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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: The introduction to Music Bibliography Site Welcome to the introduction to Music Bibliography Site. In the site Friedheim Library will establish Music Bibliography Course. This year four sections of this course will be offered: two sections in fall and two sections in spring. Time and Place Section 1: Tues. & Thurs. 9:30---10:20 a.m. (Room 214) Section 2: Wed. & Fri. 4:30---5:20 p.m. (Room 116) The goals of Music Bibliography To build a tool box of music reference sources To write an article with footnotes/endnotes and a bibliography about a major musical work. Note: The Music Bibliography Site serves all the teachers and students of the Peabody Conservatory of Music. ID card is required. If you are a student with a disability for which you require accommodations , please contact Dr. Eileen Soskin, Associtate Dean for Academic Affairs, the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University at 410-659-8100, extension 4405, at website esoskin@peabody.jhu.edu, or Ms Peggy Hayeslip, University Coordinator of Disability Services on the Homewood Campus of the Johns Hopkins University at 410-516-6225, at website phayeslip@jhu.edu to discuss reasonable and appropriate accommodations. Question: If somebody wants to get in touch with Dr. Eileen Soskin, he can dial _ . Options: A: 410-516-6225 B: 410-659-8100 C: 410-659-8100, extension 405 D: 410-659-8100, extension 4405
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: There are a lot of social networking sites these days. In order to make relationships between people strong, sites like Facebook, Twitter and QQ have become a daily "must visit" site. In fact, many people spend all day in front of the computer or are busy with their phones only to spend time on these sites. Social networking sites provide facilities that enable people to communicate with their friends without spending time meeting them in person. In addition, they can play games. But what is quite surprising is that these sites not only give you pleasure, but can also increase risks of diseases in your body. Despite their primary purpose, these sites make people more isolated . "Sending a message through sites can cause side effects that are very big in the body's biological changes," said Dr Aric Sigman, a psychologist, according to DailyMail. Increased isolation may alter the workings of immune response to the feelings of anger and others. People become angry easily. In the journal, Dr. Sigman says that it can increase the risk of cancer, strokes, heart attacks and dementia . Researchers found that the amount of time people used to meet face to face had decreased greatly since the increased use of the electronic media in 1987. To save time, people prefer to meet virtually rather than face to face; Education today even uses an online system that allows school-aged children not to come out of their rooms. Parents spend less time with their children, like the cases in England. The habit of having dinner together decreases, while the number of people who choose to work online at home increases. "The electronic media may also reduce the ability of children and adults in social interaction, as long as they are isolated. Social networking sites should help us improve the quality of life, but what happens is the opposite, they are not a tool to improve, but a tool to replace," said Dr Sigman. Question: Social networking sites are harmful to users because _ . Options: A: they fail to bring users the pleasure they want B: they don't bring users enough convenience C: more isolation is caused by less direct communication D: they have no effect on removing people's isolation
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: One of the most difficult questions to answer is how much a job is worth. We naturally expect that a doctor's salary will be higher than a bus conductor's wages. But the question becomes much more difficult to answer when we compare a miner with an engineer, or an unskilled man working on an oil-rig with a teacher in a secondary school. What the doctor, the engineer and the teacher have in common is that they have devoted several years to studying in order to obtain the necessary qualifications for their professions. We feel instinctively that these skills and these years should be rewarded. At the same time we recognize that the work of the miner and the oil-rig laborer is both hard and dangerous, and that they must be highly paid for the risks they take. Another aspect we must take into consideration is how socially useful a man's work is. Most people would agree that looking after the sick or teaching children is more important than, say, selling second-hand cars. Yet it is almost certain that the used-car salesman earns more than the nurse and the schoolteacher. Indeed, this whole question of just rewards can be turned on its head. You can argue that a man who does a job which brings him personal satisfaction is already receiving part of his reward in the form of a so-called "psychic wage", and that it is the man with the boring, repetitive job who needs more money to make up for the soul-destroying repetitiveness of his work. It is significant that the jobs like nursing and teaching continue to be poorly paid, while others, such as those in the world of sport or entertainment, carry financial rewards out of all proportion to their social worth. Although the amount of money that people earn is largely determined by market forces, this should not prevent us from seeking some way to decide what is the right pay for the job. A starting point would be to try to decide the ratio which ought to exist between the highest and the lowest paid. The picture is made more complicated by two factors: firstly by the... Question: Why do people naturally expect that doctors should be well-paid? Options: A: Their work requires greater intelligence. B: They are under constant pressure at work. C: They work harder than most other people. D: They have studied for years to get qualified.
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Guangzhou (Xinhua)----12 people were killed and 20 injured early yesterday morning when they jumped from a burning train car into the path of an oncoming goods train in Southern China. When No. 247 Wuchang----Guangzhou passenger train was passing the Dayaoshan Tunnel in Guangdong Province, South China at 00 :17 hours yesterday, a fire caused by passengers' smoking broke out on No. 17 car. They wanted to extinguish fire. As the train stopped some frightened passengers jumped from windows. 12 people were crushed to death and 20 others injured by a northward passing goods train(No. 1766). Question: What was the cause of the fire? Options: A: A heavy rain. B: High temperature. C: Carelessness. D: Fear.
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C