I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: The extraordinary Eastgate Building in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital city, is said to be the only one in the world to use the same cooling and heating principles as the termite mound . Architect Mick Pearce used precisely the same strategy when designing the Eastgate Building, which has no air-conditioning and almost no heating. The building--the country's largest commercial and shopping complex--uses less than 10% of the energy of a conventional building of its size. The Eastgate's owners saved $3.5 million on a $36 million building because an air-conditioning equipment didn't have to be imported. The complex is actually two buildings linked by bridges across a shady, glass-roofed atrium open to the air. Fans suck fresh air in from the atrium, blow it upstairs through hollow spaces under the floors and from there into each office through baseboard vents . As _ rises and warms, it is drawn out via ceiling vents and finally exists through forty-eight brick chimneys. During summer's cool nights, big fans blow air through the building seven times an hour to cool the empty floors. By day, smaller fans blow two changes of air an hour through the building, to circulate the air which has been in contact with the cool floors. For winter days, there are small heaters in the vents. This is all possible only because Harare is 1600 feet above sea level, has cloudless skies, little dampness and rapid temperature changes--days as warm as 31degC commonly drop to 14degC at night. "You couldn't do this in New York, with its hot summers and cold winters," Pearce said. The engineering firm of Ove Arup&Partners monitors daily temperatures. It is found that the temperature of the building has generally stayed between 23degC and 25degC, with the exception of the annual hot period just before the summer rains in October and three days in November, when a doorkeeper accidentally switched off the fans at night. And the air is fresh--far more so than in air-conditioned buildings, where up to 30% of the air is recycled. Question: Why would a building like Eastgate Not work efficiently in New York? Options: A: New York has less clear skies as Harare. B: Its dampness affects the circulation of air. C: New York covers a larger area than Harare. D: Its temperature changes seasonally rather than daily.
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I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: In 1977, a dead author of detective stories saved the life of a 19-month-old baby in a most unusual way. The author was Agatha Christie, one of the most successful writers of detective stories in the world. In June 1977, a baby girl became seriously ill in Qatar, near Saudi Arabia. Doctors were unable to find out the cause of her illness with confidence, so she was sent to Hammersmith Hospital in London. She was then only semi-conscious and on the "Dangerously Ill" list. A team of doctors hurried to examine the baby only to discover that they, too, were confused by the very unusual symptoms . While they were discussing the baby's case, a nurse asked to speak to them. "Excuse me," said Nurse Marsha Maitlan, "but I think the baby is suffering from thallium poisoning." "What makes you think that?" Dr. Brown asked. "Thallium poisoning is extremely rare." "A few days ago, I was reading a novel called A Pale Horse by Agatha Christie," Nurse Maitlan explained. "In the book, somebody uses thallium poison, and all the symptoms are described. They're exactly the same as the baby's." "You're very thoughtful and you may be right," another doctor said. "We'll carry out some tests and find out whether it's thallium or not." Tests showed that the baby had indeed been poisoned by thallium, a rare metallic substance used in making special glass. Once they knew the cause of the illness, the doctors were able to give the baby the correct treatment. She soon recovered and was sent back to Qatar. Later it was reported that the poison might have come from an insecticide used in Qatar. Question: The one who first suggested the correct cause of the baby's illness was _ . Options: A: a doctor in Qatar B: Dr. Brown C: Nurse Maitlan D: Agatha Christie
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C
Question: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Prices for the Lunar New Year's eve dinners in 2007, the most important dinner for the Chinese people, will be 5 to 9 percent higher as restaurant reservations boom for the festival, Shanghai Morning Post reported on Thursday. This year, the Lunar New Year's eve festival falls on February 17. The tradition meal, know as nianyefan, is for family reunions in prefix = st1 /Chinaand to enjoy a homecoming feast, similar to Christmas dinners in the west. "Agricultural products are more expensive than previous years, and this directly leads to the prices increase of nianyefan," Xia Xiangqing, a senior official with the Shanghai Restaurants Association, told the newspaper, "Labour and transport also cost more." Up till a few years ago, almost every family in the city ate at home or the home of a close , with restaurants shutting down for the evening. However, most families in the city now prefer to head out to a restaurant on that night to save the trouble of cooking and cleaning at home. In fact, "if you haven't reserved a table yet, you may be out of luck as most of the city's restaurants are already booked before the new year," Xia said. "In the past, restaurants decided everything," Xia said. "They sometimes refused to return the customers deposit if they wanted to cancel their reservation." Xia also told the newspaper yesterday that the association is working on some standards for nianyefan to avoid complaints from customers. Question: Which of the follow is TRUE according to the passage? Options: A: Restaurants are usually shut down for the evening during the Spring Festival. B: More and more city families choose to book New Year dinner in restaurants. C: Most of the city's restaurants are already booked from the beginning of a year. D: Restaurants have taken measures to avoid customer complaints this year.
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B