Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: New York Hall of Science (NYHS) Founded in 1964, it is New York City's only hands-on science and technology center. Being an interactive science museum, it has the largest collection of hands-on science exhibits in New York City, exploring biology, chemistry and physics. The museum focuses on education for children aged 5 and up, with the aim of conveying the excitement and understanding of science and technology to children. Queens County Farm Museum (QCFM) The museum, dating back to 1697, is the only working historical farm in New York City. It is an actual farm and you can wander around the farm to see the fields and animals. It's a good chance for your kids to meet sheep, goats, pigs, chickens and cows! The museum sells feed for young hands who are willing to get licked by sheep and goats. The animals are friendly to visitors. The museum also offers many exciting hands-on programs, such as Apple Pressing Workshop, Honey Bee Alive and a lot more. American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) It is one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. With a history of 143 years, the museum is well-known for its collections and exhibitions representing people and animals throughout the ages. One of the museum's great attractions is a series of fossil halls that include the must-see dinosaur wing. It also provides hands-on events for school groups of all ages on a variety of topics. Museum of the Moving Image (MMI) The museum originally opened in 1988 and reopened in January 2011 after a $ 67 million expansion. As the best media museum in New York City, it promotes public understanding and appreciation of the art, history, technique and technology of film, television and digital media. With a balance of hands-on activities and information, it can entertain and educate people of different ages. Question: If you are a movie fan, you will probably go to _ . - NYHS - QCFM - AMNH - MMI
MMI
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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Contact us Email:hywinter@263.net Beijing: Tel:+86-10-82115893 Fax:+86-10-82115893 Add:Room 405,17 Building,Sun Garden,Haidian District,Beijing Post Code:100086 Shanghai: Tel:0086-21-34240860 34240925 Fax:0086-21-34240925 Add:10G of No.38 of Caoxi North Road,Shanghai Post Code:200030 Guangzhou: Tel:0086-20-38981061 Fax:0086-20-38981062 Add:North 6F,Junhui Tower,No.9 of Sports West Road,Tianhe District,Guangzhou. Post Code:510620 Recruitment policy. Please carefully read the following before applying. You are a native speaker of the language you translate into [Target language]. You were awarded at least a Masters Degree or equivalent in your native language. You have a perfect understanding of the language you translate from [Source language]. You have studied or spent a subsequent number of years in the country of the language you translate from. You have minimum five (5) years experience in the translation field. You specialise in only a couple of subjects but have extensive experience in these fields. You have a good command of computer software and are familiar with basic layout techniques. Your spelling and grammar is impeccable. You can show at least two professional references. Your average turnaround for translation is 3000 words daily. You can work easily under pressure and respond quickly to queries. If you can answer "YES" comfortably to these questions,please fill in the application form only for sending details and we would be glad to hear from you. Question: The purpose of the text is _ . - to give advice on how to be a good translator - to introduce a translation company - to encourage native speakers to become translators - to advertise for qualified translators
to advertise for qualified translators
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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Mary Cassatt was born in Pennsylvania in 1844. When she was seven, her family moved to Europe. They wanted their children to understand European ways and the people who lived there. They travelled a lot and she had visited many countries by the time she was 10 years old. After four years they returned to America. In those days, women didn't have professions, and there were very few women artists. Her family did not approve when she decided that she would become an artist. She studied first in Philadelphia. She happened to be in Chicago in 1871 when the huge fire broke out there. She lost many of her paintings in that fire. She went to Paris to study painting. She met Camille Pissarro there. He taught her Impressionism, a method of painting where the artists used small strokes of unmixed color1s to create an image. She once said of Pissarro that " _ " because he was such a good teacher. She spent a lot of time at the Louvre Museum copying paintings of the famous artists. In 1874, her sister, Lydia, came to live with her in Paris. Lydia was her best friend and posed for many of Mary's paintings. Three years later, her parents came to Paris, also to live with them. Lydia became very ill and died from a disease. Mary missed her very much. Her parents became elderly and she cared for them, but she still found time to paint. One of the more interesting works of Mary Cassatt is her painting, Portrait of Mrs. Curry, Sketch of Mr. Cassatt. Though she never had children of her own, she loved children and painted portraits of the children of her friends and family. She became known as the painter of mothers and children. She lost her sight due to cataracts in her eyes in 1914 and was not able to paint during the later years of her life. Question: What is the passage mainly about? - A brief introduction to Mary Cassatt. - The main works of Mary Cassatt. - The influence of Impressionism on Mary Cassatt. - Mary Cassatt's love for her family.
A brief introduction to Mary Cassatt.
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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Everyday we talk about and use the Internet, but how many of us know the history of the Internet? Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer network didn't work well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way computer network system would keep on working on the time. At first the Internet was only used by the government, but in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made "surfing" in the Internet more convenient. Today it is easy to get on-line and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mail is more and more popular among students.The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people's life. Question: Which of the following is TRUE? - In the 1960s, computer network worked well. - In the early 1970s, the Internet was easy to use. - Today it's still not easy to get on-line. - Sending e-mail is now more popular among students than before.
Sending e-mail is now more popular among students than before.
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