Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: George Prochnik would like the world _ . He makes his case in a new book. Listening for meaning in a World of Noise. Here he explain himself (using his voice); "We've become so accustomed to noise, there's almost a deep prejudice against the idea that silence might be beneficial, if you tell someone to be quiet ,you sound like an old man. But it's never been important to find continuing quiet. Silence focuses us, improves our health, and is a key to lasting peace and satisfaction." "We need to excite people about the sounds you start to hear, if you merely quiet things down a little. During a Japanese tea ceremony ,the smallest sounds become a kind of art the spoons making a light ringing sound on a bowl, the edges of a kimono brushing against the floor. "Deaf people are very attentive in almost every aspect of life. If two deaf people are walking together, using sign language, they constantly watch out for each other and protect each other by paying steady attention to the other. They are connected yet also fully aware of their surroundings. Even deaf teenagers! We in the hearing world can learn from them. If we remove the powerful blasts of noise .we become aware of an extraordinarily rich world around us---of little soft sounds and the sound of footsteps, of bind songs and ice cracking . It's astonishing how beautiful things sound when you can really listen.." Question: What does Proehnik say about us? Options: A: We are used to quietness B: We have to put up with noise C: We do not think silence to be beneficial D: We do not believe lasting peace to be available
A: C

Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Let's say you took violin lessons all through elementary school, but you haven't got the instrument out of its case for years. Were all those lessons a waste of your parents' money because you didn't become a violinist? Even though it has been a long time since you played the violin, a new study shows that as little as one year of music training can have a positive impact on your brain that will last the rest of your life. In an experiment, researchers compared children who had taken music lessons to those who hadn't. Laurel Trainor, who studies music and the mind, discovered that the musically-trained children had better brain responses in certain sound recognition exams. Trainor's findings show the possibility that musical education can actually improve the brain's hearing cortex . "The study's results show that music training affects attention and memory, and helps children develop learning skills. In this way music training might lead to better learning across a number of fields," Trainor said in a statement. The effects of music education are even more obvious on children with difficulty in reading and writing and other language-related disabilities. So, whether you can play a good piece of music or not, it's likely that your years of music lessons have prepared your brain for all the speeches, emails, and adult conversations that are part of your life today. We should help make sure that children today have the same opportunities for music, and help out by volunteering with or donating instruments to your school's music education department. Question: According to the study, we know musical education can _ . Options: A: change the structure of the brain B: improve children's learning skills C: help children focus their attention D: provide more memorizing methods
A: B

Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Dad came in the midnight. We heard every sound, but we pretended to be asleep. Next morning he looked weak and thin, sitting in a chair by the kitchen fire. The light of the fire shone through his long empty sleeve. Everything went as usual. Grandma found something to do in the bedroom. Grandpa went out for some water. Mother, with her back to us, was getting the cakes ready for breakfast. But nothing was right. When grandma came out of the bedroom, she walked on tiptoe. When grandpa came back, he said nothing about the weather. At breakfast Mother passed us the fruit and said something, but her voice was too high. At last my sister, Lou, pushed back her chair. "It's your turn to wash the dishes." But I had washed the dishes the night before. I said nothing because it was not right to quarrel in front of Dad just home with the empty sleeve. "It is your turn," Lou said again. I looked at her in surprise. "It is not," I said because I suddenly remembered Mother had told us to go on as usual. "Children, children," Mother said in a quiet, glad kind of voice. And Dad was smiling because he felt at home at last. Question: The family_when they saw Dad's empty sleeve. Options: A: was too surprised to do anything B: felt sad and cried a lot C: tried not to show their feelings D: showed no worry at all
A: C

Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Read the advertisements, and then choose the right answer. 1 Driver Wanted (1) Clean driving license. (2) Must be of smart appearance. (3) Aged over 25. Apply to: Capes Taxi,17 Palace Road, Boston. 2 Air Hostesses for International Flights Wanted (1)Applicants must be between 20 and 33 years old. (2) Height 1.6m to 1.75m. (3)Education to GCSE(General Certificate of Secondary Education)standard. (4)Two languages. Must be able to swim. Apply to: Recruitment office, Southern Airline, Heathrow Airport West.HR37KK. 3 Teachers Needed (1For private language school. . (2)Teaching experience unnecessary. Apply to: The Director of Studies. Instant Language Ltd,279 Canal street, Boston. Question: Ben, aged 22, fond of swimming and driving, has just graduated from a college. Which job might be given to him? Options: A: Driving for Capes Taxis. B: Working for Southern Airlines. C: Teaching at Instant Language Ltd. D: None of the three.
A: C