I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Winter solstice, as the name shows, means the coming of winter. As an important solar term in the traditional Chinese calendar, it is also a traditional holiday for Chinese, which is also called "", "","", etc. Generally, winter solstice occurs between December 21st and 23rd. According to the traditional Chinese calendar, five days constitutes a pentad and three pentads constitutes a solar term. One year is divided into twelve periods and twelve climates which are regarded as twenty-four solar terms. The Winter Solstice is one of twenty-four solar terms. On this day, in the Northern Hemisphere the period of daytime is the shortest of the year and the period of night is longest. . In Northern China during winter solstice there is a custom of eating dumplings. Question: There are _ solar terms in a year. Options: A: twelve B: five C: twenty-four D: thirty-one
C
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I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Going to a new school can be difficult, but this passage will help you in the beginning. Here is something to help you to fit in . First, take a day to enjoy your school. You won't fit in at school if you don't know the school. Ask for a school map. Try to get to know every corner of your new school. A good school handhook can be of great help. But to make it easy, ask the people near you where something is--tell people that you are new when you need help. Be nice to everyone. Be nice to everyone, the young or the old, because they might just be your next teacher or friend. Get to know your teachers and pay attention in class. Teachers always pay attention to new students, Talk to them and find out more about them. Never test their limits --don't go too far, or you may end up getting into trouble You need to make friends. Talk to different people. Be yourself and don't lie. This is YOUR school now, take a chance on being who you weren't at your old school. Join a few clubs or sports teams and make more friends in this way. Be yourself and be polite. Don't worry too much about what people think of you. Be true, be yourself, and be nice to everyone, no matter how mean (unfriendly) they may seem at first. It's often the "girl/boy that I didn't like at my new school" that ends up being my friend after a little while. But then again, don't be afraid to stand up for yourself if it's very clear that you should. Work hard to fit in while still being yourself. The first few weeks are always hard, but you'll soon get used to it. Question: It is very easy to find places in your new school by _ . Options: A: looking at a map B: asking people for help C: reading a handbook D: walking around the school
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B
Ques: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Some people like to get up early, but some do not. In fact, it is really good for us to get up early every day. Maybe those who don't like getting up early will not believe this, but it is true. Scientists made a survey in about one thousand people, and then they found that early rising people had less disease than late rising people, and early rising people also look healthier than late rising people, and so on. So we may know early rising is helpful in more than one way. First, it helps to keep us healthy. We all need fresh air. But air is never so fresh as early in the morning. Besides, it is useful to do morning exercises. Secondly, early rising helps us in our studies. In the morning we learn more quickly and find it easier to understand what we learn. Thirdly, early rising can give us a plan of our work for the day. We cannot work well without a good plan. Fourthly; early rising gives us enough time to get ready for our work, such as to wash our hands and faces and eat our breakfast. Late risers may find it difficult to form the habit of early rising. They have to make an effort to do so. As the English proverb says, "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. " Question: Which of the following is the result of early rising? Options: A: People can get ready for their work. B: People can get fresh air. C: People can learn things more quickly and better. D: All of the above.
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I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Mr. Johnson worked in a hospital. Three years ago, when he was sixty-eight, he retired. But a lot of people come to ask him to look them over. He's very busy in the daytime and he wants to have a good rest at night. Half a year ago a young man moved in the room upstairs. At first he was quiet. The old man was satisfied with him. But now he has several friends. They often came to see him in the evening. They talked loudly, sang and danced. Mr Johnson was unhappy, but he didn't say anything. It was the young man's birthday yesterday. All his friends came at seven in the evening. They drank too much and made a lot of noise. The old man couldn't fall asleep the whole night. This morning, as soon as he got up, he went upstairs and began to knock at the door. The young man opened for him and asked him to come in. "Did you hear me beat the ceiling last night, young man?" asked Mr Johnson. "It doesn't matter, sir," said the young man, " I don't mind it. It was very noisy in my room, too." Question: A lot of people come to ask Mr Johnson to look them over because _ . Options: A: he's kind to them B: he's very polite C: they don't pay him for it D: his medical skill is good
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D
Ques: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: It's not just women who wear skirts. Men can wear them, too. In Scotland, men wear a kind of skirt called a kilt. The kilt is their national dress and an important part of their tradition . A kilt is a colored skirt reaching down to the knees . It has checks on it with different colors, like red or blue. Each family in Scotland has its own colors. How did the Scots start to wear kilts? There are many stories about it. One story is that the kilt was invented in the 1720s by an English factory owner, Thomas Rawlinson. Rawlinson had a lot of Scottish workers in his factory and he thought their clothing _ their work. So he cut their long clothes into a shorter skirt. Today, most Scotsmen see kilts as formal dresses. They usually only wear them at weddings or big dinners. There are only a few men who still wear a kilt every day. Scots also wear kilts in parades when they play their traditional musical instrument : bagpipes . The army still has kilts as the dress uniform , but they no longer wear them to fight . Question: In Scotland, different families have different _ . Options: A: colors B: checks C: rules D: shapes
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A