NT Paper 2 Practice 2020

After (38) ……………… successful years, Bill Gates quit Microsoft in 2008 to do more charity work with his wife, Melinda.

Sleep is (21) ……………… for teenagers, working behind the scenes to allow them to be at their best.

and school performance, but research (23) ……………… that many teens get far less sleep than they need.

At first, they encountered many problems (37) ……………… by 1979, Microsoft was earning millions of dollars

He wanted to make them less expensive and easier to use, (36) ……………… personal computers were not popular

teens who do not get enough sleep are more likely to behave (27) ………………, without being afraid of consequences.

He even wrote a programme that allowed users to play (34) ……………… the computer.

They set up (39) ……………… Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which looks at areas (40) ……………… education and public health.

This made him one of the richest men in the world. He was born (31) ……………… October 28, 1955, in Seattle

Today, rubber bands (9) started as long rubber tubes, which are then heated (10) but pressed

teens are not able to fall asleep (30) ……………… enough to get eight or more hours of sleep and still reach school on time

It was also strong and waterproof, and the Mexicans used (4) that rubber to make everyday items like shoes and balls.

Thomas Hancock made the first known rubber band (8) on 1843, by slicing a rubber bottle from Mexico into bands.

What is false about Modified Cloze 2?

...the juice of forest plants to make it less brittle, and this made it (2) easiest to (3) shaped the mixture.

Also, many teens do not start to feel (29) ……………… until later in the evening.

What is true about Modified Cloze 1?

Many of them took rubber back to (7) the Europe.

The lack of sleep can also affect teenagers’ mood, causing irritability and (26) ……………… reactions.

Early European explorers were (5)impressive by these creations, as (6) he had never seen rubber before.

While he was in secondary school, Gates became fascinated (33) ……………… what a computer could do,

This helps teens when they are studying for a test, learning an instrument, or (24) ……………… new knowledge

Several factors (28) ……………… to this problem, and these factors may vary from teenager to teenager.

(35) ………………1973, he enrolled at Harvard University to study Law

Given the(25) ……………… of sleep for brain function, it is easy to see why teens who do not get enough sleep tend to suffer

Latex from rubber trees (1) are mixed with the juice of forest plants to make it less brittle, and this made...

He was a bright student (32) ……………… enjoyed reading, and did well in all his subjects in school.

What is NOT tested in Editing?

Teenagers need between 8 to 10 hours of sleep per night in order to maintain their physical health, emotional (22) ……….