Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Weather changes when the temperature and the amount of water in the atmosphere change. We can see and feel water coming from the atmosphere when we have rain. But the water must somehow get back to the atmosphere. Meteorologists call this the water cycle. There are many stages in the water cycle. Rain falls when water vapour in clouds condenses . Drops of water form and fall to the ground. The water soaks into the ground and feeds streams and rivers. A lot of rain falls into the sea. The heat of the sun evaporates some of the water in the ground and in the rivers, lakes, and the sea. It changes the liquid water into water vapour. The vapour rises onto the air. Water vapour is normally invisible. On a very damp or humid day, however, you can sometimes see water vapour rising from a puddle or pond in a mist above the water. Water vapour also gets into the air from living things. Trees and other plants take in water through their roots and give off water vapour from their leaves. People and land animals drink water and breathe out water vapour. In all these ways the water returns to the air. There it gathers to form clouds and condenses to form rain. The rain falls to earth, and the cycle starts again. It continues even if snow or hail fall instead because both eventually melt to form water. The amount of water vapour in the air depends on the temperature. The air is more moist in the tropics than in the cold polar regions. Question: Whether water vapour can be seen or not depends on _ . Options: A: how much water is evaporated B: how good your eyes are C: in which way water is evaporated D: climate or weather
Ans: D

Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Five-year-old Joe Brown isn't backward at coming forward about what he thinks of his big sisters, Rosie and Matilda. "They're horrible and ugly," he said, with a grin . "Horrible and ugly." Then again, his sisters aren't always over-fond of their young brother, either. "When Joe was born, Matilda said she was going to kill him before he was three because she really envied him," said the eldest, 13-year-old Rosie. "She used to get all the special attention and now she doesn't any more." As for Matilda, 11, she too can be quite cruel. "Joe's the one that's most annoying," she said. It's somehow certain to know that kids act the same no matter who their parents are -- in this case actors Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward. And the couple agreed to let their children have freedom when it came to them participating in a Telling-the-Truth ABC TV program about brothers and sisters. The TV program invites an American expert on the subject, Frank J. Sulloway, who tells how our personalities are often shaped by our order of birth, position in the family and relationships between brothers and sisters. First-borns tend to be conservative , ambitious and close to their parents. Those coming later have to make a conscious effort to be different in order to successfully compete for their parents' attention. As a result, the youngest children tend to end up history's great risk-takers, rebels or movers and shakers. "This kind of relationships is really the key personality-forming relationships of all our lives," said Ms Sauers, a secondary school teacher. "The relationships are generally the longest relationships we have; they go from childhood to old age." "A lot of people feel those relationships really _ because, with brothers and sisters, you can't get away with anything bad." "As for Joe, Rosie and Matilda, their daily battles over clothes, musical instruments, who performs best in sport and parental love are as regular as any other kids." "And considering who their mum and dad are, they're very normal and unaffected." Question: Which of the following is wrong according to the passage? Options: A: Children envy each other and can't get along well enough. B: Joe, Matilda and Rosie's parents are mentioned in the passage. C: Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward are the three children's parents. D: Actors Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward are asked to act Joe, Matilda and Rosie's parents.
Ans: D

Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Contrary to most people' s idea, the air in Coastal cities can be far from fresh and healthful, said a report recently published. University of California Professor Mark Thiemens led the research team. His team. report blames ships that release dirty smoke by burning low-cost, high-sulfur fuel. They directly measured smoke released from a ship. They also tested air at the end of the Scripps Pier .The area is just north of San Diego, which is both a major city and port. The Scripps Pier is also close to waters with heavy shipping traffic and the city of Los Angeles. Los Angeles has the third largest port in the world. Primary sulfate is produced when a ship burns fuel called bunker oil. Bunker oil contains a Large amount of sulfur. Most sulfur released by ships burning bunker oil is a gaseous pollutant--sulfur dioxide. After a time, sulfur dioxide becomes sulfate in the atmosphere. The researchers say this primary sulfate may be only a small part of what ships produce. Professor Thiemens said no one had really expected that ships would be responsible for so many , particulates .He said the extremely small particles ( )are especially threatening. They measure only one and one half microns in size., A micron is one millionth of a meter. The researchers say the particulates can travel long distances because they stay in the atmosphere longer than other pollutants. Professor Thiemens noted that the air of Los Angeles influenced air quality in San Die -go. That distance is almost 180 kilometers. , Primary sulfur particulates can also threaten human health. When people breathe, the particulates stay in their lungs. Other scientists have said that up to 60,000 people around the world die each year from dirty ship smoke. Other gaseous pollutants from ships include nitrogen oxide and carbon dioxide. Earlier this year, a United Nations' report said gases from ships produce more than one billion tons of carbon dioxide every year. Ships are not governed under the Kyoto Protocol, the agreement that establishes... Question: What is the main idea of the passage? Options: A: Coastal cities are ideal places to live in. B: The air quality in coastal cities is worrying. C: Cleaner-burning fuels are welcome in ships. D: The world's oceans' ecosystem is far from satisfactory.
Ans:
B