Question 13: a. Zara: Fair for whom, though? The people winning most are often those with quiet homes, strong Wi-Fi, and visas that do not b...

Question 13:

a. Zara: Fair for whom, though? The people winning most are often those with quiet homes, strong Wi-Fi, and visas that do not block movement.

b. Owen: Remote work was supposed to erase geography, so why does it still feel selective?

c. Owen: Exactly, which means distance matters less now, but private advantages matter far more than companies admit.

A. a – b – c        B. b – a – c        C. c – a – b        D. b – c – a

Question 14:

a. Maya: I think that view misses something important: many young workers simply refuse to treat burnout as evidence of character, which older workplaces praised too easily.

b. Eric: What do you make of managers who say Gen Z wants balance only because it cannot handle pressure?

c. Maya: True, but that does not cancel the broader point that many young workers still chase difficult goals, just on terms that do less damage.

d. Eric: That is convincing, yet some people still use boundaries as a shield when effort becomes repetitive or uncomfortable.

e. Eric: Fair enough, so the real divide may be between unhealthy loyalty to work and ambition with limits.

A. a – b – c – d – e        B. d – a – b – c – e        C. b – a – d – c – e        D. b – a – e – c – d

Question 15:

Dear Aunt Elena,

I hope your new apartment feels more like home each week.

a. Walking through our old district now feels strange, because the cafés are fuller, the sidewalks look cleaner, and yet fewer familiar faces remain.

b. Last month, a real estate firm offered to buy our building, and the amount sounded absurd until my parents admitted several neighbors had already sold.

c. The city says rising values mean progress, but that word feels thin when people who built the area can no longer afford to stay in it.

d. I keep wondering whether a city belongs more to those who invest in its future or to those who have given it daily life for decades.

e. Even the grocery shop near the station is becoming a design showroom, which makes the whole street look wealthier and less lived in at the same time.

Warmly,
Sofia

A. c – a – e – d – b        B.  b – c – a – e – d        C. b – a – c – e – d        D. b – e – a – c – d

Question 16:

a. In practice, though, the badge of being green often comes with an entry fee: electric cars need charging access, solar panels need property, and organic food usually costs more than the fastest cheap option.

b. That is why the debate is not only about personal choice but also about infrastructure, pricing, and who is expected to carry the burden of saving the planet.

c. Green living is advertised as a moral upgrade, as if buying the right products were enough to place someone on the responsible side of history.

d. When environmental virtue is packaged through expensive technology and premium branding, it can quietly turn into a lifestyle that flatters the wealthy while judging everyone else.

e. Many people do care deeply about waste, transport, and energy use, yet care alone does not erase the gap between what people support in theory and what they can afford in daily life.

A. c – e – a – b – d        B. c – a – d – e – b        C. c – a – e – d – b        D. a – c – b – d – e

Question 17:

a. What makes these stories powerful is not only the distance traveled but the evidence that discipline, timing, and imagination can matter even under pressure.

b. Yet those same narratives become dangerous when they are used as proof that structural unfairness is merely an excuse, because one exceptional outcome cannot cancel the weight of unequal schools, unstable housing, weak healthcare, or inherited debt.

c. A person who rises from poverty into influence often becomes the kind of symbol people repeat with relief, as if one life could settle an argument about justice.

d. The problem begins when inspiration hardens into ideology: admiration for resilience slowly shifts into a demand that everyone should overcome hardship beautifully, quietly, and without asking what should have been different in the first place.

e. So the most honest way to read such a life is to hold two truths together at once: the achievement deserves respect, and the system that made that climb so unlikely still deserves scrutiny.

A. c – a – d – b – e        B. a – c – b – e – d        C. c – d – e – b – a        D. c – a – b – d – e