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 blanks fr...

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 blanks from 36 to 40.

        James Watson and Francis Crick set out to solve the structure of DNA by tinkering with toy-like physical models. (36) ____________, they deduced the structure of the double helix. This is an example of how scientific breakthroughs can emerge from something that looks remarkably like play, (37) ____________.

        A growing body of evidence is showing that play is a vital activity. It is associated with the development of cognitive and emotional skills, such as critical thinking, problem-solving, and resilience. (38) ____________, and the main mechanism for them to deal with that unknown is to play, sense, and experiment with things around.

        Evidence is also emerging that certain kinds of play can help children learn as well as formal instruction. Guided play involves a playful educational task where children have freedom of choice, (39) ____________. Research indicates that guided play is as effective as conventional teaching for developing key skills such as literacy, numeracy, and thinking skills.

        There are links, too, between play and creativity, a central pillar of the scientific endeavour. You’re creating, you are experimenting, you are buzzing ideas together. There is an obvious parallel with playing imaginatively or playing with friends. (40) ____________. It eventually won Watson and Crick a Nobel Prize and unlocked one of the greatest mysteries of biology.

(Adapted from https://www.newscientist.com/)

Question 36. 

        A. By following their curiosity and investigating different possibilities

        B. Being investigated into their curiosity to follow different possibilities

        C. If they follow the investigation into different possibilities of curiosity

        D. If their curiosity is followed and investigated by different possibilities

Question 37. 

        A. it is something that often conjures up trivial images

        B. an image or a word which is often conjured up by something trivial

        C. which is a word that often conjures up images of something trivial

        D. an image which is often conjured up by trivial things

Question 38. 

        A. We are uncertain about the world where children are born and thrown into

        B. Children born with uncertainty about the world where they are thrown into

        C. Children are thrown into a world of uncertainty when they are born

        D. When children are born and thrown into the world of uncertainty

Question 39. 

        A. or a learning goal will gently steer them towards adulthood

        B. but are gently steered towards a learning goal by an adult

        C. and are gently steered towards adulthood by a learning goal

        D. while an adult will gently steer it towards a learning goal

Question 40. 

        A. Important as it might turn out to be, playing with wire and cardboard looked like something simple

        B. What looked like simple play with wire and cardboard turned out to be anything but unimportant

        C. Wire and cardboard looked simple but they turned out to be something that was important for playing

        D. The importance of what looked like playing with wire and cardboard turned out to be not that simple