Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Frank Lloyd Wright is often called the father of American modern architecture.He designed buildings and homes across the United States for more than 70 years.He created most of his works from 1900 through the 1950s,but his open-living spaces and imaginative designs still appear very modern today. Last week,the United States nominated 10 of his buildings for the UN Educational,Scientific,and Cultural Organization--or UNESCO--the World Heritage List.The World Heritage List recognizes the most,important cultural and natural sites worldwide. The 10 buildings,titled."Key Works of Modern Architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright,"were built between 1906 and 1969.They include several of his personal homes and studios,churches,government buildings,private residences,and one very famous museum--New York City's Guggenheim Museum. The Solomon R.Guggenheim Museum is one of the most visited sites in New York City.About one million people visit it every year.Frank Lloyd Wright worked on it from 1943 to 1959.It was designed to create a new type of space for new types of art.The museum remains an international symbol of modern architecture that represents Wright's unique design. Many of Mr.Wright's modern buildings and homes in the U.S.Midwest have also become symbols of modern American architecture.Richard Longstreth is the president of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy.He calls Mr.Wrisht"the father of modern architecture,fundamentally redefining the nature of form and space during the early 20th century that would have enduring impacts of modern architecture worldwide." The UNESCO World Heritage Committee will announce its decision in mid-2016.If Frank Lloyd Wright's 10 buildings were chosen for the list,they would be the first World Heritage listings for modem U.S.architecture.The World Heritage List already includes 22 other American sites,including the Grand Canyon,Yellowstone National Park and the Statue of Liberty. Question: In which section of the newspaper can you probably find this article? Options: A: News B: Science C: Biography D: Economy
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: In a recent study, researchers have estimated the energy required to produce bottled water, including the energy required to manufacture plastic, make the plastic into bottles, process the water, fill and seal the bottles, transport the bottles, and chill the bottles for use. Combining all the energy input totals for treatment and distribution, researchers found that producing bottled water requires between 5.6 and 10.2 million joules of energy per liter, depending on transportation factors. That's up to 2, 000 times the energy required to produce tap water. To break down the energy requirements, researchers found that producing the plastic bottles and transporting the bottles greatly dominated the energy input. Although some companies are experimenting with producing lightweight bottles or using recycled materials, the researchers calculated that the manufacturing cost is about 4 million joules of energy per plastic bottle weighing 38 grams, and the cap weighing 2 grams. "Our previous work had suggested that bottled water production was an energy intensive process, but we were surprised to see the results, " the researchers said. Transportation costs vary depending on the distance and mode of transport and both factors depend on the type of bottled water. There are two main kinds of bottled water in the US:"spring water" which comes from an underground spring and "purified water",which is city tap water that has received further treatment. For purified water distributed locally by truck within Los Angeles, the total transportation energy is about 1.4 million joules per liter. In the second situation, spring water shipped from Fiji (such as Fiji Spring Water) across the Pacific to Los Angeles, and then delivered locally by truck requires about 4 million joules per liter for transportation. For the spring water, the transportation energy equaled (in the case of Fiji) the energy required to produce the bottle. With this data, the researchers hope that future studies will have the ability to make specific... Question: To reduce the energy required to produce bottled water, some companies are trying _ . Options: A: to fill tap water into the plastic bottles directly B: to replace the plastic bottles with metal containers C: to produce lightweight bottles with recycled materials D: to use bicycles to transport and deliver bottled water locally
C

Read the article and select the best answer. Article: If you want to express something so unbelievable that it must have been a special effect, you have a new word to add to your vocabulary. It's "Duang", an onomatopoetic word which doesn't relate to any particular Chinese character and refers to a special effect. A video parody adapted from a shampoo commercial featuring Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan spread quickly online, leading Internet users to invent the new word. The video begins with Chan flashing his black, smooth hair, which would have been perfect except that it was not his real hair. Next, a self-satisfied Chan admits, to the repetitive, rhythmical sounds of "Duang", "I refused to approve of this product when they first came to me because of my thin hair, but the director insisted, saying special effects could be used to make my hair look healthy on the screen. Now you see, it's all special effects. It's not real." The original advertisement became the target of punishment by the government for over- spreading the effects of the shampoo after it was broadcast in 2004. "Duang" has now become one of the hottest topics on Sina Weibo, a Twitter-like Chinese social network site among those crazy ones imitating Jackie Chan's speech in different situations. The actor's Weibo account was flooded with comments containing the word in this sweeping online trend. The video came at a time when the famous movie star has been under public attention after trying to save the ill image of his son, Jaycee Chan, who was released from prison this week. Data from Baidu, the major Chinese search engine, also proved the phrase's popularity as it has been searched more than 586,000 times within two days. The word of geili's sudden rise in 2010 caught the attention of international media when it made up for the word's official translation-geilivable-to describe something cool or awesome. It's not the first time that online word has become a regular vocabulary in China. Question: From the passage we know that the new word "geili" is _ . Options: A: only popular in China B: a cool and awesome word C: used by ordinary people D: also widely used abroad
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff they call "books". I was going to have my examination the next day. "When can I go to bed?" I asked myself. I didn't answer. In fact I dared not. The clock struck twelve. "Oh, dear!" I cried. "Ten more books to read before I can go to bed!" We pupils are the most _ creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy. The clock struck one. I was quite desperate now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, "Oh God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen." My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep. Question: The best title for the passage would be _ . Options: A: The Night Before the Examination B: Working Far into the Night C: A Slow Student D: Going Over My Lessons
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