Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Life is like the four seasons. Now I am very old, but when I was young, it was the spring of my life. After I was born, I played a lot, and then I started school. I learned many new things. Like a flower, I grew bigger every day. There were happy days and _ ldays: some days the sun shone, and some days it didn't. In my twenties, I had a good job. I was strong and happy. Then I married and had a child. In those days, I didn't have much time to think. Every day I was busy and worked very hard. And so, I started to get some white hairs. The summer of my life passed quickly. Then the days got shorter. Leaves fell from the trees. My child was a university student, and then an engineer. My home was much quieter. I started walking more slowly. One day I stopped working. I had more time. I understood this was my autumn, a beautiful time when the trees change color and give us delicious fruits. But the days kept getting shorter and colder. Winter has come. I am older and weaker. I know I do not have many days left, but I will enjoy them to the end. Question: According to the passage, which of the following ages is during the summer of his life? Answer:
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- 15.
- 33.
- 62.
- 87.
33.
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Read the following article and answer the question. Article: I've been working in a school for more than twenty years .Many parents often ask me ,"How can you teach your child good study skills ? How can he or she get the homework done as quickly as possible ? "Here are some tips : 1.If the child is as young as nine or ten ,ask him or her to prepare a small notebook to write down the homework given by his or her teachers .By developing this habit ,he or she will learn to be much more responsible . 2.Find a good place to study .This should be a quiet place that is free from everything but study things .No games ,radios ,or televisions .Once you have decided on a place to study ,this should be the only place where your child does his or her homework and studies .There should also be a very specific time for homework to be done .Usually ,homework should be done as soon as the child gets home from school .This also goes for the kids who take part in afterschool activities .Of course ,it is a good idea to allow the child to have a healthy snack before the work begins . 3.Also remember that it is the child's duty to do his or her homework .Some children give up easily and go to Mom and Dad for help when they have a problem .Try to let them solve it first .By doing this ,they will get a sense of success from overcoming problems .In this way we help them to help themselves . Question: According to the passage ,the children should _ when they have trouble with their homework . Answer:
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- ask their parents for help
- try to solve the problems by themselves
- wait for their teachers' help
- put it away and have a snack
try to solve the problems by themselves
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Read the following article and answer the question. Article: This is a plan that Jim has made on Thanksgiving 00:00--00:30 Get up and go to store to buy fruit,vegetables and food by car . 1:20--4:30 Start doing a big turkey for ten people.It is interesting 2:00--2:30 Do broccoli salad and dessert,Kids really love them . 2:30--3:00 Put fifty strawberries in the turkey .They are nice! 3:00--3:30 Put some vegetables in the turkey.Kids don't like vegetables ,so just a little. 3:45--4:10 Call my father ,mother,grandparents and cousins to come and join us . 4:15 Play the Thanksgiving music,it's relaxting. 4:30--5:30 Eat a great Thanksgiving dinner. 5:30--6:30 Play family games. They are exciting. 6:30--9:00 Go out and watch the Thanksgiving movies .They are fun . 10 :00 Go to bed. Question: Maybe there are _ people in Jim's family. Answer:
OPTIONS:
- 4
- 6
- 8
- 10
10
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Read the following article and answer the question. Article: It is reported that in the near future robots and humans will probably work together to create jazz. A singing robot is being taught to create jazz with human being in a project. Antonio Chella from Italy is working with a Telenoid robot. To start with, the Telenoid will be trained to _ the movements and simple sounds made by a human singer, and then connect music with different human emotions. Previous robots had the ability to find common connections between things. But Chella suggests that a conscious robot should be able to go a step further and find new connections. The Telenoid is of this kind. "This work raises interesting questions about the connection between consciousness and music creating." says Philippe Pasquier, a musician needs a physical body. Pasquer argues that the robot musician is faced with a big challenge. "Its software has already been developed and it can imitate The Beatles, a famous band. However, what made The Beatles famous were not only their songs but their wonderful performance of the songs," he says. It is not clear how a robot would perform music a new way. But by imitating humans, the Telenoid robot could provide some useful information. What is important is that human musicians often listen to and compare music made by others for a long time before creating music of their own. So the Telenoid robot had better listen to more jazz music first. Question: Which of the following could be the best title of the passage? Answer:
OPTIONS:
- The Telenoid, future robot musician.
- How to teach robots to perform music.
- The right music the robots should listen to.
- Differences between a human singer and a robot musician.
The Telenoid, future robot musician.
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