I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Many people have a fear of public speaking. According to a study, it has an influence on 3 in every 4 people. This fact is surprising and worrying, as most jobs require some speaking ability. The following will help you to make a speech better. Write note cards. Write main ideas on your cards. Don't write details. Put in some fun facts, questions, and other activities on the cards to share with the class. Don't look at your note cards for a long time while speaking. If necessary, you're only going to want to have a quick look at the card for information, not read every last word. Smile at your class. When it comes time to speak, there's nothing that draws your class into your speech than a good old-fashioned smile. Be happy, because you're about to teach your class something they didn't know before. Studies have shown that _ . That means once you smile, it's hard for everyone else not to smile. So if you want your speech to go off well, smile. That'll make everyone smile and maybe those smiles will make you actually smile. Make eye contact. Nothing is more boring than listening to a speaker who looks at the floor or at note cards. Relax. Your class is made up of your friends and you talk to them all the time. Talk the same way now. have a look at every person in the classroom at least once. That way, everyone will feel like you're communicating with them. Also, you'll look like you know what you're talking about. Use hand motions. Move your hands along as you talk, using them to express your key points and keep the class interested. It will also lead your nervous energy into a better place. Question: According to the passage, _ of people might fear to speak in public. Options: A: 100 percent B: 75 percent C: 50 percent D: 25 percent
B
I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Have you ever heard of Weifang, Shangdong Province? What is it known for? There is an international kite festival every April in Weifang that is a modern city with many traditions. People from all over the world compete in the kite flying. There are also competitions for the best kites. The kites in the competition are all made by hand. Most people have flown a kite. It makes people happy. It's easy to make it. It's made of bamboo and paper. But not so many people know that kites were first made in China thousands of years ago. The ancient Chinese made and flew kites even before they could write. A long time ago, the Chinese made kites to use in wars. They would fly these war kites in the dark. The kites were fixed and they made strange sounds in wind. Men who were at war against them would hear these sounds and run away. They thought those strange sounds were made by gods in the sky. The ancient Chinese also flew kites to bring good luck and to make their crops grow rich and tall. Sometimes they tied long strings and hooks to their kites. Then they would fly the kites over water, letting the hooks hang down to catch fish. The Chinese use sticks, string and paper for their kites. Some of these kites look like animals or trees and others look like houses. Question: In ancient China kites could be used for _ . Options: A: helping people fly B: playing games C: watering crops D: catching fish
D
Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Have you ever heard your own voice? "Of course," you say. Has anyone else ever heard your voice? Again you say, "Of course."But that's not quite true. Nobody else has ever heard your voice--the way you hear it. When you talk, you set up sound waves . The air outside your head carries the sound waves to your outer ears. But, of course, the sound of your voice begins inside your head. The bones of your head pick up the sound waves, too. They carry the sound waves straight to your inner ears. You get the sound from the outside and the inside too. Other people get just the sound waves from the outside. That's why they don't hear your voice the way you do. Question: The sound of your voice begins _ . Options: A: inside your head B: outside your head C: in your inner ears D: in your outer ears
A: A
Question: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Have you ever seen snow? Many people in the world have not. Some countries never have snow; some have only a little on the tops of very high mountains. In the north of England, there is quite a lot of snow every winter, but in the south of England, there is usually little. When a student from a warm country comes to England in autumn for the first time, he feels cold at first. There are often dark clouds, grey sky and cold rain in England in autumn, and most students from warm countries do not like this. But snow is different. Though it is cold, it is also beautiful. Perhaps, after several dark mornings, the student wakes up one day, and there is a lot of light in his room. He thinks "Is it so late?" and jumps out of bed. But no, it is not very late. He looks out of the window and there is the snow on the ground and on the houses and everywhere. The light of his room comes from clean, beautiful snow. Question: Which of the following statements is true? Options: A: Every country in the world has snow in winter. B: Foreign students like the weather in England. C: It is often very warm in the autumn of England. D: Many people in the world haven't seen snow.
Answer: D
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I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Once there lived a lion in the big mountain.He was very big and strong.He often ate the other animals.Every day he went out to look for food.The small animals in the mountain were all afraid of him.Near the mountain there were four bulls .They are friends, and they often worked and played together.The tiger tried many times to catch them, but he could not do so.Every time he came near, the four bulls stood together to fight him.So he could do nothing to them. One day, the four bulls had a quarrel .After that each of them went his own way.When the lion saw this, he was happy.He caught one bull and ate him up .Then he caught another.One by one he caught all the four bulls and ate them up. Question: Why didn't the lion eat the bulls at first? Options: A: Because the bulls were friendly B: Because every time he came near, the four bulls stood together to fight him. C: Because it was not very hungry. D: Because he didn't like to eat them.
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B
Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Gina's sister lives in England. She knows something about China on TV. But she wants to know more. So she is looking forward to visiting China. She will have a holiday next week. She is going to visit Beijing because she likes Chinese culture. She is going there by plane and then stay in a hotel. In Beijing she is going to do sightseeing, and visit the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace and walk up the Great Wall. Gina's sister also likes animals. She likes Chinese pandas very much. So she is going to visit Beijing Zoo to see the pandas there and take some photos of them. On the last day in Beijing she is going shopping. She wants to buy Gina a present. She knows that Gina likes Chinese silk and Chinese paintings. Question: Where is she going to visit in Beijing? Options: A: The Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Great Wall and a hotel B: The Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, and a hotel C: The Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Great Wall and Beijing Zoo D: The Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, Beijing Zoo and a hotel
A: C