Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: 1.Your NAME, YEAR of birth, HOME ADDRESS/CITY/STATE/PHONE NUMBER, SCHOOL NAME (and English teacher) and EMAIL ADDRESS, so we can email you if you've published. For photos, place the information on the back of each envelope: PLEASE DON'T FOLD. 2.This statement MUST BE WRITTEN on each work: "I promise the above work is completely original." and sign your name. SEND IT ALL SUMMER! By mail--Teen Ink, Box 30 Newton, MA 02461 On the web--TeenInk.com / Submissions By email--Submissions@TeenInk.com THE FINE PRINT 1. Type print carefully in ink. Keep a copy. 2. Writing may be edited; we reserve the right to publish it without your permission. 3. If due to the personal nature of a piece you don't want your name published,we will respect your request, but you MUST include your name and address for our records. 4. Include a self-addressed envelope, and we'll send a coupon for any Pepsi product and an announcement to let you know we've got your work. 5. If published, you will receive a copy of Teen Ink, and a wooden pen. 6. All works submitted will not be returned and all copyrights belong to Teen Ink. We keep the rights to publish all such works in any forms. All material in Teen Ink is copyrighted to protect us and prevent others from republishing your work. Question: All of the following must be submitted EXCEPT _ . Options: A: phone number B: school address C: English teacher's name D: time of birth
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Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Grasshoppers are having to change their song -- one of the iconic sounds of summer -- to make themselves heard above the noise of road traffic, ecologists have discovered. The study, published in the British Ecological Society's journal Functional Ecology, is the first to show that human-made noise affects natural insect populations. Animals use sound to communicate for many reasons, including marking out territory, warning of predators and finding mates, and although previous research shows birds, whales and even frogs change their calls in noisy environments, the impact of human-made noise on insects has been neglected until now. Ulrike Lampe and colleagues from the University of Bielefeld in Germany caught 188 male bow-winged grasshoppers, half from quiet locations and half from beside busy roads. The grasshoppers use their song to attract mates. The team then studied the differences in the two groups' songs in the laboratory. To encourage them to sing they exposed the males to a female grasshopper, and then recorded their courtship songs. Analysis of almost 1,000 recordings revealed grasshoppers living beside noisy roads produced different songs to those living in quieter locations. According to Lampe: "Bow-winged grasshoppers produce songs that include low and high frequency components. We found that grasshoppers from noisy habitats increase the volume of the lower-frequency part of their song, which makes sense since road noise can mask signals in this part of the frequency spectrum ." The team's findings are important because traffic noise could be upsetting the grasshopper's mating system . "Increased noise levels could affect grasshopper courtship in several ways. It could prevent females from hearing male courtship songs properly, prevent females from recognizing males of their own species, or _ females' ability to estimate how attractive a male is from his song," Lampe explains. Having discovered that human-made noise affects insect communication, the researchers now want to learn more about how... Question: Which of the following could be the main idea of the passage? Options: A: Bow-winged grasshoppers use their songs to communicate. B: Grasshoppers change their songs to adapt to the noisy environment. C: Grasshoppers' songs include both low and high frequency components. D: Bow-winged grasshoppers are a common species in Central Europe.
A: B

Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Are you a bookworm? Is your head stuck in a book for long? If so,that's a good thing.There are many benefits to reading.Getting into a good novel improves our literacy .But who or what encourages us to pick up a book and start reading? Of course,when we are young,our parents and teachers inspire us by introducing us to characters that we love--or love to hate.And there are the authors--the people who invent and write about these characters.Good writing can really catch our imagination. One modern-day children's author is J.K.Rowling,who's known for her books about the wizard,Harry Potter.Last year she was named as a'literacy hero'for her part in improving people's love of reading.The UK's National Literacy Trust awarded her the title for"turning a generation of children into readers." The Trust also honoured schoolchildren,a librarian and teachers for their effort in trying to get people to read.The actor, Henry Winkler, who has dyslexia ,was also named for the books he has written about a boy with learning difficulties. Reading books is more than an enjoyable pastime;it can also help people in difficult circumstances.The author Pat Winslow worked as a writer in prisons and found reading and discussing stories helped prisoners reflect on their patterns of behaviour.She says"Very often we would have discussions about the moral compass of a character, what was the motivation of somebody, why did they behave that way?" Today I like to read factual books such as biographies,where you get an insight into the lives of important and well-known people.I also enjoy looking at travel books and learning about journeys and new destinations.It's a good substitute if you can't visit in person. But the main benefit of reading is the improvement it brings to our literacy.The more we do it,the better we get and who knows--one day you may become the next Tolstoy,Jackie Collins or even William Shakespeare. Question: For what purpose does the author like to read factual books? Options: A: Because they are more interesting. B: Because they supply inspirations for life. C: Because they help people save a lot of money. D: Because they completely take the place of personal travel.
A: B