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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: In the year Shakespeare died in 1616, New England was born. This was in fact four years before any English speakers permanently settled in _ But in 1616 it was already the subject of the bookA Description of New England, by that busy explorer and promoter Captain John Smith, who had visited the land two years before. According to Smith, New England owes its name to Sir Francis Drake. Not that Drake ever saw or talked about New England, but in sailing around the world he stopped in 1597 at a place on the Pacific coast of North American and called it Nova Albion, the Latin for "New England". Following Drake's lead, Smith called the area at a similar latitude on the Atlantic coast by the same name, translated into plain English. The very words New England show the direction of Smith's thinking. This was to be an extension of Old England, not a new kind of community. The map in his book gives only English names for the places of New England, and he provides a special list showing thirty American Indian names replaced by English ones: Accormack by Plymouth, Massachusets River by Charles River, Kinebeck by Edenborough, to list a few. Some of those changes succeeded. But what finally happened after the Plymouth colonists landed four years later has turned out differently than Smith had imagined, for Indian names as well as English ones still cover the new England area. Question: It can be inferred from the passage that _ . Options: A: Sir Francis Drake first used the name New England B: The name New England was given by Captain John Smith C: New England and Old England refer to the same land D: English speakers began to settle in New England in 1612
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B

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Most children don't enjoy doing housework . Then like playing computer games rather than cleaning the rooms. But in Australia, Jim and Robert's mother, Mrs Black, has a good and proper method to get their children to do housework. Here is an example. "Mum, have you worked out next week's housework? Let Jim and me choose the cards. I can't wait. It's fun! " When Robert shouted out, his mother had already put all the cards on their big table. On the cards, there are some words like these, " sweep the floor, clean your bedroom, help mum cook, wash vegetables, make beds, feed the fish, cut the wood, clean the bathroom " and many others. Jim and Robert chose two cards for each day from Monday to Friday. Then they would hang them on the weekday task board. Jim likes to clean the bathroom, so he picked up the card "clean the bathroom ". Robert loves to make the bed so he picked up his favorite card. Jim again picked up "wash vegetables" and Robert chose " feed the fish ". Soon the two boys were happy to take away all the cards. To help the children do housework, their mother thought hard and came up with this idea. Of course, the couple did the housework on the weekends and left Jim and Robert two days free. Question: Jim and Robert chose _ cards for the weekdays for a fortnight . Options: A: two B: ten C: .twenty D: twenty-eight
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C

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: A cat is recovering in California after surviving a 6,500-mile journey across the Pacific stowed inside a Chinese shipping container without food or water. Staff and volunteers have named it "Ni Hao," which is Chinese for "hello." It was discovered breathing shallowly after a two-week trip across the Pacific Ocean. The cat was seriously suffering from loss of water and starvation when the container was opened in California last week, but was said to be doing well after being sent to the Carson Animal Care Center in Los Angeles. At first it was too weak to stand, but finally took its first steps. Then it ate a good meal and slept soundly. The cat woke up Thursday morning, physically in a better condition than 24 hours ago. "Ni Hao greeted the medical team with its first miaow this morning and is attempting to stand," said Marcia Mayeda, head of the Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control. Aaron Reyes, director of the Department, added: "We finally got to hear its voice. It sounds like a single-engine plane." Ni Hao is expected to be observed for 60 days but afterwards animal workers will look forward to providing it with a good shelter. "It's much better for it to recover in a home environment," Mr Reyes said. "It's just like a human being in a hospital so we're hoping to move it." He added: "Little by little we're getting there. We're hoping that under the treatment and with rest, it'll be able to recover quickly.'' It was not immediately clear how the cat got into the container. Question: The container to California started on its journey _ . Options: A: 60 days ago B: one month ago C: 2 weeks ago D: 24 hours ago
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C