TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given an article, a question which often contains a blank and four options (associated with "A", "B", "C", "D"). Your task is to find the correct answer (from the given options) for the question from the given article and return one of the options from "A", "B", "C", and "D". Do not generate anything else apart from one of the following characters: "A", "B", "C", "D". There is only one correct answer for each question.
PROBLEM: Article: Harvard University in the United States has been ranked as the university with the best "reputation" in the world. The Times Higher Education magazine has listed 200 top universities all over the world based on how they are regarded by a group of international college teachers. That is to say the list measures how universities are regarded, rather than how they actually performed. A subjective, word-of-mouth quality such as "reputation" has genuine economic value for universities, said Simon Marginson, professor of higher education at the University of Melbourne in Australia. "Reputation is not just an impression, though it might be not as reliable as performance by objective indicators ," said Prof Marginson. Based on the views of 13,000 college teachers around the world, it confirms the power of the big US universities, which _ this list. Seven of the top 10 are US universities, headed by Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Furthermore, 14 of the top 20 are from the US. Cambridge is the highest ranking UK university in the list, in third place, with Oxford ranked as sixth. For students applying to university, reputation might be hard to quantify, but was an important part of the attractiveness, said the president of Cambridge University's students' union, Rahul Mansigani. "Reputation makes a huge difference. If there is an idea that somewhere is great, it will get lots of good people applying whether it's true or not. Factors such as a sense of history and the presence of outstanding college teachers were part of the reputation of Cambridge," he said.
Question: What can be inferred from the text?
Options: (A) No Asian universities are among the Top 10. (B) At least five UK universities are among Top 20. (C) The Times Higher Education magazine is from the US. (D) Reputation affects students' decisions when choosing universities.

SOLUTION: D

PROBLEM: Article: Do you have a hobby--something you really enjoy doing in your spare time? Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you could spend more time on your hobby and less time at work? Maybe it's not an either/or situation. Perhaps you can do both at the same time. When choosing a career, one of the things you must consider is your interests. Why then do so many people not even think about their hobbies when a hobby is, in fact, an interest? Perhaps it's because even Webster's Dictionary defines a hobby as "a pursuit (,) outside one's regular occupation ". Maybe this is a rule you should break. After all, no one ever said your hobby had to stay separate from your occupation. In addition people are usually very skilled at their hobbies. The combination of interest and skill is a very compelling reason to choose a particular career. "Who's going to hire someone who loves making beaded jewelry?" you may ask yourself. Good question. Don't wait for someone to hire you. Start your own business. That may be the best way to combine your hobby with your career. Those with hobbies that involve creating things, i.e. jewelry, clothing, or pottery, may do well to sell those items on their own. Before you go forward with your plans, though, you should find out whether being an entrepreneur is for you. When you attempt to turn your hobby into a career, don't forget to do your homework. Even though you may have enjoyed training your pet birds to sing the national song, that doesn't mean you're suitable to be an animal trainer. Be sure to research your career choice completely. There may be aspects of it that just aren't for you. In that case, stick to your day job, as they say, and save your hobby for your free time.
Question: By writing this passage, the writer wants to introduce _ .
Options: (A) how to choose a hobby for your free time (B) how to develop your own hobby (C) how to treat your job as a hobby (D) how to turn a hobby into a career

SOLUTION: D

PROBLEM: Article: BUNOL, Spain (AFP) -- Tens of thousands of people from around the world threw tons of ripe tomatoes at each other in an annual food fight that painted the eastern Spanish town of Bunol red. More than 40,000 people, including many visitors from Australia, Britain and the United States, took part in the food fight known as the "Tomatina", now in its 64th year, a spokeswoman for Bunol's town hall said. They were provided with over 100 tons of tomatoes by the town council for the battle which lasted about one hour and left participants covered in red. Many men were shirtless while others wore old clothes, hardhats, goggles or protective plastic sheets. Shopkeepers put up huge plastic covers on their store fronts or boarded them up to protect their properties from the sea of red mush . After the battle, governmental workers and local residents used "giant hoses" to clear the walls and streets of the tomato pulp in just half an hour while the participants headed to a nearby river where temporary showers were set up. The event cost the town of some l0, 000 residents 40,000 dollars, and Spanish media reported. The "Tomatina" is held each year in Bunol, located in a fertile region about 40 kilometers north of the coastal city of Valencia, Spain's third-largest city, on the last Wednesday in August. The origins of the event are unclear although it is thought to have its roots in a food fight between childhood friends in the mid-1940s in the city. It has grown in size as international press coverage brought more and more people to the festival.
Question: To keep their stores safe, the shopkeepers _ .
Options: (A) kept their store fronts covered (B) hung plastic sheets on the walls (C) closed all the doors and windows (D) stopped people throwing at them

SOLUTION:
A