Read the article and select the best answer. Article: When I was a child, I was shocked at the idea that my sisters could be my best friends. Now, I wouldn't have it any other way. At the time, the idea of my two sisters being my closest friends seemed strange to me. We fought all the time over toys, food, attention, what to watch on television--you name it, and we quarreled about it at some point. How could my sisters be my best friends? They weren't the same age as I. We all had our own friends in school. My mother never let the three of us forget that sisters are lifelong friends. Her wish like most parents' was to give us something that she never had. Growing up as an only child, she longed for siblings. When she gave birth to three daughters, the fulfillment of her dream had only just begun. She had given each of us a gift and she wanted to make sure we did not take that gift for granted. She would frequently tell us how lucky we were. But there were other, more subtle ways that she encouraged us to grow closer. She never showed favoritism to one daughter over the other, as not to cause jealousy or bitterness between sisters. She constantly took us places together--skating, shopping and swimming, so that we developed common interests. And when we were teenagers, Mom always punished us equally, giving us yet another bonding experience. We didn't always get along beautifully and fought just like any other _ . But somewhere in between Mom's lectures, the family vacations and the shared memories, we realized that our mother was right. Today I share things with my sisters that I do with no one else. My sister Cindy and I ran the New York City Marathon together, side by side, even holding hands when we crossed the finish line. When my sister Karen got married, I was her maid of honor . Cindy and I traveled through Europe together and even shared an apartment for two years. The three of us trust each other with our greatest secrets. It was twenty-three years ago that my mother first asked me who my two best friends were. Today she doesn't have to. She... Question: As a child, the author was shocked at her mother's idea because _ . Options: A: her sisters seemed strange to her B: her sisters didn't like to be her friends C: none of the girls had their own friends D: they didn't have much in common
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: One night in February 1962, John H. Glenn. Jr., flew over Australia. The man in the Mercury capsule was alone, but friendly voices reached him by radio. On the dark land 100 miles below, he saw a sprinkling of light. They marked the city of Perth, where people had turned on their lights as a greeting to him. In Friendship7, Glenn radioed, " The lights show up very well. Thank for everybody for turning them on." His capsule raced on to the east. During his three orbits(......) of the earth, Glenn could always reach one of eighteen tracking stations. Some of them were on ship at sea. Others were in the United States. Many of the stations had been built with the help of other countries. These countries allowed Americans to bring in radio equipment and set it up. Without the help of such lands as Nigeria , Zanzibar(,), and Mexico, there would have been breaks in the worldwide radio network. John H. Glenn. Jr., was the first America to orbit the earth. For his flight, the tracking network covered 60,000 route miles. Five hundred men worked in the stations along the route. Since his flight, the network has grown. Today, it covers more than 100,000 route miles and has about one hundred stations. One-third of these stations are outside of the United States. Question: This passage is mainly about _ . Options: A: talking to ships at sea around the world B: breaks in the worldwide network C: the first American to orbit the earth D: a satellite which fell into the ocean
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: YOU'VE lost your keys and your parents are both busy. If you had to ask one of them for help, whom would you pick? Before you give your answer, you should probably know that a new study found that women are better than men at multitasking , especially if one of those tasks is searching for a lost item. That should help you choose. In the study, a team of UK researchers compared the performances of 120women and 120men in a computer game involving tasks of counting and shape-recognition Men and women were equally capable when tasks were handled one at a time. But when the tasks started switching quickly , men responded c) much slower than women. To make the experiment more relevant to everyday life, researchers tried a second test. A group of women and men were asked to complete a series of "everyday challenges" such as finding restaurants on a map and searching for a lost key in a field. Once again, women outperformed men on the test, particularly in the key-searching task. "It suggests that- in a stressed and complex situation - women are more able to stop and think about what's going on in front of them,'' researcher Keith Law of the University of Hertfordshire, UK, told the BBC,[ln contrast,] men had a slight impulsiveness ;they jumped in too quickly" But where did women get the ability to keep organized under pressure? Researchers believe that it has its roots in evolution ,In early human communities, women had to keep an eye on children while cooking meals. Meanwhile, men only needed to focus on hunting. Men might not be happy about this study. After all, many great pilots are men and they have to deal with lots of information at the same time too. This is true, and researchers have their response. "[We don't mean]that all men can't multitask, or that only women can," said Laws.[We are saying that] the average woman is better able to organize her time and switch between tasks than the average man. There's no point denying these differences exist." Question: What is the author's purpose in writing this article ? . Options: A: To discuss the effects that multitasking have on men and women. B: To explain why men are generally not as good at multitasking as women. C: To talk about a new study that shows the differences between men and women in terms of multitasking. D: To explain why women are generally better at daily tasks than men are.
C