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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Life comes in a package.This package includes happiness and sadness, failure and success, hope and _ .Life is a learning process.Experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us a better person.With each passing day we learn to deal with various situations. Love plays a main role in our life.Love makes you feel wanted.Without love a person could become cruel.In the early stage of our life, our parents are the ones who show us with love and care.They teach us about what is right and wrong, good and bad.But we don't always care about it.It is only after marriage and having kids that a person understands others' feelings. Happiness can bring people a peaceful mind.No mind is happy without peace.Sadness is the cause of the death of a loved one or the failure.But all of these things will pass away. Failure is the path to success.It helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive and shows us a specific way.Success brings in money, pride and self-respect. Hope is what keeps life going.Parents always hope their children will do well.Hope makes us dream.Hope builds in patience.Life teaches us not to despair even in the darkest hour, because after every night there is a day. Life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it has passed and is out of our control.Tomorrow is unknown, for it could either be bright or dark. _ Question: What's the meaning of the last sentence of the whole passage? Options: A: When choosing between "today" and "tomorrow", you'd better enjoy tomorrow. B: If you work hard today, you'll have a better life in the future. C: What you can only choose is to work hard today rather than tomorrow. D: The only choice you make is that you should enjoy a better tomorrow.
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B

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: A teacher takes a very big bottle and puts a few big stones into it. He asks the students, "Is the bottle full?" They all answer, "Yes!" The teacher then puts some small stones into the bottle. The small stones are between the big stones. He then asks, "Is it full now?" Some students give no answer, but most answer, "Yes!" The teacher then starts to put some sand into the bottle. For the third time, the teacher asks, "Is it full?" Now most students give no answer, but some still answer, "Yes!" Then the teacher pours a cup of water into the bottle. "What does it tell us?" asks the teacher. One clever student answer, "No matter how busy you are, you can always find time to do some more things." "No," says the teacher. "If you don't put the big stones into the bottle first, you can never get _ in. The big stones are the important things in your life. If you fill your life with small things like the small stones, sand and water, you'll never have the time for the important things." Question: What is the main idea of the article? Options: A: We should use our time to do some more things. B: We should try to ask the teachers more questions. C: We should not put sand or water into our life. D: We should try to find the important things in our life.
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D

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: The 2012 Olympic Games are coming. Many people will go to watch some matches. Here are some rules for the audience : <1> Archery &shooting Sit at the back or on either side of the field. Keep quiet during the match.Set your mobile phone in a _ state or turn it off. Don't use the flash on your camera. When the athletes are aiming at the target , keep your voice down. <2> Basketball,table tennis&football You can't bring drinks in glass bottles or cans. Keep the cheering down at important moments.Don't use the camera flash. If you easily get nervous,bring some snacks.Keep your mouth moving to calm you down. <3> Cycling&marathon Audience should keep off the track .Control your pets. Athletes might look tired and thirsty,but don't hand them water or anything else. If an athlete falls,do not help him or her. Question: Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? Options: A: Drinks in glass bottles or cans are not allowed in a baseball match. B: You can shout "Come on!" loudly at important moments in a football match. C: When a runner falls,you can't rush over to help. D: You can't shout loudly when watching the shooting match.
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B

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Most of us probably live without vegetables, but a world without chocolate? Now that would be hard! According to chocolate makers it could happen if we don't act soon. There are two main causes of the chocolate shortage --- chocolate's growing popularity and less production of cocoa, the plant from which chocolate is made. With more and more people in India and China loving chocolate, not much can be done about the first cause. Therefore, the only thing we can do is to increase cocoa production. However, new plant diseases and little rain in Ivory Coast and Ghana, the world's largest producers, have reduced cocoa production by 40 percent in the past 10 years. What's worse, many cocoa farmers in Africa and other cocoa-producing countries like Indonesia and Venezuela are changing to easier-to-grow crops such as corn or rubber. This way, the farmers can make more money. To prevent more farmers from changing, researchers at the newly opened International Cocoa Control Centre, in the UK, are trying to create new cocoa plants that are stronger and faster growing. But first they must make sure the new plants are safe to grow. This takes a long time. First, each new plant is stored at the Control Centre for six months to make sure it is healthy. It is then planted in the Centre's fields, studied and tested for another two years. Only after scientists are certain that they're disease-free, will the plants be sent to farmers in West Africa or wherever else they are needed. To create new stronger types of cocoa, scientists at the Centre are combining the best parts from different cocoa plants. Though the world is facing a serious chocolate shortage, there is now hope! Question: How long does it take scientists at the Centre to make sure a cocoa plant is safe to grow? Options: A: 6 months. B: 12 months. C: 24 months. D: 30 months.
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D