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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Thousands of years ago, birthdays were considered special days. On birthdays, the bad spirits were able to harm you and change your life. It was believed that the only way to solve the problem was to have your friends and family around you, so that good wishes and presents would keep the bad spirits away. Also, noisemakers were thought to be used at parties as a way of scaring away the evil spirits. The custom of lighting candles was created by people believing that the gods lived in the sky. By lighting candles and torches, they were sending a signal or prayer to the gods, so they could be answered. Blowing out the candles and making a wish were thought to be another way of sending a signal or a message. This is how the way we celebrate our birthdays came about. But different cultures celebrate in different ways. The birthday story in the Bible that we know best is about the birth of the Christ in Bethlehem(:). For nearly 2000 years since that day, the Christian world has been honoring this birth. The day many Englishmen celebrate is, of course, Christmas. There are other references to birthday parties. King Pharaoh celebrated his birthday by making a feast for his court followers. That was over 4000 years ago. The story of King Herod tells that on his birthday he made a supper for his lords, high captains and other special friends in Galilee (:). Question: Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? - People send messages to the gods by lighting or blowing out the candles. - The gods celebrate their birthdays by lighting candles. - The custom of lighting candles originated with the gods. - The gods will help people realize their dreams on their birthdays.
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People send messages to the gods by lighting or blowing out the candles.

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Surrounded by far - away mountains and nearby downtown buildings, a large open field was filled with lines of blue and white houses. Several kids were laughing and playing table tennis inside a play room. Some old men were playing Chinese chess and a crowd of women chatting in front of two TV sets. Two weeks after the deadly earthquake, the first batch of 1,500 people inprefix = st1 /Dujiangyan,SichuanProvince, one of the worst earthquake - hit cities, has finally settled into a peaceful life in a newly built temporary community. "Compared with tents, these simple houses make us feel more at home. My grandchild can go on with his study here," said an old woman. These one - floor buildings are totally different from their old homes. Instead of cement and bricks, the houses are made of light- weight steel or foamed plastic and can stand a 7 - magnitude earthquake. Each of the houses, featuring about 20 square meters, serves as a three - person family unit. The units have three beds and electricity. Each has its own postal address. Communal facilities will include showers, toilets and refectories . It is also planned that there should be one primary school, one hospital and one supermarket for every 1,000 homes. Everything will be free to the residents in possession of their identity cards, and work has already started in looking for jobs for the community. "More than 1.5 million such _ houses will be built inSichuan, which are expected to be in use for at least three years," said Minister of Housing and Urban - Rural Development Jiang Weixin. The government said over 5.93 million rooms in Sichuan had been leveled in the quake and more than 11 million people, which even outnumber the entire population of some countries such as Norway and New Zealand, became homeless. It is planned that all the victims will be housed by early August, and that they will stay in the temporary houses for between three and five years until permanent homes are built. Question: Which of the following is FALSE about the makeshift houses mentioned in the text? - They lack proper and convenient communal facilities. - They are built not by cement and bricks but by light - weight Steel or foamed plastic. - A 3 - person family will get a house of 20 square meters. - They are expected to be used at least for 3 years.
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They lack proper and convenient communal facilities.

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Animals like the lion are known as carnivorous (meat-eating) animals. They feed on smaller animals. But many other animals eat grass or plants. They are called herbivorous (plant-eating) animals. You may be surprised to learn that there are carnivorous plants as well as carnivorous animals. Plants that grow in poor soil need other food. They trap (catch by a trick) small insects and take their bodies as food. The pitcher plant is a common carnivorous plant. This plant has a clever trap like a pitcher or jar. It even has a lid to keep out of the rain. The mouth of the pitcher is covered with something sweet like honeydew . Insects come to the plant to feed on the honeydew. When they have eaten all that is round the mouth, they go into the pitcher to look for more. There is more honeydew deep in the pitcher and they go down to feed on it. The inner wall of the pitcher is covered with fine hairs. These hairs point downwards so that the insects cannot climb out of the pitcher. They are trapped in it. They die there, and their bodies are taken as food by the plant. Question: From this passage, we can mainly learn that_. - Not all plants are carnivorous - All plants are herbivorous - Not all animals are carnivorous - Carnivorous plants can also be found
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Carnivorous plants can also be found