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For questions 17-18, choose the option For questions 19-20, choose the option
which completes the blank in the given text. which is closest in meaning to the given
sentence.
17. I used to love watching shadow plays
when I was a kid. Shadow plays are 19. I watched a movie last night and fell
a form of puppetry where the puppets asleep before it ended.
are silhouettes that are projected onto
A) Last night, I decided to watch a movie
a screen. ---- But it’s still popular
but ended up going out with friends
today in some parts of the world.
instead.
A) It’s a really old art form that originated
in Asia. B) I had planned to watch a movie last
night, but the power went out due to
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B) It was invented in the 20th century in
a storm.
Europe.
C) Last night, I viewed a film, but I dozed
C) It’s a form of painting that uses only
off before it concluded.
shadows.
D) It’s only performed during the summer D) Despite my love for movies, I chose
months. to read a book last night instead of
E) It involves real-life actors instead of watching one.
puppets. E) I started a movie last night but paused
it halfway through to answer an
important phone call.
18. In many traditional cultures, it used
to be customary for the eldest son to 20. He cooked dinner for his family
inherit the family wealth and property. yesterday and they all enjoyed it.
---- But nowadays, this tradition is
A) Yesterday, he made dinner for his family
becoming less common as families
and they all liked it.
become more egalitarian.
B) His family ordered takeout yesterday
A) The family wealth and property was
since he was too tired to cook after
always handed down to the firstborn
work.
son, without any particular reason.
C) Yesterday, his family had a barbecue in
B) In traditional cultures, the eldest son
the backyard instead of having a cooked
had more legal rights than his siblings,
dinner.
which is why he inherited the family
wealth and property. D) His family went to his cousin’s house
for dinner yesterday and he didn’t have
C) It was believed that the eldest son had
to cook.
a stronger connection to the family
ancestors, and therefore was chosen to E) Yesterday, his family went out for dinner
inherit the family wealth and property. to celebrate his sister’s graduation.
D) The eldest son was always favored
by the family, and the tradition of
inheritance was merely a way to
maintain that favouritism.
E) This was because the eldest son was
seen as the one who would carry on
the family name and keep the family
traditions alive.