Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: My conscience was pricked again on a tour of Venice in 2010. I had taken refuge from the crowds in a quiet canal-side cafe. Outside the cafe was an old woman kneeling on the ancient cobbled stones, begging. Steady streams of tourists were walking past her. A lone young back-packer stood away from the throng drinking something, but I noticed he was also observing the woman. A tourist group glanced at the woman and walked on. Another group of tourists arrived and, again, walked past her. The backpacker watched. Then, as I prepared to leave, I stopped at the sight of the backpacker stepping forward and placing some money in the woman's cup. He did this rather ostentatiously , just before the arrival of another tourist group. I watched as the leader of the group stopped and put some money in the cup. Having been shown the way, other tourists followed suit and added more coins to the woman's cup. The young backpacker repeated this process in front of the next tour party going past. Once again, the subtle peer pressure worked on the tourists, who all added coins to the cup. His work done, the young man walked over to the old beggar woman, patted her shoulder and said, "I hope that helps a bit." I don't know if the woman understood his English or realized what had just happened, but I did. I placed some money in the woman's cup and continued my travels, light-hearted after witnessing such an astute act of caring. Question: We can infer from the passage that _ . - people can do kind acts due to peer pressure - people usually have pity on an old beggar - tourists can be cheated by beggars - tourists are willing to help beggars
people can do kind acts due to peer pressure

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Your name made you do it, though unconsciously, suggests new research that finds your name can negatively make you achieve less. Psychologists at Yale and the University of California, San Diego studying the unconscious influence of names say a preference for our own names and initials -- the "name-letter effect" -- can have some negative consequences. Students whose names begin with C or D get lower grades than those whose names begin with A or B; major league baseball players whose first or last names began with K (the strikeout-signifying letter) are significantly more likely tostrike out. Assistant professors Leif Nelson of UCSD and Joseph Simmons of Yale have conducted five studies over five years using information from thousands of individuals. "The conscious process is baseball players want to get a hit and students want to get A's," Nelson says. "So if you get a change in performance consistent with the name-letter effect, it clearly shows there must be some unconscious desire operating in the other direction." The researchers' work supports a series of studies published since 2002 that have found the "name-letter effect" causes people to make life choices based on names that resemble their own. Those studies by Brett Pelham, an associate professor at SUNY University, have found that people aredisproportionately likely to live in states or cities resembling their names, have careers that resemble their names and even marry those whose surnames begin with the same letter as their own. The _ , Pelham says, is that he has believed the name-letter effect would apply only to positive outcomes. Nelson and Simmons, he says, are "showing it applies more so to negative things than positive things." The researchers say the effect is definitely more than coincidence but is small nevertheless. "I know plenty of Chrises and Davids who have done very well in school," Simmons says. Question: Who may serve as an example to show the "name-letter effect"? - Miss Smith working as a lawyer. - Charles Brown married to Sue Rogers. - Mr. Watt living in Washington - Paula Snow fond of the color white.
Mr. Watt living in Washington

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Respect your teachers. First of all,students should respect the teachers.They should pay attention in the classes.That means to salute him,to stand from his chair when the teacher enters the classroom etc.Attend any lesson attentively.In class of a certain subject or teacher you don't like very much,if it's total anarchy,how can we talk about respect? Play by the rules. If your teacher wants you to use wide-lined paper--do it ! If she tells you to sharpen your pencils only before class starts,listen to her.If she doesn't accept late homework,do yours on time.Sometimes classroom rules seem strict or even silly,but most teachers know what's necessary to make things run smoothly,what it takes to let the learning begin.And the better the learning environment,the smarter you'll be! Expect her/him to like you. Teachers are teachers because they like kids.Given the chance,most teachers want to be your friends too.Respect your teacher,but don't be afraid of her/him.She/He wants you to have a great school year just as much as you want to have! Put first things first. Friends are a fun part of school.But they're not the most important part.When your teacher is teaching,give her/him your full attention.Even when it's hard to do.-- _ will come soon enough,and that's the time for playing with your friends. Question: Which of the following would be the best title for the text? _ - Advice Before You Go To School - What You Should Do At School - How To Get Along With Your Teacher - How To Plan Your Time At School
How To Get Along With Your Teacher

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Good news for game lovers-- a tank game has come out recently. In this game you are in a tank and the screen shows your view of the landscape outside. You gain points by shooting enemy tanks, supertanks, missiles and flying saucers . Expert players can gain scores of around 150,000 points at this game. To get a high score you have to destroy twenty tanks as quickly as possible. After this, the supertanks, missiles and flying saucers appear. These are worth far more points than the ordinary tanks. However, the number of tanks you have to destroy before the supertanks appear varies on different machines. Try to get close to an enemy tank from the side or the back, so it cannot shoot at you. Then, when you get close, turn to face it, line it up in your sights and fire before it turns to shoot at you. If you miss or are too slow, quickly escape by moving out of the enemy's line of fire. You can then move around the enemy and come in from another side. When a supertank appears, try to destroy it as quickly as possible. Then wait safely behind an obstacle for a missile or flying saucer. The cubes are useful objects to hide behind as you can fire over them without exposing yourself to danger. The missiles will fly straight at you, but they are difficult to hit, so do not shoot at them until they are quite close. The saucers are much easier to hit, but do not follow them as you will be open to attack from enemy tanks. ADAB Question: This passage is an_about a game. - experiment - invention - expression - instruction
instruction