Read the following article and answer the question. Article: In many countries today,laws protect wildlife.In India the need for such protection was realized centuries ago. About 300 B.C.an Indian writer described forests that were somewhat like national parks today.The killing of game animals was carefully governed.Some animals were fully protected.Within the forest,nobody was allowed to cut trees,burn wood,or trap animals for their furs.Animals that became dangerous to human visitors were trapped or killed outside the park,so that other animals would not become uneasy. The need for wildlife protection is greater now than ever before.About a thousand sorts of animals are in danger of extinction,and the speed at which they are being destroyed has been _ .With mammals ,for example,the speed of extinction is now about one sort every year;from A. D.1 to 1800,the speed was about one sort every fifty years.Everywhere,men are trying to solve the problem of saving wildlife while caring for the world's growing population. Question: The growth of the world's population means _ . Answer:
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- greater danger to wild life
- people like animals better
- over a thousand sorts of animals are extinct
- only one sort of animal is extinct every year
greater danger to wild life

Read the following article and answer the question. Article: It's not just great minds that think alike. Dozens of the genes involved in the vocal learning that _ human speech are also active in some songbirds . And knowing this suggests that birds could become a standard model for investigating the genetics of speech production and speech disorders. Complex language is a uniquely human trait, but vocal learning -- the ability to pick up new sounds by imitating others -- is not. Some mammals, including whales, dolphins and elephants, share our ability to learn new vocalizations . So do three groups of birds: the songbirds, parrots and hummingbirds. The similarities between vocal learning in humans and birds are not just superficial. We know, for instance, that songbirds have specialised vocal learning brain circuits that are similar to those that mediate human speech. What's more, a decade ago we learned that FOXP2, a gene known to be involved in human language, is also active in "area X" of the songbird brain -- one of the brain regions involved in those specialised vocal learning circuits. Andreas Pfenning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his colleagues have now built on these discoveries. They compared maps of genetic activity in brain tissue taken from the zebra finch, budgerigar and Anna's hummingbird, representing the three groups of vocal-learning birds. They then compared these genetic maps with others taken from birds and primates that can't learn new vocalisations, and with maps taken from the brains of six people who donated tissue to the Allen Brain Institute in Seattle. Their results showed that FOXP2 is just one of 55 genes that show a similar pattern of activity in the brains of humans and the vocal-learning birds. Those same genes show different patterns of activity in the brains of animals incapable of vocal learning. "The similarities are beyond one or a handful of genes," says Pfenning. "There are just systematic molecular similarities between song-learning birds and humans." "There's potential for songbirds to be used to study... Question: What can we infer from the passage? Answer:
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- FOXP2 was involved in human language about 12 years ago.
- Six people donated brain tissue to the Allen Brain Institute in Seattle.
- Experiments with songbirds are likely to help cure Huntington's disease.
- Constance Scharff discovered at the Free University of Berlin.

Answer: Experiments with songbirds are likely to help cure Huntington's disease.

Question: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Looking almost as fresh as the day it was bought, this McDonald's Happy Meal is in fact a staggering six months old. Photographed every day for the past half a year by Manhattan artist Sally Davies, the kids meal of fries and burger shows no sign of mould or decomposition . In a work named The Happy Meal Project, Mrs. Davies, 54, tries to provide evidences that McDonald's food really is the worst you can put in your body. Sitting on a shelf in her apartment, Sally has watched the Happy Meal with increasing shock and even her dogs have resisted the urge to try and steal a free tasty snack. "I bought the meal on April 10 of this year and brought it home with the intention of leaving it out to see how it changed," she said. "I chose McDonald's because it was nearest to my house. The first thing that struck me on day two of the experiment was that it no longer gave out any smell. And then the second point of note was that on the second day, my dogs stopped circling the shelf it was sitting on trying to see what was up there." Expecting the food to begin moulding after a few days, Mrs Davies' surprise turned to shock as the fries and burger still had not shown any signs of decomposition after two weeks. "It was then that I realised that something strange might be going on with this food that I had bought," she explained. "The overall appearance of the food did not change as the weeks turned to months. And now, at six months old, the food is plastic to the touch. The only change that I can see is that it has become hard as a rock." As a strict vegetarian, Mrs. Davies' experiment has brought her amusement rather than fear. "Maybe I would be frightened at seeing this if I was a meat eater. Why hasn't even the bread become with mould? It is strange. Question: We know from the passage that Sally Davies _ . Answer:
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- keeps the record of the food by smelling it
- manages The Happy Meal Project in Boston
- is a Manhattan artist who likes meat very much
- doubts if McDonald's food meets health standards
Answer: doubts if McDonald's food meets health standards

Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Joe is interested in getting exercise and competing on a team. He reads about the events at the local pool and finds the perfect activity. Swimming Programs Summer Swim Team Join a Summer Swim Team and compete with other swimmers! The program is offered at eight different local pools for youths to 17 years old. The season runs June 21--August 21. Practices are daily (Monday through Friday) throughout the summer. The championship meet is August 21. Cost: $50.00 Pools & Practice Times Buckman 2-3 P.M. Montavilla 8-9 A.M. Creston 7-9 A.M. Peninsula 4-7 P.M. Dishman 8-9 A.M. Pier noon-1 P.M. Grant 8-10 A.M. Sellwood 7-9 A.M. Junior Swim Instructor Two weeks, 20 hours of instruction, two hours per day for children 11-14 years old. Pre-training for youths interested in becoming swim instructors($45 per child) Two weeks, 30 hours of instruction, three hours per day for children 11-14 years old. Pre-training in lifeguarding, and customer service ($45 per child) Junior Swim Instructor & Junior Lifeguard Training Dates June 28-July 9 August 9-August 20 June 12-July 23 August 23-September 3 June 26-August 6 Special Offer Anyone who takes part in both junior swim instructor and junior lifeguard programs at the same time need only spend $75 instead of $90 for 50 hours of training. Register Online You can now register online! Visit our website at http://www.example.com You can choose an area of town, a specific local center, a program, or search for classes which can meet the needs of students of different ages. Just visit our website, and you're on your way! Question: If Joe joins the Summer Swim Team, he _ Answer:
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- M.
- begins training at 6
- has to practice for two months
- needs to practice for 7 days a week
has to practice for two months