Read the following announcement and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 6.
Consumer Alert: “AI Art” Uploads and the Risk of Style Theft
Illustrators are reporting a surge of images that look “hand-drawn” yet were generated by tools trained on famous artists’ portfolios. While some platforms claim the outputs are “inspired,” many creators argue the systems were built using artwork (1)__________ without consent—sometimes scraped from galleries, paid courses, or even private commissions.
If you run an art page, treat unexpected requests for “high-resolution PSD files” with caution. Scammers may bait artists into sharing layered drafts, then feed them into models to mimic brushwork. In addition, several communities now publish a (2)__________ list of accounts repeatedly reposting AI-made copies under stolen signatures.
Creators should also review licensing terms before (3)__________ their work to trend-driven “style challenges.” A simple watermark is not enough when someone can remove it in seconds; instead, consider (4)__________ your process videos and keeping raw files offline. If a platform receives a complaint, it may demand proof of ownership, so keep invoices and time-stamped drafts ready.
Finally, when you spot suspicious uploads, report them and direct evidence (5)__________ moderators. Done consistently, these steps can deter bad actors and help protect (6)__________ rights.
Question 1:A. to collect B. collecting C. collected D. collect
Read the following leaflet and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 7 to 12.
Explore Your Career Opportunities!
Are you looking for a job that offers both growth and satisfaction? At ACE Corporation, we provide numerous opportunities for you to advance your career. With a competitive (7)__________and benefits, you can build a fulfilling professional life.
Why Choose Us?
Career Development: We believe in investing in our employees. With a (8)__________of training programs available, you can (9)__________your skills and climb the career ladder.
Work-Life Balance: We understand the importance of balance. (10)__________, we offer flexible hours and (11)__________benefits that cater to your needs.
Supportive Environment: Our team is dedicated to your success. Many employees in the company have found their passion and excelled, thanks to our collaborative culture.
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If you are ready to (12)__________new challenges and make a difference, apply now!
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best arrangement of utterances or sentences to make a cohesive and coherent exchange or text in each of the following questions from 13 to 17.
Question 13:
A. Mia: I stopped trusting “perfect” reviews, so I asked an AI tool to summarise 200 one-star comments before buying.
B. Ethan: Why didn’t you get that skincare set the influencer pushed in her reel?
C. Mia: The summary flagged the same allergy issue again and again, and that was enough to deinfluence me.
A. b – a – c B. a – b – c C. b – c – a D. c – b – a
A. When I want something new, I check my closet, repair what I own, and borrow from my cousin first, which often kills the impulse.
B. The goal isn’t to be perfect; it’s to buy less on purpose so my money goes to experiences and long-lasting items.
C. Underconsumption core looks aesthetically pleasing online, but for me, it started after I realised that my “haul” videos left me with clutter and anxiety.
D. Keeping a list of “one-in, one-out” swaps also helped, because it forced me to notice what I wasn’t actually wearing.
e. Strangely, repeating outfits became easier once I chose a small colour palette and saved the rest of my screen time for hobbies.
A. c – a – e – d – b B. c – e – d – a – b C. c – e – a – d – b D. e – c – a – d – b
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 22.
Single-Parent Families: A Growing Reality
Walk into any school today and you'll notice something different from a generation ago. Among the children waiting at the gates, many are picked up by just one parent – usually a mother, sometimes a father. Single-parent families have quietly become a normal part of modern society. Whether due to divorce, separation, the death of a partner, or personal choice, millions of parents worldwide are raising children on their own. (18)__________.
Life as a single parent isn't easy. Money is often the first concern. With only one income supporting the household, paying rent, buying groceries, and covering school fees can feel like a constant struggle. Maria, a single mother of two in Madrid, describes her routine: "I wake up at 5 a.m. to prepare breakfast and lunches, drop the kids at school, work until 6 p.m., then rush home to cook dinner and help with homework. By the time they're asleep, I'm too tired to think." This exhausting cycle is familiar to many single parents, (19)__________, with no partner to share the load when a child gets sick or when the washing machine breaks down.
Yet single-parent families aren't just about struggles – they have their own special strengths. (20)__________. Ten-year-old Jake helps his dad with shopping and cooking, skills his friends with two parents haven't learned yet. The parent-child relationship can become incredibly close too. Without another adult in the house, conversations go deeper and bonds grow stronger. Many single parents say their children are their motivation – the reason they work hard and stay positive even on difficult days.
Fortunately, attitudes are changing. Schools now recognize different family types and avoid assuming every child has two parents at home. Workplace policies are improving, (21)__________. Community groups bring single parents together for practical support and friendship. While challenges remain, single-parent families are proving that what children (22)__________, and a parent who shows up for them every day.
