chains have even begun setting aside refill sections for products such as pasta, detergent, and shampoo. [IV] Owners of these shops report that regular customers often end up buying only what they will actually use, since they can measure out a small amount rather than a fixed package size.

Running a shop this way is not simple. Weighing every item takes longer at the till, and suppliers who are used to delivering in standard packaging sometimes charge more for loose goods delivered in bulk. Prices at zero-waste shops can therefore be higher than at a conventional supermarket, which limits their appeal to shoppers on a tight budget. Even so, owners argue that customers who might otherwise buy too much and throw part of it away end up saving money in the long run, simply by buying only what they need.

Whether the zero-waste shop becomes a permanent fixture or a passing trend probably depends less on plastic than on price. If refill shopping becomes cheap and convenient enough to compete with the supermarket aisle, it may stop looking like a lifestyle choice for the committed few and start looking, once again, like ordinary shopping.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 40.

Long before supermarkets lined their shelves with plastic-wrapped everything, most shopping looked very different. A customer walked into a corner shop with their own container, and the shopkeeper weighed out exactly the amount of flour, rice, or oil that was needed. There was no packaging to throw away because there was barely any packaging to begin with. This everyday habit, once simply called shopping, is now marketed as something new: the zero-waste store.

The change came gradually, driven by convenience and mass production. As supermarkets spread across cities in the mid-twentieth century, pre-packaged goods let a single cashier serve hundreds of customers a day without weighing anything by hand, and shoppers grew used to trusting a sealed label over a shopkeeper's scale. Packaging also made food easier to transport over long distances without spoiling, which suited an economy that increasingly shipped groceries across entire countries rather than growing them nearby.

[I] Concern about plastic waste has slowly reversed some of that trend. [II] Small zero-waste shops have opened in cities around the world over the past decade, encouraging customers to bring their own jars, bags, and bottles. [III] A handful of larger supermarket chains have even begun setting aside refill sections for products such as pasta, detergent, and shampoo. [IV] Owners of these shops report that regular customers often end up buying only what they will actually use, since they can measure out a small amount rather than a fixed package size.

Running a shop this way is not simple. Weighing every item takes longer at the till, and suppliers who are used to delivering in standard packaging sometimes charge more for loose goods delivered in bulk. Prices at zero-waste shops can therefore be higher than at a conventional supermarket, which limits their appeal to shoppers on a tight budget. Even so, owners argue that customers who might otherwise buy too much and throw part of it away end up saving money in the long run, simply by buying only what they need.

Whether the zero-waste shop becomes a permanent fixture or a passing trend probably depends less on plastic than on price. If refill shopping becomes cheap and convenient enough to compete with the supermarket aisle, it may stop looking like a lifestyle choice for the committed few and start looking, once again, like ordinary shopping.