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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: More than great drinks, great rewards Enjoy all the benefits and more with your membership to our Loyalty Program! Whenever you pay with your membership account, you'll earn a Star. Collect more Stars, earn more rewards. _ Buy a Starbucks Card handy to create an account Track your Stars online or through the mobile app, and we'll send an email when you've earned a reward. You can also join from your phone. Download the Starbucks(r)App. One of the most exciting benefits of being a member is using our mobile app to: pay for purchases; view your Stars and rewards; access iTunes(r)Pick of the Week; see current offers. Or you can join with specially marked coffee purchased at the grocery store. Enter your Starcode (limit 2 per day). Look for the Starcode symbol on specially marked Starbucks(r)products where you buy groceries. _ To reach each level in our Loyalty Program, you need to collect more Stars. (Remember, to earn a Star you must pay with a registered Starbucks Card.) Welcome level To earn your first rewards, just register a Starbucks Card. Birthday drink or treat on us; birthday coupon for 15% off a purchase at StarbucksStore.com. Green level Collect 5 Stars within 12 months and you'll be in the Green level. * What is included in the Welcome level plus Free in-store refills on hot or iced brewed coffee or tea Gold level Collect 30 Stars within 12 months and you're at the Gold level. * What is included in the Green level plus A free food or drink item after another 12 Stars earned Personalized Gold Card Question: With the Starbucks(r)App, you can _ . Options: A: change the prices B: earn a Star C: pay for rewards D: view current offers
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: In 490 B.C. the Greek messenger, Pheidippides , ran about 40 kilometers from the town of "Marathon"to Athens to announce the victory of Athens over Macedon . Since then ,the 42-kilometer "Marathon"race has become a great test for athletes. However, for many years , only men were allowed to run this race , because the distance was said to be unbearable for women. In 1966, an American women named Roberta Gibb proved that idea wrong. Gibb had always enjoyed running .One day in 1964 , she saw the Boston Marathon happening as she was running in the woods. Since running meant a lot to her, she began training harder , hoping to join the marathon some day. Gibb finally applied to run in the 1966 Boston Marathon, but she was not given entrance because the Boston Marathon Association considered that women were not strong enough to run 42 kilometers . Yet, this was no obstacle to Gibb, for she knew she had the physical and mental strength to complete the race .On the day the 1966 Boston Marathon was held , Gibb hid in the bushes and jumped into the race when it began. She finished the race in 3 hours and 21 minutes, defeating two thirds of the men in the race and proving that women could run the marathon. Although what Gibb did was only to realize her dream, in doing so she showed the world that women could accomplish greater things than many people believed they could. Question: why were women forbidden to run the 42-km marathon ? Options: A: Training was only provided for men . B: Women could not work as messengers. C: Women were believed too weak to finish it. D: It was a race held only for professional athletes
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Generally speaking, government regulations normally ban anything from smoking in public places to parking in certain zones. But officials in the Brazilian town of Biritiba Mirim, 70km (45miles) east of Sao Paulo, _ . They plan to prohibit residents from dying early because the local cemetery has reached full capacity. There's no more room to bury the dead, they can't be cremated and laws forbid a new cemetery. So the mayor has proposed a strange solution: outlaw death. Mayor Roberto Pereira says the bill is meant as a protest against federal regulations that prohibit new or expanded cemeteries in preservation areas. "They have not taken local demands into consideration", he claims. A 2003 decree by Brazil's National Environment Council forbids burial grounds in protected areas. Mr. Pereira wants to build a new cemetery, but the project has been stopped because 98% of Biritiba Mirim is considered as a preservation area. Biritiba Mirim, a town of 28,000 inhabitants, not only wants to prohibit residents from passing away. The bill also calls on people to take care of their health in order to avoid death. "I haven't got a job, nor am I healthy. And now they say I can't die. That's ridiculous," Amarido do Prado, an unemployed resident said. The city council is expected to vote on the regulation next week. "Of course the bill is laughable, illegal, and will never be approved," said Gilson Soares de Campos, an assistant of the mayor. "But can you think of a better resolution to persuade the government to change the environmental decree that is prohibiting us from building a new cemetery?" The bill states that "offenders will be held responsible for their acts." However, it does not say what the punishment will be. Question: What's the attitude of the mayor of Biritiba Mirim towards the federal regulations? Options: A: He remains silent about them. B: He gives strong backing to them. C: He objects to them. D: He asks the residents for advice on them.
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