[Adapted from The Annie E. Casey Foundation]
Question 18:
A. What families looked like once as an unusual way is now simply considered another way
B. Although families once considered it unusual, it is now another way that simply looks
C. What was once considered unusual is now simply another way families can look
D. Because unusual ways for families to look were once considered, it is now simply another
A. and family need love and stability not a specific family structure
B. are specific family structure needing most instead of love and stability
C. need most isn't a specific family structure – it's love, stability
D. specifically need most is the family structure of love and stability
Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the following questions from 23 to 30.
WHY NANO-INFLUENCERS DOMINATE IN 2025
Traditional marketing wisdom suggests bigger is better. However, comprehensive research analyzing over 100,000 influencer posts reveals a surprising truth: smaller creators consistently deliver stronger engagement than their celebrity counterparts. This finding is reshaping how brands approach influencer partnerships in 2025, shifting focus from follower counts to authentic connections.
The data tells a compelling story. Nano-influencers, those with fewer than 10,000 followers, achieve an average engagement rate of B. 61%—dramatically outperforming larger creators. Micro-influencers (10,000-50,000 followers) maintain strong performance at A. 68%, while mega-influencers with over one million followers manage only 0.84%. This pattern appears across all major platforms, with TikTok nano-creators reaching impressive engagement rates exceeding 10%. The reason lies in authenticity: smaller creators maintain genuine relationships with their audiences, responding personally to comments and producing content that feels natural rather than polished or commercial.
Beyond engagement, brands are discovering significant financial advantages. Working with one macro-influencer costs roughly the same as collaborating with dozens of nano-creators, allowing companies to test multiple strategies simultaneously. Research demonstrates that nano and micro-influencers generate 22.2 times more conversions on product recommendations compared to macro-influencers. Additionally, their audiences typically consist of highly targeted niche communities—exactly the demographics brands want to reach. This precision targeting reduces wasted impressions and increases meaningful interactions.
The marketing landscape has fundamentally changed. Major brands now allocate 70% of their influencer budgets toward nano and micro-creators, recognizing that trust and relevance matter more than reach alone. As consumer skepticism toward traditional advertising grows, smaller influencers offer something irreplaceable: perceived authenticity. Their recommendations feel like advice from friends rather than paid endorsements, making them remarkably effective at driving actual purchases. In 2025, thinking small has become the smartest strategy for thinking big.
[Adapted from https://thesocialcat.com/blog/influencer-marketing-report]
Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the following questions from 23 to 30.
WHY NANO-INFLUENCERS DOMINATE IN 2025
Traditional marketing wisdom suggests bigger is better. However, comprehensive research analyzing over 100,000 influencer posts reveals a surprising truth: smaller creators consistently deliver stronger engagement than their celebrity counterparts. This finding is reshaping how brands approach influencer partnerships in 2025, shifting focus from follower counts to authentic connections.
The data tells a compelling story. Nano-influencers, those with fewer than 10,000 followers, achieve an average engagement rate of B. 61%—dramatically outperforming larger creators. Micro-influencers (10,000-50,000 followers) maintain strong performance at A. 68%, while mega-influencers with over one million followers manage only 0.84%. This pattern appears across all major platforms, with TikTok nano-creators reaching impressive engagement rates exceeding 10%. The reason lies in authenticity: smaller creators maintain genuine relationships with their audiences, responding personally to comments and producing content that feels natural rather than polished or commercial.
Beyond engagement, brands are discovering significant financial advantages. Working with one macro-influencer costs roughly the same as collaborating with dozens of nano-creators, allowing companies to test multiple strategies simultaneously. Research demonstrates that nano and micro-influencers generate 22.2 times more conversions on product recommendations compared to macro-influencers. Additionally, their audiences typically consist of highly targeted niche communities—exactly the demographics brands want to reach. This precision targeting reduces wasted impressions and increases meaningful interactions.
The marketing landscape has fundamentally changed. Major brands now allocate 70% of their influencer budgets toward nano and micro-creators, recognizing that trust and relevance matter more than reach alone. As consumer skepticism toward traditional advertising grows, smaller influencers offer something irreplaceable: perceived authenticity. Their recommendations feel like advice from friends rather than paid endorsements, making them remarkably effective at driving actual purchases. In 2025, thinking small has become the smartest strategy for thinking big.
[Adapted from https://thesocialcat.com/blog/influencer-marketing-report]
Question 23: The word “counterparts” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to __________.
Question 27: Which of the following best paraphrases the underlined sentence in paragraph 4: "In 2025, thinking small has become the smartest strategy for thinking big."?
A. The year 2025 marks a period where large-scale marketing ambitions are being hindered by the overwhelming focus on small-scale influencers.
