Ques: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Gateway Academy Pre-Sessional Courses Our pre-sessional courses are ideal for students who have a conditional place at a British university, but who need to achieve a certain level of English in order to be accepted. The course aims to provide students with the English language and study skills that they need in order to be successful at university or another academic establishment. It is important to note that completion of the course does not guarantee students' entrance into a university. It is necessary for students to show during the course that they have understood the information and skills that they have been taught, and can apply them to their work. Pre-sessional students at Gateway Academy will benefit from: * Small class sizes (no more than 10 students per class) * Twenty three hours of tuition per week * Individual support and tutorials * Regular guest lecturers * The use of the Academy's study and recreational facilities, including the Language Library, the computer suite, and the academy's sports facilities. * A varied social programme including evening entertainments and weekend excursions to popular tourist attractions and cities such as Stonehenge, Oxford and Stratford-on-Avon. The course offers an all-around approach to learning, and covers reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. During the course, students will receive instruction on important techniques such as summary-writing, analysing essay titles, organising writing, note-taking in lectures, giving seminars and making presentations. Students will gain experience in working both individually and in groups. As part of the course, all students will work towards a 5000-word project in their own field of study. Students will receive guidance from their tutors on how best to conduct research and write it up effectively. Students will also work towards a presentation on the same subject. There is no final examination. The attendance, successful completion of assignments and participation in class will be taken into account.... Question: Students who take the course will probably _ . Options: A: make an overall improvement in English B: get chances to travel everywhere C: teach themselves in their own field of study D: take interest in making presantations
Ans: A

Ques: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Jonathan James looks like just another kid about to graduate from high school. But this 19-year-old Swede is anything but ordinary, from the computer in his parents' home he helps the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) find out the world's most wanted cyber criminals . Jonathan first made headlines when he and another Swede, Fredrik Bjoerck, found out the maker of the "Melissa" virus in March 1999. He came to the aid of the FBI again on May 7, finding out the suspected sender of the dangerous "I LOVE YOU" virus. The suspect was caught in Manila on May 8. Jonathan's special skills are in hot demand as officials around the world express alarm at the "virtual" crimewave. In between studying for final exams, hanging out with friends and refereeing his younger brother's football matches, the quiet, gentle teenager also gives lessons on e-security to large companies. He reads a lot and exchanges information with other computer experts to know much about the latest tricks of the hacker trade. Many companies have already tried to employ him, but he is not interested at the moment. Instead, he plans to begin law school in the autumn at Sweden's Uppsala University and start up his own e-security company. Although he works with the FBI now, his family insists he's just "a regular kid". "Jonathan is a great kid, he has his friends and he does a lot more than just play with the computer," his little sister Tessa said, adding that he helps the FBI because "he likes to help", not because he's looking for fame and recognition. When the world was hit by the "Love Bug" virus, Jonathan was too busy preparing a speech on e-security to look into the problem. "Finally on May 7, I had some free time, so I began looking." Within a few hours, he had found the suspect and e-mailed his method and results to the FBI. He said his work on the "Melissa" virus, which took three weeks to solve, was a big help in finding the suspect so quickly. "This time I knew exactly where to start, I knew what to disregard and what to look at." Question: The passage mainly wants to tell us that _ . Options: A: Swedish kid helps FBI find out the most wanted cyber criminals B: Jonathan is really a quiet, gentle and ordinary boy C: many companies want the young computer expert to join in D: any cyber criminals will surely be found out wherever they are
Ans: A

Ques: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: "Angie, I know you like to sing," her father, a worker, told Angela Brown, "but you must have something to fall back on ." Brown took her father's advice. She got a degree in secretarial science before entering Oakwood College, in Huntsville, Alabama. However, her aim was to become a singer at religious meetings. So after graduation she headed for Indiana University to study with the famous soprano Virginia Zeani. Once, when Brown was troubled by self-doubt, Zeani said to her, "If you want to be the next Aretha Franklin, you need no more lessons," Brown remembers her saying. "But if you want to be the best Verdian soprano this world has ever seen, you must work." Work she did. Three times she competed in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions . Three times she failed to make the final round in New York. Then, in 1997 at age 33, the age limit for sopranos to audition, she gave it one more try. She signed up at the last minute and didn't even practice, thinking, "All they could do was to tell me no, and that didn't hurt my feelings anymore." She had the strength she needed to fall back on if she failed. She won. But making it in New York was just the beginning. It took her three more years to become an understudy at the Met. But waiting in the wings was fine with her. Finally, her time came. When the featured singer fell ill, Brown earned the chance to sing the lead role in Aida. And The New York Times described her performance as a great success. Angela Brown, who had prepared for 20 years, was an "overnight" successful singer at age 40. Question: Which of the following sayings can best express the message of the passage? Options: A: No pains, no gains. B: The early bird catches the worm. C: Never too old to learn, never too late to turn D: Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
Ans:
C