Ques: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: HK's Family Affair The 39thHong Kong Art Festival, to be held early next year, will be based on the topic of "family" The art festival, considered to be Asia's best, began in 1973. "We hope that people from Beijing and from all over the world will go to Hong Kong to enjoy the different performances in our art festival,"Douglas Gautier, the festival's management director, said in a press conference in the capital. In the 29 days of the festival, which runs from March 8 to April 7,2012, the audience can choose from 111 performances of 51 programmes given by 700 foreign performers, 450 local artists and 160 actors from the mainland. Programmes vary from classical music, jazz, world music, Western and Peking opera, drama and dance to outdoor shows. The programmes include Beethoven's only opera Fidelio, Shakespeare's drama Romeo and Juliet, the ballet Mozartina and African dances, to name just a few. The lineup includes the English Touring Theatre, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Zurich Ballet, The Spanish National Dance Troupe, as well as Europe Galante the Petersen Quartet, pianists Angela Hewitt and Lang Lang, and saxophonist Jan Garbarek. In order to increase attendance, hotels and airlines are offering _ along with art festival ticket sales, most of which are at 20% and 30% cheaper. For more information, please check: _ Question: According to the text, we do NOT have any information about _ . Options: A: who will perform on stage B: what programmes there will be C: when the 39th Art Festival will be held D: which theatres will put on performances
Ans: D

Ques: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: A gentleman stopped his car at the door of a flower shop. He planned to order flowers and asked the shopkeeper to _ them to his mother, who was far away in his hometown. The gentleman saw a little girl crying on the road before he entered the shop. He asked her: "Why are you crying?" "I want to buy a rose for my mother, but I haven't got enough money," said the girl. The gentleman took the girl's hand and entered the flower shop. He first ordered the bouquet for his mother and bought a rose for the girl. When he was walking out of the shop, the gentleman asked the girl if she would like a ride home. "Will you really drive me home?" she asked. "Of course," the gentleman replied. "Then drive me to my mother. But the place where my mother lives is very far." The gentleman drove along the mountain road and finally came to the cemetery . The little girl put the flower onto a new grave . In order to send a rose to her mother who had died a month before, she had gone on a very long journey. The gentleman drove the girl to her home and then returned to the flower shop. He cancelled the bouquet and bought a big bunch of fresh flowers instead. He drove directly to his mother's home, a five-hour drive from here. He would send the flowers to his mother in person. Question: We can learn from the story that _ . Options: A: the gentleman doesn't care about his mother B: the little girl loves her mother very much C: the little girl's mother lives far away from her home D: the gentleman's mother lost her life a month ago
Ans: B

Ques: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Health insurance is a great concern to Americans now. It's likely that many Americans lack health insurance with the economy having no sign of picking up. The National Academy of Sciences reported Thursday. "Unless health insurance is made more affordable, the number of uninsured Americans is likely to continue growing over time," said Mary Sue Coleman, co-chairwoman of the committee that wrote the report. The report is the first six planned by the institute of Medicine over two years. The series is planned to find out who lacks health insurance and why, and determine what the consequences are and provide the groundwork for debate on how to correct the problem. The institute is part of the academy, a private organization supported by Congress to advise the government of scientific matters. This first report seeks to draw a picture of the millions who lack insurance. It does not offer any recommendations. "Much of what Americans think they know about the uninsured is wrong," said Dr. Arthur Kellermann, a public health professor at Emory University Schools of Medicine in Atlanta, who also worked on the report. The Census Bureau reported last month that 38.7 million Americans went without coverage for all of 2000, compared with 39.3 million the year before, thanks to the booming economy. Experts say the trend is likely to reverse this year, given that the economy was slowing even before the Sep. 11 terrorist attacks. "Unfortunately, the recent economic slowdown might have reversed the modest gains in coverage for shorter periods." The report said that with insurance costs rising, more employers and individuals may conclude they are unable to afford coverage. Premium increases were often absorbed by employers in the strong economy of the 1990s, but that may not continue as the economy softens, the report said. The panel found that about 13.6 million of the uninsured work for employers that do not offer health insurance. Individually purchased coverage may be prohibitively costly. Question: What is the best title of the passage? Options: A: How economic situation affects health insurance B: Why many Americans are losing their insurance C: Millions of Americans lack health insurance D: How health insurance is purchased
Ans: C

Ques: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Christian Eijkman, a Dutch doctor, left the Netherlands for the island of Java. Many people on the island had a disease called beri-beri. He was going there to try and find a _ . At first, Eijkman thought some kind of germ caused beri-beri. He raised some chickens. He didn't eat them, but made experiments on them. The local people were quite surprised at that. One day he noticed that his chickens became sick when they were fed the food most Javanese ate -- refined white rice . When he fed them with unrefined rice, also known as brown rice, they recovered. Eijkman realized that he had made an important discovery -- that some things in food could prevent disease. These things were named vitamins . The Javanese were not getting enough vitamins because they had actually removed the part that contains vitamins. Later, other diseases were also found to be caused by the lack of vitamins in a person's food. Today many people know the importance of vitamins and they make sure they have enough vitamins from the food they eat. If they don't, they can also take vitamin pills. Question: Why did Christian Eijkman raise some chickens? Options: A: To eat them. B: To give the Javanese a surprise. C: To carry out his experiments. D: To make money by selling them.
Ans:
C