Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: A recent survey shows the number of online game users in China reached 40 million last year. That's over a 20 percent increase from the year before. At 22:00 p.m. in a Beijing Internet cafe, many people inside,especially the young, playing online games. An industry report says that over 90% of online game users are under 30. An online game player said, "Online games help me handle life pressures. The scenarios don't come up in real life, so I can be famous and get whatever I want when playing. Players say this is their way of communicating with each other,even in different places. Though many players admit that online games are time consuming and cost much money, the number of users is increasing. It's estimated that by 2012, there will be 80 million online game players in China. Driven by profit, developers are constantly working on new games. Last year, more than 250 new games entered the market. But figures show that games with a native cultural background are preferred, even by foreigners. "During our research on new games, we found we can promote Chinese culture with the game itself." said an online game developer. Criticism about online games is beefing up with more and more young people spending too much time playing games filled with violence, gambling and superstition. Kou Xiaowei from Gen. Admin. of Press & Publication said, "We are putting forward stricter monitoring measures. If bad content is found, it will be deleted." With the help of government guidelines, developers are producing better quality online games suitable for young people. Games that are not violent or offensive, but ones from which a player can learn, such as general knowledge of quiz games. Officials say they will spend five years on purifying the online games. Their goal is to produce games that entertain and at the same time, provide useful knowledge. Question: Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? Options: A: Ten percent of online games users are over 30. B: To make money is the root of developers working on new games. C: In the past, games were not entertaining and knowledgable. D: Playing online games is the only way for the young to communicate.
Ans: B

Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: This site contains 100 original short stories about life in America. These stories are written for ESL(English as a second language ) learners who are, at least, high beginners. We want to help ESL students learn English as quickly and effortlessly as possible. Learning should be interesting, not boring. We hope that learners will find that these stories are of some help to improve their English. The stories have interesting topics and are easy to understand. Each story comes with an audio narrative so that learners can listen as they read. The audio requires downloading the free Real Player. Each story contains a search for pictures, definitions, and pronunciation." Following each story are four sets of exercises, and each containing 10 items. Exercise A is "Yes / No Questions". The learner is asked questions like, "Does Sara have children?" The learner can then type in, "Yes, she does." Then the learner can check whether it's the right answer or not. Exercise B is "Wh-Questions". The learner is asked questions like, "Where does Sara live?" The learner can then type in, "She lives in Pasadena." Then the learner can check his answer. Exercise C is "Ask Questions". The learner is given an answer like, "They have two children." The learner must then type in a question like, "How many children do they have?"The learner can then check to see whether he is correct or not. Exercise D is "Dictation". The learner listens to a sentence. Most of the sentences duplicate the sentences in the stories. The learner types the dictation and then checks to see whether he is correct or not. Work on the site is in progress. Help us make it better as the years go by. We welcome all comments, suggestions, complaints, new ideas, and questions. Click here to send us emails. Question: If you want to improve your listening ability, you may mainly do some practice in _ . Options: A: Exercise A B: Exercise B C: Exercise C D: Exercise D
Ans: D

Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Poems are essential to human beings. We can't live without them. We need poems, and the fact that we consider them not worth our time, is something that leaves us impoverished . If we don't read poems we are denying ourselves something important. Poems can help us get in touch with our- selves. In one of those fragments of poetry which many people know, John Donne wrote " No man is an island". He means we all live connected to one another. But, at the same time, we all actually are islands, each occupying a consciousness different from everyone else. How do we really know what someone else is thinking or feeling? And, to turn it around, we should keep most of what we think and feel deep inside us, away from the scrutiny of others. This is the province of poetry, for it reveals what is inside a fellow human being's heart and mind. In some cases what they have to say will be important, maybe so important that it will alter your life or transform your sense of who you are and what you are capable of. But poems are not infallible : sometimes they can seem silly or just plain wrong. We don't have to bow down in reverence to a poem: if we don't like what the poet is saying or how he or she is saying it, there is no reason to hide our own feelings. If a poem doesn't seem to speak to you or me -- and we have made a serious attempt to listen -- then we are surely justified in deciding you have better things to do than to read that poem again. Question: What kind of attitude should we have towards poems? Options: A: We should always read poems with respect. B: We should only read poems that speak to us. C: We should point out the silly mistakes in poems. D: We should put other important things above poems.
Ans: B

Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: The origins of blues are not unlike the origins of life. For many years it was recorded only by memory, and relayed only live, and in person. The blues were born in the North Mississippi Delta following the Civil War. Influenced by African roots, field hollers , ballads, church music and rhythmic dance tunes called jump-ups evolved into a music for a singer who would engage in call-and-response with his guitar. He would sing a line, and the guitar would answer. From the crossroads of Highways 61 and 49, and the platform of the Clarksdale Railway Station, the blues headed north to Beale Street in Memphis. The blues have strongly influenced almost all popular music including jazz, country, and rock and roll and continue to help shape music worldwide. Bad luck and trouble are always present in the Blues. Relentless rhythms repeat the chants of sorrow, and the pity of a lost soul many times over. The blues form was first popularized about 1911-14 by the black composer W.C. Handy. However, the poetic and musical form of the blues first crystallized around 1910 and gained popularity through the publication of Handy's Memphis Blues(1912) and St.Louis Blues(1914). Instrumental blues had been recorded as early as 1913. During the twenties, the blues became a national craze. Mamie Smith recorded the first vocal blues song, Crazy Blues in 1920. In the early 1960s, the urban bluesmen were "discovered" by young white American and European musicians. Many blues-based bands brought the blues to young white audiences. Since the sixties, rock has undergone several blues revivals. Some rock guitarists have used the blues as a foundation for offshoot styles. The latest generation of blues players like Robert Cray and the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, gracing the blues tradition with their incredible technicality , have drawn a new generation listeners to the blues. Question: What is the best title for the text? Options: A: The Origins of Blues B: How Rock Was Influenced by the Blues C: A Short Blues History D: How Blues Became Popular
Ans:
C