B. To achieve significant growth in 2025, brands are advised to downsize their marketing objectives to match the reach of nano-influencers.
C. Focusing on minor influencers is currently the most effective way for companies to achieve large-scale marketing success.
D. Prioritizing small influencers has proven to be a clever tactic for brands that lack the necessary budget to pursue broader strategic goals.
Question 28: Based on the data provided in paragraph 2 and 3, what can be concluded about the relationship between follower count and marketing efficiency?
A. A creator's follower count is the most reliable predictor of their ability to drive product sales.
B. Smaller audiences often yield more productive outcomes because of the depth of the creator's personal connection.
C. TikTok is the only platform where nano-creators can achieve engagement rates over 10%.
D. Collaborative costs with dozens of nano-creators are significantly higher than hiring a single mega-influencer.
Question 29: In which paragraph does the author discuss the shift in budget allocation and the psychological reason why consumers prefer smaller creators?
A. Paragraph 1 B. Paragraph 2 C. Paragraph 3 D. Paragraph 4
Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the following questions from 31 to 40.
The Emergence of Green Swan Events
The world is familiar with “black swans”: rare, system-level shocks that arrive suddenly and only later seem predictable. Yet financial regulators and central banks are increasingly focused on a related idea. In a 2020 report, the Bank for International Settlements popularised the term “green swan” to describe climate-related financial shocks that share the black swan’s traits, rarity, extreme impact, and hindsight clarity, while differing in one key way: they are driven less by statistical surprise than by climate pressures that are already visible. Green swans are therefore less about “whether” than “when,” and they highlight how limited traditional risk tools can be when climate change introduces deep uncertainty.
Green swans are hard to model because they do not follow neat historical patterns. Climate risk is shaped by nonlinear dynamics and feedback loops that can turn slow stress into sudden disruption. Imagine a rapid shift in policy or technology that forces large volumes of fossil-fuel reserves to be reclassified as stranded assets. A sharp repricing could trigger forced selling and liquidity strains that spread across sectors, moving through linked balance sheets in ways that standard stress tests, built around past crises such as 2008, may not capture. The pathways are also broad: physical risks (storms, floods, droughts, heat) that damage infrastructure and output, and transition risks (regulation, innovation, litigation, consumer shifts) that can weaken business models faster than firms expect.
For central banks, the challenge is real but bounded by their mandates. [I] They can integrate climate scenarios into supervision and financial stability monitoring. [II] But they cannot, on their own, solve the underlying drivers of climate risk. Reducing green swan exposure requires coordinated action across governments (carbon pricing and standards), firms (capital allocation and reporting), civil society (behaviour change), and international bodies (cross-border commitments). [III] This places central banks in a supporting role: not climate policymakers, but conveners who encourage forward-looking scenarios and test the system’s resilience. [IV] Climate change threatens the stability they are tasked with protecting, yet many of the tools they rely on were designed for a world where tomorrow looked much like yesterday.
Question 35: Which of the following best summarises the main content of paragraph 2?
A. Standard financial stress tests are being successfully updated to include the 2008 crisis data to prevent forced selling across linked sectors.
B. Green swans are difficult to predict because climate risks involve complex, non-linear dynamics that can lead to sudden, widespread financial instability.
C. The reclassification of fossil-fuel reserves is the only pathway through which climate change can damage business models and infrastructure.
D. High volumes of fossil-fuel reserves are expected to remain stable unless rapid shifts in policy and technology occur simultaneously by 2030.
Question 38: Which of the following best paraphrases the underlined sentence in paragraph 3: “Climate change threatens the stability they are tasked with protecting, yet many of the tools they rely on were designed for a world where tomorrow looked much like yesterday.”?
A. Since climate change endangers financial stability, central banks must abandon all traditional tools that were designed to predict future economic trends.
B. Despite being responsible for maintaining stability, central banks use outdated instruments that are insufficient for the unpredictable nature of climate-related crises.
C. The stability of the financial world is no longer a task for central banks because their tools are only capable of managing historical economic patterns.
D. Central banks are successfully protecting financial stability by utilizing historical tools that were specifically designed to handle the uncertainty of tomorrow.
Question 40: Which of the following best summarises the passage?
A. Green swan events are rare financial shocks that can be easily managed by central banks through the use of standard stress tests and mandates.
B. The reclassification of fossil-fuel reserves as stranded assets is the primary reason why the Bank for International Settlements popularized green swans.
C. Green swans represent a new class of climate-driven financial risks that challenge traditional banking tools and require broad, coordinated global action.
D. Central banks are shifting their roles to become the primary climate policymakers to prevent nonlinear dynamics from damaging global infrastructure.
