A CHRONIC LACK OF SLEEP MAY MAKE USIRRITABLEAND REDUCES OUR MOTIVA...

34.

A chronic lack of sleep may make us

irritable

and reduces our motivation to work.

A.

uncomfortable

B.

responsive

C.

calm

D.

miserable

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to

indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous

clock which can be heard all over the world on the BBC. If the Houses of Parliament

hadn't burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected. Big Ben

takes its (35)______ from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the

clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built. It is not only of immense size,

(36)______is extremely accurate as well. Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the

clock checked twice a day. On the BBC, you can hear the clock when it is actually

striking because microphones (37)______ to the clock tower. Big Ben has rarely gone

wrong .Once, however, it failed to give the correct time. A painter who had been working

on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it (38)______.