Ques: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Air pollution is one of the hottest topics at present because poor air quality is an important factor in both the incidence and cause of respiratory diseases. Zhong Nanshan, a deputy to the NPC and a member of the CAE, said recently when the concentration of PM2.5 rises by 10 micrograms per cubic meter, hospitalization may rise by as much as 3.1 percent. Meanwhile, when the concentration of PM2.5 rises from 25 mgs per cubic meter to 200, the average daily death rate may rise to 11 percent. Zhi Xiuyi, a leading expert in lung cancer treatment and also vice-president of the CATS, said medical authorities used to focus on tobacco control as a primary means of preventing lung cancer. "But in fact, air pollution is no less harmful than smoking and our research team released a report earlier this year showing that the cancer rate in Beijing is closely related to industrialization," he said. The report, conducted by the Beijing Institute of Cancer Research, shows that the number of cancer patients in China has increased markedly during the past ten years. Chaoyang District, the city's main area of industrialization, has the highest incidence of cancer, almost double that of Yanqing, an area on the outskirts of the city. About four out of 1000 Chaoyang residents have some form of the disease, with lung cancer at the top of the list. "The risk of having cancer largely depends on the length of exposure and the concentration of noxious gases ," said Zhi. In response to the doubt whether seven years' exposure to poor air quality will almost result in cancer, Zhi said the time scale was taken from research overseas that suggested the rate of incidence generally peaked in the seventh year of exposure to a heavily polluted environment. Question: If there were 3,000,000 people in Chaoyang District, how many would have respiratory diseases? - 16000 - 12000 - 8000 - 7500
Ans: 12000

Ques: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Below are pages adapted from, _ Sochi Volunteers * 5 December 2013 Sochi 2014 Volunteer Team is Prepared for Games On international Volunteer Day, 5 December, the Organizing Committee of the Winter Games in Sochi presented the national "Sochi 2014 Volunteer Team", The Sochi 2014 Volunteer Team is complete, consisting of 25,000 volunteers from 26 volunteer centers across Russia as well as global volunteers. * 6 August 2013 Sochi 2014 Sochi 2014 volunteer s meet athletics stars in Moscow Approximately 2,000 Sochi 2014 volunteers will take part in the staging of the World Athletics Championships, which will be held in Moscow from 10-18 August. * 30 May 2013 "Sochi 2014"volunteers on the presentation of the Olympic and Paralympic medals In St. Petersburg during the 11th"Sport Accord", Annual International Sports Convention was held on the presentation of the Olympic and Paralympic medals. * 11 March 2013 Sochi 2014 Volunteer Training Program Launched across Russia On March 11, the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee launched a large-scale project for training 25,000 volunteers for the 2014Games in Sochi. Sochi Culture Activities * International Ballet Stars Gala, 29 January 2014 Year of Russian Culture in the United Kingdom and Year of British Culture. * Sochi 2014 Culture Olympiad to Present History of Sports in Russia, 20 December 2013 As part of the Year of the of the Museum of the Sochi 2014 Cultural Olympiad the " Training the Strength of the Body, Sports and the Romanov Family " exhibition will be open starting from 21 December at the Sochi Art Museum. * Sochi 2014 Cultural Program Culminates in Grand Finale, 16 December 2013 The Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee has presented an entertaining Cultural Program for the guests and participants of the Olympic Games. * Sochi 2014 Games Fans' Anthem will Unite Spectators in the Stands, 31 October 2013 100 days before the start of the first ever Olympic Winter Games in Russia, the Sochi 2014 Cultural Olympiad and General Partner of the Games Sberbank have... Question: Sochi 2014 Volunteer Training Program was launched on _ . - 30 May 2013 - 11 March 2013 - 16 December 2013 - 19 September 2013
Ans: 11 March 2013

Ques: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: On my first trip in the United States , I went to San Antonion . I was on foot . So I went to only three places there : the Alamo , the River Walk , and the Art Gallery . I especially enjoyed visiting the Alamo , a well- known building in America . When I arrived at the Alamo , I was deeply impressed because it was well kept and in good shape . The Alamo was erected in about 1722, was later used as a fort , and has been kept as a state monument to the Texan War of Independence against Mexico . During the battle , all of the Texan defenders were killed . I was surprised at the exhibition of rifles , guns , cannons and swords . I was especially attracted by the paintings of a war . The paintings expressed the feelings of a painter very well . Even thought about 160 years have passed since the Battle of the Alamo , the exhibit is well kept . When I came out after seeing the exhibition , I felt as if I had a victory . The outer wall of the Alamo was destroyed here and there . When I touched the wall , I could feel the damage . After the war , little remained of the Alamo . All of the windows and doors were destroyed . The top part of the gate way disappeared without a trace . I will remember the Alamo forever . It is one of the best places to visit in San Antonio . Question: It can be inferred according to the passage that the author may be a _ . - writer - Chinese - European - foreigner to Americans
Ans: foreigner to Americans

Ques: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Testing has taken the place of teaching in most public schools. Pretests, drills, tests, and retests. They know that the best way to read a textbook is to look at the questions at the end of the chapter and then read the text quickly for the answers. I believe that my daughter Erica, who gets excellent marks, has never read a chapter of any of her school textbooks all the way through. And teachers are often heard to say proudly and openly that they teach to the test. Teaching to the test is a curious phenomenon . Instead of deciding what skills students ought to learn, helping students learn them, and then using some methods of assessment to discover whether students have mastered the skills, teachers are encouraged to teach the students in the opposite way. First one looks at a test. Then one chooses the skills needed not to master reading, but to do well in the test. Finally, the test skills are taught. The ability to read or write might suggest the ability to do reasonably well on standardized tests. However, neither reading nor writing develops simply through being taught to take tests. We must be careful to avoid mistaking preparations for a test of a skill with the acquisition of that skill. Too many discussions of basic skills make this misunderstanding because people are tested rather than concerned with the nature and quality of what is taught. Recently, many schools have faced what could be called the crisis of comprehension or, in simple words, the phenomenon of students with grammar skills still being unable to understand what they read. These students are quite good at test taking and filling in workbooks. However, they have little or no experience reading or thinking, and talking about what they read. They know the details but can't see or understand the whole. They are taught to be so concerned with grades that they have no time to think about meaning, and reread things if necessary. Question: In the author's opinion, _ . - some good methods of assessment should take the place of tests - more attention should be paid to the nature and quality of what is taught - students should not be concerned with grades but do more reading and thinking - students needn't learn grammar skills because they are useless for understanding
Ans:
more attention should be paid to the nature and quality of what is taught