Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Background music may seem harmless, but it can have a powerful effect on those who hear it. Recorded background music first found its way into factories, shops and restaurants in the USA. Very soon it spread to other parts of the world. Now it is becoming difficult to go shopping or eat a meal without listening to background music. To begin with, background music was intended simply to create a soothing atmosphere. Recently, however, it's becoming a big business. An American marketing expert has shown that music can boost sales or increase factory production by as much as a third. But it has to be the light music. Lively music has no effect at all on sales. Slow music can increase receipts by 34%. This is probably because shoppers slow down and have more opportunity to spot items they would like to buy. Yet, slow music isn't always the answer. The expert found that in restaurants slow music meant customers took longer to eat their meals, which reduced overall sales. So restaurant owners might be well advised to play faster music to keep the customers moving-unless, of course, the resulting indigestion leads to complaints. Question: Background music was first used _ . - in the cinemas and theatres in the USA - in the offices and hospitals in the USA - in the schools and churches in the USA - in the factories, shops and restaurants in the USA
in the factories, shops and restaurants in the USA

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: MIAMI (AFP) -- Yao Ming's 34-point performance against Shaquille O'Neal has the 2.26m Chinese center enjoying a happiness almost as huge as himself. Yao scored 34 points, 14 in the fourth quarter, to spark Houston past defending NBA champion Miami 94-72 Sunday night. prefix = st1 /Yaoalso grabbed 14 rebounds and helped keep "Shaq" to 15 points of 6-of-14 shooting from the field. "Every time I score on (Shaq) I'm happy because he's such a great player," Yaosaid. "No question he's the toughest player in the league. You have to have energy and mental toughness in the fourth quarter or else he'll _ " Yao was generous in victory, indicating that O'Neal has not yet returned to top form after missing two games with a injured left knee. "He wasn't the same Shaq tonight as he was during the playoffs last year," Yaosaid. "That was a totally different Shaq out there." Nevertheless, Yao's task was far from simple in containing the controlling big man who has muscled his way to three NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers and another last season with the Heat. "It's a hard job. He's the most important center in this league," Yaosaid. "I just have to keep running with him and matching him play-for-play at both ends." Yao, whose Rockets have won four games in a row, has proven he can reach that next level and made believers out of plenty of competitors, including Heat coach Pat Riley. "Yaowas a load," Riley said. "We got our heads handed to us in the second half." No one knew that better than O'Neal, who watched Yao hit 11-of-19 shots just two nights after a 35-point, 17-rebound performance in a victory over New York. "He hit a lot of tough shots and when you're playing against a guy like that ... you're not going to block his shot," O'Neal said. "You've just got to try to push him out and play him tough." Question: From what Riley said, we can include that _ . - Yao has become the best one in NBA and no one can be over him any more. - The team Houston led by YaoMing promises to be the most difficult one to be defeated. - Any team will lose the match if they meet Houston, with Yaoplaying on the ground. - Yaohas become a trouble to each team because he can always lead his team defeating others in the second half.
The team Houston led by YaoMing promises to be the most difficult one to be defeated.

Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: When I was younger it seemed that the super hero was Batman or Spiderman. As I grew up, I looked to real people with some of these qualities to be my super hero including being strong, honest, friendly, brave, skilled, hardworking, and reliable. The person I think of when I hear these words is my dad. My dad is one of the toughest people I have ever met. He has been through it all. When I was five, 60 percent of his body was burned. In 1999 he fell from a tree, breaking his arm and _ his ankle. In 2004, he had a liver transplant after being on the list for six years after a bad blood transfusion that gave him Hepatitis C. Now, my dad is 45 years old and feels better than he has in 15 years. My dad is one of the most reliable people I know. Anything I ask of him, he does. Whenever he tells me he is going to do something, it is always done before I get home from work. Whenever I need my dad, he is there. When I was ten and he told me my grandmother was going to die, I felt really down. He was the one there trying to cheer me up. My dad has worked hard for everything he has. At home, he is always busy doing projects and has painted every room in our house. After our shop was built, he constructed an office you would think a professional built. When I do something stupid, he helps me fix it. Of course, he does his complaining, but I know he likes fixing things just as much as I like tearing them up. My dad has been one of the greatest parts of my life. I have learned a lot from watching him and I don't believe I will ever meet anyone like him. I hope when I grow up, I can possess the same qualities as my dad, and have someone look up to me as a good role model. This is why my dad is my hero. Question: Which of the following can best serve as the title of this passage? - My Father--My Hero - My Father and I - A Man Who Survived - A Good Model to Respect
A: My Father--My Hero

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Cellphone feels like a part of your body? A global survey has found that most people can't live without their mobiles, never leave home without them and, if given a choice, would rather lose their wallet.[: _ ] Calling mobile phones the "remote control" for life, market research firm Synovate's poll said cell phones are so ubiquitous that by last year more humans owned one than did not. Three-quarters of the more than 8,000 respondents polled online in 11 countries said they take their phone with them everywhere, which Russians and Singaporeans the most attached. More than a third also said they couldn't live without their phone, topped by Taiwanese and again Singaporeans, while one in four would find it harder to replace the mobile than their purse. Some two thirds of respondents go to bed with their phones nearby and can't switch them off, even though they want to, because they're afraid they'll miss something. Mobiles have changed the nature of relationships, with the survey finding a fifth of all respondents set up first dates via text and almost the same number use the same method to end a love affair. Apart from the obvious calling and SMS-ing, the top three features people use regularly on their mobile phones globally are the alarm clock, the camera and the games. As for email and Internet access, 17 percent of respondents said they checked their inboxes or surfed the Web on their phones, led by those in the United States and Britain. One in 10 respondents log onto social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace regularly via mobile, again led by Britain and the United States.[:Zxxk.Com] Not everyone is tech savvy , however,37 percent of respondents said they don't know how to use all the functions on their phone. Question: According to the survey, _ like surfing the Internet with a cellphone most. - Singaporeans - Russians - Americans - Chinese
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Americans