A. BEHAVIOURS B. STYLES C. ATTITUDES D. HABITSEXAMPLE

73. A. behaviours B. styles C. attitudes D. habitsExample:00. A. informed B. told C. shown D. saidAnswer:00. CII. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete the following passage.MY HOME TOWNI was born in one of (00) ... most interesting cities in Malaysia. It has a rich, colourfulhistory and many parts of the city have hardly changed at (74) ... during the last five centuries.However, nowadays, it is (75) ... longer the trade centre that it once (76) ... . It is difficultto imagine that at one time its harbour (77) ... to be visited by over 2,000 ships a week, andthat the huge warehouses along the quayside would have (78) ... full of spices and silks,jewels and tea.The old city centre is small, which (79) ... it very easy to explore (80) ... foot. Ariver neatly divides the town, (81) ... only physically but in spirit, too. On one side, you findmany grand houses, but on crossing the river, you find yourself in ancient Chinatown, where youreally take a step back into the past.It is great fun to wander through the colourful, noisy backstreets. As well as having shopsthat sell a wide range of clothes and shoes, some of these streets are also famous (82) ... highquality antiques. Unfortunately, most of the bargains disappeared many years ago. However,(83) ... you look around carefully, you can still come across an interesting souvenvir.Example:00. theIII. Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question.Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of it as morereal than speech. A little thought, however, will show why speech is primary and writingsecondary to language. Human beings have been writing (as far as we can tell from survivingevidence) for at least 5,000 years; but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless eversince there have been human beings.When writing did develop, it was derived from and represented speech, althoughimperfectly. Even today there are spoken languages that have no written form. Furthermore, weall learn to talk well before we learn to write; any human child who is not severely handicappedphysically or mentally will learn to talk: a normal human being cannot be prevented from doingso. On the other hand, it takes a special effort to learn to write. In the past many intelligent anduseful members of society did not acquire the skill, and even today many who speak languageswith writing systems never learn to read or write, while some who learn the rudiments of thoseskills do so only imperfectly.To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not, however, to disparage the latter. Oneadvantage writing has over speech is that it is more permanent and makes possible the recordsthat any civilization must have. Thus, if speaking makes us human, writing makes us civilized.