Read the article and select the best answer. Article: On New Year's Eve At midnight on New Year's Eve, people in Rome, Italy, throw out all the things they no longer want. The streets are filled with old chairs, beds, clothes and dishes. In Madrid, Spain, the new year comes in more quietly. People flock to the main square. Each holds a bag of grapes. As the clock strikes twelve, the people eat the grapes-- one for each stroke. In Tokyo people eat noodles on New Year's Eve. This food is said to bring long life. Early the next morning, some Japanese families climb Mount Fuji. There they watch the first sunrise of the new year. Question: People in both Spain and Japan bring in the new year by _ . Options: A: throwing things away B: eating a special food C: climbing a mountain D: watching the first sunrise
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: There seems never to have been a civilization without toys, but when and how they developed is unknown. They probably came about just to give children something to do. In the ancient world, as is today, most boys played with some kinds of toys and most girls with another. In societies where social roles are rigidly determined, boys pattern their play after the activities of their fathers and girls are being prepared, even in play, to step into the roles and responsibilities of the adult world. What is remarkable about the history of toys is not so much how they changed over the centuries but how much they have remained the same. The changes have been mostly in terms of craftsmanship, mechanics, and technology. It is the universality of toys with regard to their development in all parts of the world and their persistence to the present that is amazing. In Egypt, America, China, Japan and among the Arctic people, generally the same kinds of toys appeared. Differences depended on local customs and way of life because toys imitate their surrounding. Nearly every civilization had dolls, little weapons, toy soldiers, tiny animals and vehicles. Because toys can be generally regarded as a kind of art form, they have not been subject to technological leaps that characterize(...) inventions for adult use. The progress from the wheel to the cart to the automobile is a direct line of ways up. The progress from a rattle used by a baby in 3,000 BC to one used by an infant today, however, is not characterized by inventiveness. Each rattle is the product of the artistic tastes of the time and subject to the limitations of available materials. Question: The reason why the toys most boys play with are different from those that girls play with is that _ . Options: A: boys like to play with their fathers while girl with their mothers B: they like challenging activities C: most boys would like to follow their fathers' professions D: their social roles are rigidly determined
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: US President Barack Obama visited the Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing on Nov. 18th, 2009. The Great Wall was the second sightseeing program for Obama during his visit to China. Built originally as the biggest defense work in ancient China, the Great Wall today has become one of the _ places for visiting foreign leaders to the country in the past sixty years. " I'm inspired by the majesty of the Great Wall and gratefu1 for the warmth of the Chinese people," Obama said after his half-hour tour. "It's magical," Obama said when walking along the Great Wall, "it reminds you of the sweep of history and our time here on earth is not that long. We better make the best of it." "I brought back the admiration for the Chinese civilization , I bring here the greetings of American people." Obama said when climbing a watchtower to enjoy a distant view at the Badaling section of the Great Wall. Obama is the fifth US president to visit the Great Wall. Richard Nixon visited the Great Wall in 1972, Ronald Reagan in 1984 and Bill Clinton in 1998, In 2002, former US President George W. Bush and his wife Laura toured the same sections Obama did. Question: What's the best title for the passage? Options: A: Barack Obama Visited the Great Wall B: History of the Great Wall C: US Presidents who once visited the Great Wall D: Get to Know the Chinese Civilization
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