Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Giving bad news is a difficult ball game. To help you get through an already difficult situation, try these tips when you have to tell someone bad news. Think about your audience. People respond differently to bad news. Think about who you're talking to and how best to pass on unpleasant information to that person. Consider the news. Are you the best person to give this news? If not, then you should consider letting others do it. Remember, however, that if you're talking to someone about your relationship, there is no other choice. It is something you yourself have to face. Look for an appropriate moment to break the news. You don't tell the bride her grandfather died right before she walks down the passage. Wait until the time is right and you are at a private place where you won't be interrupted. Find a chair. No one should be standing when receiving bad news. Go straightforward. Give bad news the same way you take off a bandage: QUICKLY. Say that you have bad news and then tell it. Don't leave the receiver twisting in the wind. Let it sink in. Many people mentally shut down when hearing bad news. There's no reason to keep talking if someone can't hear you any more. Be ready for anything. Your audience may do nothing or may instead scream and throw things when you give unwelcome news. You just never know. If things get out of hand, you may need to temporarily excuse yourself or seek the help of friends or s. Offer your help. Let people know you are there for them. If you're breaking up with someone, however, you should consider skipping this step, because the last thing she'll want is your help. Question: The proper way to express your dissatisfaction with your best friend is to _ . Answer: | OPTIONS:
- think about his reaction and avoid letting him know it
- go to your friend and let him know your dissatisfaction
- try to find someone else to pass on your dissatisfaction
- consider you are the best person to tell the truth
A: go to your friend and let him know your dissatisfaction

Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the guestroom. Instead the angels were given some space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied,"Things aren't always what they seem." The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer. After sharing a little food they had, the farmer and his wife let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night's rest. When the sun came up the next morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their only income, lay dead in the field. The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel, "How could this happen?" "Why didn't you watch out for the cow? The first family had everything, yet you watched over his house," she accused . "The second family had little but was willing to share everything, you didn't help." "Things aren't always what they seem," the angel replied. "When we stayed in the basement, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so greedy and unwilling to share his good fortune, I asked God if I could seal the wall so he wouldn't find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer's bed, the angel of death came for his wife. I asked God if the angel could take the cow instead. So things aren't always what they seem." Question: Why did the older angel let the farmer's cow die? Answer: | OPTIONS:
- Because God wanted the older angel to take the cow.
- Because she wanted to teach the younger angel a lesson.
- Because she wanted to save the farmer's wife.
- Because she was sympathetic to the rich.
A: Because she wanted to save the farmer's wife.

Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: "The child has become part of the management of family life, "says Adele Schwartz, researchdirector for Stars for Kids, a children's market---research firm. "This is a big role change in family life. Housework is changing. It used to be to take out the garbage and walk the dog. This is a little bit bigger than that." Three---quarters of students between the ages of 8 and 14 say they have completed an online transaction ,according to a national survey on May 9. Nearly one---fourth of the 6,000 young people asked say they shop with their parents' credit cards, 26 percent use gift cards, and 8 percent say they use their own credit card. Almost half say they help with electronic transactions because their parents are helpless online. One--third help because their parents don't have enough time to shop. "Kids do a large amount of comparison shopping,"Ms. Schwartz says, "including clothing, household items, family vacations, and even large items like a car. All this cyber---help "clearly gives kids a power that they might not have had before,"says Gary Rudman, in San Francisco. "Parents still make the decisions, but kids have more and more effect than ever before, because they have access to information. They are more involved with the household, so they have more effect on some of the decisions." Parents have different opinions about letting their children use credit cards online. Mr. Rudman says, "Some parents are open to it, others are not for it." Like many parents, Mrs, Hanstein keeps a watchful eye on Jacob's Internet use."he loves toorder something, but it's always with our guidance. He doesn't understand that a lot of the pop--up advertisement 'You've won this!'or 'You can get this for $1.'is a scam." Question: According to Mrs. Hanstein, _ . Answer: | OPTIONS:
- kids shouldn't order anything online.
- kids should go shopping online considering their parents' advice.
- pop--up advertisement is something useful.
- kids should make full use of the pop--up advertisement.
A: kids should go shopping online considering their parents' advice.

Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public. Not only does he want to say it well, but he wants it to be something that has not been said before. He hopes that the public will listen and understand ----he wants to teach them, and he wants them to learn from him. What visional artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain, because painters translate their experience into shapes and colors, not words. They seem to feel that a certain choice of shapes and colors, out of the countless billions possible, is very interesting for them and worth showing to us. Without their work we should never have noticed these particular shapes and colors, or have felt the delight which they brought to the artists. Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in movement and at rest; their choices show that these aspects of the world are worth looking at, that they contain beautiful sights. Modern artists might say that they only choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern, that there is nothing more in it. Yet even they do not choose totally without thinking about the character of their subjects. If one painter chooses to paint a decaying leg and another a lake in moonlight, each of them is directing our attention to a certain aspect of the world . Each painter is telling us something, showing us something, emphasizing something - all of which means that, consciously or unconsciously, he is trying to teach us. Question: Which of the following is implied but NOT directly stated in the passage? Answer: | OPTIONS:
- A painting is more easily understood than a song
- Art is only the arranging of shapes and colors
- Every artist tries to say something to the public
- One must look beyond shapes and colors to find out what an artist is saying
A: One must look beyond shapes and colors to find out what an artist is saying