Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: In Denmark, parents are allowed to set up a new school if they are dissatisfied with the school in the area where they are living. Although these schools have to follow the national courses, they are allowed a lot of choice in deciding what to teach. Some of these new schools are called "small schools" because usually the number of pupils in them is only sixty, but a school has to have at least twenty-seven pupils. Cooleenbridge School in Ireland, is a small school similar to the ones in Denmark, it was set up by parents who came from Holland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, England and other parts of Ireland. They came because they wanted to live in the countryside and to grow their own food. In June 1986, they decided to start a school. They managed to get an old, disused primary-school building and started with twenty-four children aged from four to twelve. The teachers say, "The important thing in school is doing, not sitting." And so the courses includes yoga , cooking, knitting, kite-making, music, fishing, drama and environmental river studies, as well as reading, writing, maths and science. Question: What makes this kind of school special? - It is set up by parents not by government. - It is free to decide what to teach. - The number of pupils in it is only sixty. - It has to have at least 27 pupils.
It is set up by parents not by government.

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Could it be your after-dinner coffee that keeps you awake at night? Perhaps you are one of those people who simply can't take coffee in the evening, because the caffeine in it makes you excited. Coffee with caffeine does make some people restless when they want to go to sleep. So, before you rush to the doctor for "something to make you sleep", change over to H. A. G. - a new kind of caffeine-free coffee, the nicest coffee so far. This kind of coffee is made by modern scientific methods and has come to the perfection for the greatest pleasure that drinking good coffee gives, however, without any harmful effects. H. A. G. is the coffee that continental people, who are such great coffee drinkers, have been taking in the evenings for over 50 years. Make your choice of H. A. G. and enjoy good coffee and good sleep. Health food stores and most groceries have H. A. G. coffee. If there is any difficulty, send (with your name and address) for free sample from the A. A. SUPPLY CO. LTD. 31/32 Priory Park Road, London, N. W. 6. Question: The article is about _ of a new kind of coffee. - the instructions - the use - an advertisement - good effect
an advertisement

Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: LONDON----"Everyone else has one!" Lucy declared to her parents, trying to get a mobile phone as a gift for her 14th birthday. Her parents gave in. Curious to know her daughter would use the phone, Jane Bidder, the mother, followed Lucy to the school bus in the morning. The bus seats 20, of whom half have a mobile phone. One rings and several adolescent owners fumble in their bags. Many parents have just come to realize that the mobile phone is no longer for traveling businessmen ----it is as likely to be found in school bags. The mobile phone seems to have become something essential for today's teens in Britain, according to a survey published last week, by NOP, a leading market research company in Britain. Research found that 66 percent of 16-year-olds now have access to a mobile phone. The mobile phone has been turned into a secret messaging service by teen users. When they are talking on the mobile, their parents are not able to _ on the second line. The interview with 2,019 young people aged 7 to 16 found that they favour the text messaging services because they offer a secret way of keeping in touch. The days of secret notes in the classroom are dying out. For example, "cul"means "see you later"; "lol" means "laugh out loud"; and 2nite is the abbreviation of "tonight". All these are based on shorthand phrases on the Internet. Many schools have banned students using mobile phones. But they are not very successful. Still phones ring in the class and disturb study. Besides, people are worried about the health risk to kids using mobile phone. Scientists believe children are especially vulnerable to mobile radiation. Question: Interviews discover children like to send messages instead of _ . - calling each other - writing to each other - playing games online - greeting each other
A: writing to each other

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: The 10th annual International "Go Skateboarding Day" will be held on June 21, 2012. Skateboarding Day is all about fun! Here is your guide to some of the events around the world. Los Angeles, California Over 10,000 skateboarders from around the world will gather in the streets of L.A. They have partnered with Boards for Bros, a non-profit organization that collects and restores skateboards for children who cannot afford their own, and have asked skateboarders across the U.S. to donate their used skateboard products. The celebration will last most of the daytime. Manila, Philippines The Skateboarding Day to be held in the Philippines will be in the Manila for the second time. Manila is hoping to promote health and skateboarding sports. The event begins at 2:00 p.m. and ends at 6:00 p.m. The skateboarders start from Liwasang Bonifacio where they can skate in the streets of P. Burgos, Roxas Boulevard and up to Malate fountain in Rajah Soliman Park where the event ends with a Product Toss and Best Trick contest. Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada If you happen to be in Alberta, Canada and the weather isn't great for outdoor skating, Incline Skate & BMX Park is the place to go skateboarding. Incline is a great place to skate, and a day pass there is only $8 for an adult, half for those below 16. On Go Skateboarding Day, they will hold a competition with the first prize winner taking home $600. New York City, New York Steve Rodriguez, owner and founder of SBoro Skateboards holds the biggest chapter of the Skateboarding Day in the world. Tens of thousands of people will participate, and June 21st is now an official New York City holiday. The event starts at 10 a.m. and ends at 6 p.m. There will be a free clinic at 10 a.m., tons of prizes, food and drinks. For details of the full day please check out _ Question: Where will the event or celebration last the shortest? - In Manila, Philippines. - In Los Angeles, California. - In Sylvan Lake, Alberta Canada. - In New York City, New York.
In Manila, Philippines.