Below are pages adapted from, _ Sochi Volunteers * 5 December 2013 Sochi 2014 Volunteer Team is Prepared for Games On international Volunteer Day, 5 December, the Organizing Committee of the Winter Games in Sochi presented the national "Sochi 2014 Volunteer Team", The Sochi 2014 Volunteer Team is complete, consisting of 25,000 volunteers from 26 volunteer centers across Russia as well as global volunteers. * 6 August 2013 Sochi 2014 Sochi 2014 volunteer s meet athletics stars in Moscow Approximately 2,000 Sochi 2014 volunteers will take part in the staging of the World Athletics Championships, which will be held in Moscow from 10-18 August. * 30 May 2013 "Sochi 2014"volunteers on the presentation of the Olympic and Paralympic medals In St. Petersburg during the 11th"Sport Accord", Annual International Sports Convention was held on the presentation of the Olympic and Paralympic medals. * 11 March 2013 Sochi 2014 Volunteer Training Program Launched across Russia On March 11, the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee launched a large-scale project for training 25,000 volunteers for the 2014Games in Sochi. Sochi Culture Activities * International Ballet Stars Gala, 29 January 2014 Year of Russian Culture in the United Kingdom and Year of British Culture. * Sochi 2014 Culture Olympiad to Present History of Sports in Russia, 20 December 2013 As part of the Year of the of the Museum of the Sochi 2014 Cultural Olympiad the " Training the Strength of the Body, Sports and the Romanov Family " exhibition will be open starting from 21 December at the Sochi Art Museum. * Sochi 2014 Cultural Program Culminates in Grand Finale, 16 December 2013 The Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee has presented an entertaining Cultural Program for the guests and participants of the Olympic Games. * Sochi 2014 Games Fans' Anthem will Unite Spectators in the Stands, 31 October 2013 100 days before the start of the first ever Olympic Winter Games in Russia, the Sochi 2014 Cultural Olympiad and General Partner of the Games Sberbank have... From the two boxes, you can learn that the activities were listed according to _ . A) importance B) place C) date D) name
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Searching for airfares often seems like a game that passengers are bound to lose. Prices change from day to day, even minute to minute. Looking through multiple websites for the best deal can be a big challenge. Even when you do book, there's no guarantee that you are going to get the best price. "You just don't know when to _ . It's not like buying anything else I can think of," said George Hobica, founder of Airfarewatchdog.com. Harriet Levy paid $179 for a recent round-trip flight on American Airlines between New York and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Sitting just one row behind her, Shirley Harrison paid $215. A few rows back, Ellis and Dianne Traub paid $317 each. There were at least 12 fares on the flight, ranging from $169 to $360. There's no reason for it, Harrison said. Fares can fluctuate significantly in just a few hours. One Delta flight from New York to Los Angeles jumped from $755 to $1,143 from a Friday to Saturday in late April, then fell to $718 on Sunday. The flight was one of a dozen the Associated Press followed over three months for a vacation between July 16 and 22. The number one finding: avoid booking tickets on weekends. It's the most expensive time to buy. There's no way to guarantee the best fare. But before booking, travelers should pay attention to this additional advice: * Book on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. That's when airlines most often offer sales. * Buy in advance, but not too early. The best time is four to six weeks before traveling. In general, prices for any given flight are highest eight to 10 weeks and two to three weeks in advance. * Make use of social media. Airlines are giving more benefits like exclusive sales to travelers who interact with them on Twitter and Facebook. Those specials are often gone within hours. * The so-called discount airlines - JetBlue, Air-Tran, Southwest and Frontier - adjust their fares less frequently than other airlines, so you can feel more confident that the price will stay the same. But their prices aren't always the lowest.... What can we infer from the first sentence of the text? A) Passengers are unable to search for airfares. B) Airlines often play games with passengers. C) Airfares are set in different situations. D) It's difficult for passengers to get the best price.
D
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I grew up in a neighborhood that many city kids can only dream of: a quiet street that was our adventure park: a street filled with kids whose parents had to drag us inside for dinner, most of the time long after the sun had retired for the night. Our street was also a zoo. There were cats, dogs, birds, fish, sheep, rabbits, horses, not to mention all the little things we caught and decided to keep as pets. But these farm animals weren't just farm animals. They were our friends. Everything was great. I loved my life and never wanted anything to change. Then a day arrived that would ruin everything. The day they said, "We're moving." Dad's job had been relocated, and I would soon be leaving everything I had ever known. I cried. "We are going to live near the beach," I kept hearing, but it was no comfort. I hated my parents for doing this to me, for putting an end to the series of colorful adventures. I watched as removal trucks were filled with boxes my life had been shoved into, but I knew that there was one thing that wouldn't fit into a box. My neighborhood and all the fun and adventure it contained. I forced myself to dislike our new life and insistently referred to our old house as "home". I would give no one the satisfaction of enjoying our new beachfront lifestyle, not my family, my friends or myself. To admit taking pleasure in the new meant to let go off the old. But once I allowed myself to like the town, I grew to love it and I don't want anything to change. But this time, I know it will. And as scary as that may be, it's okay because exciting adventures can happen anywhere. All I have to do is to let them happen. At last the writer came to realize that one should _ . A) keep fun in the past in a box B) accept the change with an open mind C) find ways to enjoy a new life D) start a new life and forget the past
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B