Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Large population has caused many problems. For example, the traffic is very heavy in some big cities. During the last ten years, big cities like Beijing and Harbin were full of cars and buses. Now the streets are completely crowded and it's very difficult to drive a car along them. Drivers must stop at hundreds of traffic lights. What are our cities going to be like in the future? How can we solve the problem? There are some good ideas to reduce the use of private cars. In 1971, the officer in Rome began an interesting experiment: Passengers on the city buses didn't pay for their tickets. In Stockholm there was another experiment: People paid very little for a season ticket to travel on any bus, trolley bus and train all over the city. In many cities now some streets are closed to vehicles and _ are safe there. In London there is another experiment: Part of the streets is for buses only. So the buses can travel fast. There are no cars or taxis in front of them. , . Question: The city of _ once experimented on a completely free bus service. Options: A: London B: Paris C: Rome D: Stockholm
A: C

Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: When Mark first arrived in Thailand, he saw an old man selling something cheap in the street of Chiang Mai. The old man was one of the poor people in Chiang Mai and there was no difference from beggars . Most of them were some lonely old people. Their life had no support. Mark was a kind man, so he gave some changes to him without thinking. The old man told him to pick something he liked. Mark didn't choose anything and left. But the old man followed him closely. AT first, Mark didn't think a lot, just supposing he wanted to go home. But when he went out very far saw the old man still following him, he was a bit tired, thinking the old man must feel he was kind and wanted to beg more money from him. Mark turned back and told him not to follow him because he hadn't much money. But the old man seemed not to understand what he meant, still following him. The bag on his back made him sweat all over. Mark happened to meet his Thai colleague in the street and his colleague heard this. The colleague turned to ask why the old man was following his friend. The old man said out of breath, "My son, you gave me money, but didn't want my things, so I have to give you something. I see you are a foreigner, likely not to familiar with here. I just want to follow you and show you the way. All I can do for you is this." Mark was shocked. He said he didn't know why, when he felt the old man was just like his father. Question: Which of the following is true according to the passage? Options: A: Mark didn't like this old man at all. B: The old man was Mark's father. C: The old man sold something cheap to make a living. D: Mark didn't give the old man anything at the beginning.
A: C

Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: The day is like any other day in his life. Tom walks past the shop at the street corner. He stops to look at the front row of shoes, and he feels happy to see that pair of shoes he wants very much is still there. But he feels sorry for himself. He really wants to have them for his birthday. He sadly walks away and thinks how to tell his mother about it. He knows she will give him anything he likes if she can. He also knows very well that she has little money. He decides not to go home so quickly, because he looks worried and his mother will see it. So he goes to the park and sits on the grass. Then he sees a boy in a wheel chair. He notices that the boy moves the wheel chair with his hands. Tom looks at him carefully and is surprised to see the boy has no feet. He looks at his own feet. "It's much better to be without shoes than without feet," he thinks. He smiles and he is happier. Question: The pair of shoes he likes is _ . Options: A: too expensive B: quite cheap C: not there D: still there
A: D

Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: It's 10:00 pm. A man leaves a restaurant, gets into his car and drives away. 200 meters further he's stopped by a police officer. Officer: Good evening, sir. We're testing drivers for drunk driving. Would you please blow into this machine? Man: I'm sorry, I can't do that. If I blow into that machine, I will get out of air. Officer: Please come along to the office and we can give you a blood test. Man: I can't do that. If you give me a blood test, I will bleed to death. Officer: Then you'll have to get out and walk five metres along this white line. Man: I can't do that, either. Officer: Why not? Man: Because I'm dead drunk! I can't open the door. Question: The conversation probably happens in a (an) _ . Options: A: office B: street C: hospital D: restaurant
A: B