Read the article and select the best answer. Article: American parents generally can choose any name they want for their children. They may choose a name because it honors a family member. Or they may choose a name just because they like it. A website called Baby Center lists some unusual names given to American babies born last year. Some were named for characters in old stories, such as Hero, Thor and Ulysses. Other people named their babies after kinds of food, like actress Gwyneth Paltrow. She named her daughter Apple. Other people named their babies Banana, Pumpkin and Cookie. Still some babies were named for places. These included Brazil, India and Rome. Some parents used names of famous people from history such as Newton and Hannibal. Other parents named their babies after flowers or the weather. These babies were named Buttercup, Iris, Sunshine and Thunder. Recording artists and movie actors influence some parents' choices of names. Babies were named Beyonce, Charlize, Reda, Pierce, Shajira and Whitney. Movie actors themselves often give their babies unusual names. For example, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt named their baby daughter Shiloh. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes named their little girl Suri. Some American parents do not want unusual names. They want their baby's name to honor their religious faith. Such names include Abraham for boys or Sarah for girls. And many people give their babies the same name as a family member or good friend. The United States Social Security Administration once published a list of the most popular names for American girls and boys born. Many of the top ten boys, names are from the Jewish and Christian Bibles. Question: How did American parents usually name their children? Options: A: In a way they please. B: In a scientific way. C: In a careless way. D: In a common way
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: An ly amazing performance! Candy,Please read the story first and chick on the link at the bottom and enjoy! The lady in her 30s was a dancer and was trained since she was a little girl. Later she got into some kind of audient and lost her entire left arm. She was depressed for a few years.Then someone asked her to coach a children's dancing group. From that point on, she realized she could not forget dancing. She still loved to dance.She wanted to dance again.So she started to do some of her old routines. But by her losing an arm,She also lost her balance. It took a while before she could even make simple turns without falling. Eventually she got it. Then she heard some guy in his 20s had lost a 1eg in an accident.This guy also fell into depression and anger. She looked him up and persuaded him to dance with her. He had never danced! "And to dance with one leg ? Are you joking with me? "No way," he replied. But she didn't give up. He reluctantly agreed, "I have nothing else to do anyway."She started to teach him dancing.The two fell down a few times because the guy had no concept of using muscle, controlling his body,and a few other basic things about dancing.When she became frustrated and lost patience with him,he would walk out. Later they got back together again and started training. They hired a choreographer to design routines for them.She would fly high,held by him with both arms, flying in the air. He could bend,supported by one leg and she was leaning on him,etc.They danced beautifully and they beat other students in the competition. I would like to share with you the most magnificent an touching performance I have ever seen! It is a living proof that strong spirit can conquer physical limitations! Question: What is the attitude of the writer toward the two dancers? Options: A: Admirable. B: Curious. C: Critical. D: Indifferent
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Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Museums in Texas Depot Museum And Children's Discovery Center The museum is in the depot's waiting room and office. The warehouse is a hands-on learning center. See the 1908 "Arnold Outhouse", log cabin, doctor's office, dogtrot cabin, oil derrick, cotton gin, print shop, and syrup mill. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sat. Admission charge. Address: 514 N. High St. in the restored 1901 Missouri Pacific Railroad depot, Henderson Phone: 903/657-4303 Tex-Ark Antique Auto Museum It is designed to preserve, collect, operate and interpret a collection of autos and auto transportation equipment. Library and archive collection available. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. and 1-5 p.m. Sun. Admission charge. Address: 217 Laurel St., Texarkana Phone: 903/938-9201 Jefferson Historical Society Museum Find four floors of documents and antiques, including mementos of pioneer days, early steamboat commerce and antebellum society. See paintings and sculpture from the D.D. Feldman collection. It also has an outstanding doll collection. Open 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily. Admission charge. Address: Old Federal Building, Austin and Market streets, Jefferson Phone: 903/665-2775 The Woodlands Children's Museum The museum provides hands-on, interactive exhibits designed to immerse children and adults in play that stimulates curiosity and provides opportunities for learning in a nurturing environment. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Sat. and noon-5 p.m. Sun.[:##] Admission charge. Address: 4775 W. Panther Creek Drive, the Woodlands Phone: 281/465-0955 Question: What do the four museums have in common? Options: A: They all have a long history. B: They all charge for admission. C: They all provide hands-on programmes. D: They are all in the same city.
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Stagnant scientific education endangers U.S. economic leadership, says a report by leading business and science figures. Released at a congressional meeting attended by senators and Congress members of both parties, the report updates a 2005 science education report that led to moves to double federal research funding. Nevertheless, the Rising Above the Gathering Stormreview finds little improvement in U.S. elementary and secondary technical education since then. "Our nation's future has worsened," concludes the report panel headed by former Lockheed chief Martin Norman Augustine. The report "paints a discouraging future for America if it were to continue on the _ path it has been following'': * U.S. K-12 education in mathematics and science ranks 48thworldwide. * 49%of U.S. adults don't know how long it takes for the Earth to circle the sun. Although US school achievement scores have stagnated, harming the economy as employers look elsewhere for competent workers, the report says that other nations have made gains. If the USA's students matched Finland's, for example, analysis suggests the US economy would grow 9%-16%. "The real point is that we have to have a well-educated workforce to create opportunities for young people," says Charles Vest,head of the National Academy of Engineering, a report sponsor. "Otherwise, we don't have a chance." "The current economic crisis makes the link between education and employment very clear,'' says Steven Newton of the National Center for Science Education in Oakland. In 2007, however, an analysis led by B. Lindsay Lowell of Georgetown University found that worries about US science education were overblown . It saw three times more science and engineering college graduates than job openings each year. Other reports have found top science and engineering students migrating to better-paying jobs in finance, law and medicine since the 1900s. Question: What would be the best title for the passage? Options: A: Poor science education harms US economy B: America's future will become worse C: Experts' worries about US science education D: The connection between education and employment
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