I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: In rainy London, always carry your "brolly" BIG Ben, the Queen, a plate of ham and eggs-no, no, no. If you're looking for a symbol of Britain, only one thing passes the test-the umbrella. Now, I know what you're thinking--we have rain in China and we have umbrellas too. Certainly, I will never forget the way it rained when I lived in Beijing:the sweets became instant rivers and the sky flashed with lightning for hours on end. People dove for cover under bin bags, the shops were emptied of their plastic ponchos within seconds,and I found myself soaked from head to foot, my poorly-chosen skirt and T-shirt now totally see-through. This would never have happened in Britain. For one thing, during my year in Beijing, it only really rained at about 10 times. But although we never get a Beijing-style washout in London, the drizzle that does fall is all but constant. Even when the sky is perfectly blue, you can be sure it's going to cloud over and start drizzling again within the hour. And when it does, there is chaos. Trains stop, drains block, and buses break down as if this was the first time the local authorities had seen this wet stuff coming out of the clouds. So--as with so many things in the UK-it's up to ordinary people to sort themselves out. No self-respecting Briton will ever leave home without his "brolly" ---as the umbrella is affectionately known. A brolly has hundreds of uses, even on rare rain-free days. A real gentleman of London will use his umbrella as a walking stick. A traditional game of cricket can be played using an umbrella as a hat. Nor do you ever have to be afraid of robbers-your umbrella doubles as a defensive weapon. There is no brolly more British than my own. But it's not from London or Manchester or any where in the UK. It was a gift from my Chinese teacher--in Beijing. How fitting that my No. l symbol of Brutishness-like almost everything in Britain-was made in China. Question: The author mentioned her rainy weather experience in Beijing to show that _ Options: A: many foreigners have embarrassing moments living in Beijing B: British people are more used to rainy weather than Chinese people C: the rain in Beijing is usually much heavier than the rain in London D: both Beijing and Londoners have unpleasant experience with sudden rain
B
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I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Bats are impressive creatures. They are known to carry dangerous diseases like SARS without getting sick. So researchers wanted to know: How do bats fight off so many deadly diseases? Learning their secret could help doctors better treat humans who have these diseases, therefore saving millions of lives. To solve this problem, a team of researchers from Australia and China analyzed bat DNA. The scientists studied two kinds of bats--the Australian megabat, known as the flying fox, and the Chinese microbat. The scientists then arranged the bat genome in order by comparing their DNA. The researchers now think that the special immunity to illness that bats have may be connected to their ability to fly. Bats are the only mammals that can truly fly. Flying uses up a lot of energy. The energy burned for flying produces something in the animal called free radicals . Free radicals can damage DNA and lead to diseases such as cancer. However, bats are not affected by free radicals produced during flight. The reason is that bats carry special genes to repair any damaged DNA. Scientists think that because bats fly and produce free radicals, they've evolved to carry genes that shaped their special immune system. "We're thinking that the evolution of flight led to a sort of effect, influencing not only the immune system but also things like aging and cancer," says Chris Cowled, of the Australian Animal Health Laboratory. "We think we've really found something special." Researchers believe that this discovery might one day be key to helping humans fight diseases such as cancer that attack the immune system and damage DNA. Question: What's true about bats according to the passage? Options: A: They carry many deadly diseases like SARS so it's easy for them to get sick. B: Bats are the only animals that can tell directions easily. C: Bats are among the mammals that can truly fly. D: Researchers studied bats to help save people.
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D
I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: We were on our way home from Houston one Saturday morning. We decided to stop at a local gas station to get coffee and something to snack on since it was a good hour and a half before we got home. When we were done, we got back into our car and before I started it, we noticed a man standing outside in front of the building. He was a homeless man with worn clothes and it looked like he had gone in and gotten himself some coffee or something warm to drink since it was cold this time of the year. He must have not had enough money to get something to eat. Then a dog walked up to the front of the building. I could tell she was a "she", because you could tell that she had baby dogs. She was terribly in need of something to eat and I felt so bad for her. I knew if she didn't eat soon, she and her baby dogs would not make it. I and my wife sat there and looked at her. We noticed that people walked by and didn't even pet her, like most people do when they walk by an animal in front of a store. We still did not do anything. But the homeless man, who I thought did not buy himself anything to eat, went back into the store. And what he did brought tears to me and my wife. He had gone into the store and with what money he may have had, bought a can of dog food and fed that dog. This story plays a great part in our lives. You see, that was Mother's Day weekend. And a lot of people forget that some animals are parents too. It took a homeless man, to show me what I should have done. He make me a better man that day. Question: Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage? Options: A: A kind Homeless Man B: A Lucky Mother Dog C: Mother Day's Weekend D: Animals Are Parents Too
D