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)______.