Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Fresh Water provides an expansive subject for the third program in the BBC's fascinating new natural history series. Broadly, we investigate the world's lakes and rivers and the creatures which inhabit them. Thus we visit the deepest lake on the planet, Lake Baikal in Siberia. We observe colonies of Indian smooth-coated otters. A magical series which gives us a real sense of context in relation to the planet we inhabit. BBC 2 FAMILY GUY 11.45PM Road to Europe, without proper identification, Brian and Stewie stow away on a plane they think is leaving for England. They're wrong, and soon they're in Saudi Arabia (Brian: "Oh my God, we are finished. We are lost in the desert.") at the beginning of a long trip home. ITV 1 AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT 9PM Cards on the Table, Tonight's mystery concerns the death of one of London's richest and most mysterious men, Mr. Shaitana (Alexander Siddig), who has a fascination with crime. Shaitana hosts dinner and a game of bridge in his apartment, but when the time comes for the first guests to take their leave, they discover that their host has been stabbed through the heart. CHANNEL 4 THE GAMES: LIVE 9PM For the first time on The Games, the men fight in a Kendo tournament, using 1.2m shinai (bamboo swords). The women compete in the cycling, racing wheel-to-wheel on competition bikes with no brakes. Plus other news from the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. Question: The phrase "stow away" most probably means " _ ". - hide secretly - talk excitedly - operate easily - guide successfully
hide secretly

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Doctors say obesity,also known as severe overweight,is a complex condition.A doctor may advise medical interventions in addition to changes in behavior.But experts say the more successful weightloss plans include a wellbalanced diet and exercise. People who want to avoid weight gain have to balance the number of calories they eat with the number of calories they use.To lose weight,you can reduce the number of calories you take in,or increase the number you use,or both.Experts at the National Institutes of Health say to lose weight,a person should do some moderate or intensive physical exercise most days of the week.This could include fast walking,sports or strength training. A recent study looked at four of the most popular dieting plans in the United States.Researchers at Stanford University studied more than three hundred overweight women,mostly in their thirties or forties.Each woman went on one of the four plans:Atkins,The Zone,Ornish or LEARN.The women attended diet classes and received written information about the food plans.At the end of a year,the women on the Atkins diet had lost the most,more than four and a half kilograms on average. Christopher Gardner led the study,reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association. He said the Atkins diet may be more successful because of its simple message to lower the intake of sugar.Also,he said the advice to increase protein in the diet leads to more satisfying meals. But last week,another report suggested that only a small minority of people have longterm success in dieting.Researchers at the University of California found that most dieters regained their lost weight within five years.And often they gained back even more.But those who kept the weight off generally were the ones who exercised. Question: Which one of the following is the best title for this passage? - Successful Weightloss Plans - Four Popular Dieting Plans - What Is the Atkins Diet? - Few People Fail in Losing Weight
Successful Weightloss Plans

Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: In a world today of immense technology, population growth and economic flourish, planning for future residential and commercial developments needs careful analysis with well thought through assumptions about effects on the environment and the people of the community. One example of a growing city is Wooster, Ohio, my place of residency, Wooster in the last five years has grown considerably in population, leading to a growth in commercial business. Surrounded by farmland, Wooster's planning commission chose to extend the community into these farm areas in the form of residential and commercial areas. Picture this--corn fields, old trees, clean air, country roads, and wildlife are all part of the area. Within four years, the people living on this farm step outside on their front porch to view an extensive shopping center containing Wal-Mart, McDonald's, Wendy's, TCBY, and a Cinemark movie theatre. The once quiet road is now a city street with traffic lights, busy with automobiles day and night. The air smells of car exhaust and fast food. Some destruction of farmland is unavoidable when a city expands. Instead of expanding outward, planning commissions should consider interior _ of a city. Tearing down unusable buildings could remodel many areas inside the city. In addition, commercialized buildings could extend upwards to avoid unnecessary use of land. Environmentally, commercial expansion is harmful to the land. Besides forms of pollution, wildlife, including both plants and animals, is put at risk. A planning commission could have realized the benefits of environmental protection. Why not preserve the beauty and naturalness of the land while at the same time allowing for growth? With a steady growth of population and the need for more homes and more workplaces, many problems arise when planning for the future. The hillsides, fields and animal habitats need to be preserved while expanding cities. In the future, a world covered with concrete and asphalt could become reality. Serious research and analysis... Question: Which of the following sentences best expresses the main idea of the passage? - Planning for future residential and commercial developments has bad effects on the environment and the living things. - With a safety growth of population, more homes and more workplaces are needed. - With immense technology, population growth and economic prosperity, we need to plan for the future. - When planning for future developments, effects on the environment should be taken into account.
A: When planning for future developments, effects on the environment should be taken into account.

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: The worldwide increase in the use of cellphones has caused concerns regarding possible harmful effects caused by cellphone radiation. People are particularly concerned that the radiation will put cellphone users at a higher risk of suffering from cancer. However, studies of the association between cellphone use and the risk of brain cancer have reached different conclusions(some, but not all, studies showed increased risk). Researchers conducted a study to examine if cellphone radiation affected regional activity in the human brain. The study, conducted between January 1 and December 31, 2009,included 47 participants. Cellphones were placed on the left and right ears, and brain imaging was performed to measure brain glucose metabolism twice: one with the right cellphone activated for 50 minutes("on" condition) and once with both cellphones deactivated("off" condition). An analysis was conducted to check the association of metabolism and cellphone radiation. The scans were compared to assess the effect of cellphone use on brain glucose metabolism. The researchers found that whole-brain metabolism did not differ between the on and off conditions. However there were regional effects. Metabolism in some brain region was higher (about 7 percent) for cellphone on than for cellphone off conditions. This indicates that the regions expected to absorb more cellphone radiation were the ones that showed the larger increases in glucose metabolism. These results provide evidence that the human brain is sensitive to the effects of acute cellphone radiation. However, how cellphone radiation could affect brain glucose metabolism is unclear. Concerns have been raised by the possibility that cellphone radiation may _ brain cancer. Results of this study provide evidence that acute cellphone radiation affects brain metabolic activity. However, these results provide no information as to their connection regarding possible carcinogenic effects (or lack of such effects) of chronic cellphone use. Further studies are needed to... Question: What does the passage mainly talk about? - The current situation of cellphone use. - To phone or not to phone. - The link between cellphone use and brain cancer. - Long-term harmful effects of cellphones.
The link between cellphone use and brain cancer.