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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Long long ago, a king had a big rock placed in the middle of a very busy road. Then he hid nearby to see if anyone would move the rock out of the way to make it convenient for others. Some of the king's wealthiest supporters came past and simply walked around it. Many others complained about the rock and some blamed the king for the problem. To the king's surprise, no one did anything about moving it out of the way. Finally, a poor farmer came along, carrying a load of old vegetables. When he saw the rock, he put down his load, and tried to move the heavy rock to the side of the road. No one stopped to help him. Many laughed at him and made jokes as they walked past. Finally, after much pushing and straining, and with no help , the farmer managed to get the rock to the side of the road. As he bent down to pick up his vegetables, he noticed a small bag lying in the road, exactly where the rock had been. There was a lot of money and a note in the bag. The note was from the king saying that the money was for the person who moved the rock out of the way. Taking responsibility is about solving hard problems. The farmer takes responsibility when no one else is prepared to. It does not always mean that you will get an instant reward, but it is a value that builds up a community, and makes life better for all of us. Question: Why did the king put a big rock in the middle of the road? Options: A: To see if anyone would move the rock away. B: To see who was the most powerful. C: To find out who was the most poorest. D: To see how people walked around it.
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A

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: A mother and her young son get into a bus in a small city and sit down. The bus conductor comes to them for their money. The mother says: "I want one ticket to the zoo " and gives him two yuan. The conductor looks at the small boy for a few seconds and then says to him, "How old are you ,young man?" The mother begins to speak, but the conductor stops her, The boy says: "I'm four years old at home, and two in the buses." At last the mother has to take one yuan out of her pocket and gives it to the conductor. Question: Why does the conductor look at the small boy for a few seconds? Options: A: She likes him. B: She thinks the boy need to buy a half-price ticket. C: She knows the small boy. D: She saw the boy somewhere.
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B

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Joe and his friends were on their way to the Red Cross Headquarters to take the test for the first- aid badge .They had worked and practiced very hard the whole year and were confident that they would do well for their test. On their way to the test place, they saw a hit - and - run accident. A taxi driver had sped through the red light and almost hit a schoolboy, However, he could not stop in time to avoid a motorcycle that had turned round the corner. The passenger at the back was thrown off the motorcycle and landed heavily on the ground. The taxi driver was frightened and drove off. Everyone on the street was greatly surprised. Joe realized that they should take action when he saw the victim bled heavily. "Come on," he said to his friends and wanted them to follow him but they didn't move. Joe knew what they were thinking. They would have to wait for another year if they were to miss the test. "Which is more important? A man's life or a badge?" Joe asked his friends. The question made his friends feel small. The victim had a deep cut on his head. Joe and his friends dressed his wound to stop the bleeding while waiting for the hospital car to arrive. This was what the Red Cross Society had trained them for. Question: What did Joe and his friends do for the victim? Options: A: They took him to the hospital. B: They stopped the bleeding for him. C: They did nothing for him. D: They made a phone call to his family.
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B

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: On June 26, 2000, two scientists, called Francis Collins and Craig Venter, told the world that they could read the whole "map" of the human body: DNA. DNA is something that everybody has, and it tells the body what to do. DNA is the reason that we look like our mother and father, because we get some of their DNA to make our own. People have been trying to understand the human body for a long time. In 1860, Gregor Mendel discovered a special reason why we look the same as other people in our family. It is because of small things named "genes" in our body. In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick made another discovery and found out that those small parts are real messages written in the DNA with a special language. In 1961, Marshall Nirenberg and Johann Matthaci found a message in DNA showing how DNA tells the cell to build its parts. Scientists have now found all the words in the DNA map, but we still do not understand what they all do. By understanding what just one "word" means, we can help save more people from several illnesses. Most people hope that this will help make better medicine and help sick people. Other people worry that when people begin to know more words and find out lots of other information, we might use it in a wrong way, just to make people more attractive, or stop sick people from getting jobs. Man would have to meet a lot of trouble if DNA technic wasn't limited in use. Question: What can we do if we understand some " words" of the language inside the body Options: A: Make people get new jobs. B: Make medicine for illnesses. C: Make maps of human. D: Make people less attractive.
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B