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I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: For an increasing number of students at American universities , Old is suddenly in . The reason in clear : the aging of prefix = st1 /Americameans jobs . Besides the aging of the body--boom population , a longer life means that the nation's elderly population is certain to grow greatly over the next 50 years . By 2050, 25 percent of all Americans will be older than 65 , up from 14 percent in 1995. The change causes some questions for government and society , of course . But it also creates jobs in medicine and health fields , and in law and business as well. "Besides the doctors , we're going to need more sociologists , biologists , city planners and lawyers," says Professor Edward Schneider of the University of Southern California's (USC) School of Gerontology . Lawyers can major in "elder law" , which covers everything including nursing-home abuse and age discrimination . Businessmen see huge opportunities in the elder market because the baby boomers , 74 million strong , are likely to be the wealthiest group of retires in human history. "Any student who combines an expert knowledge in gerontology with , say , an MBA or law degree will have a license to print money," one professor says . Margarite Santosis a 21-year-old senior at USC. She began college as a biology major but found she was "really bored with biology". So the took a class in gerontology and discovered that she liked it . She says, "I did volunteer work in retirement homes and in was very satisfying." Question: "...Old is suddenly in" (Line 1, Para.1) most probably means "_" Options: A: America has suddenly become a nation of old people B: gerontorogy has suddenly become popular C: more elderly professors are found in American colleges D: older students begin to be admitted into American colleges
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I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: The 2ndWorld Cup Live Painting Competition Brief Introduction The 2ndYouth World Cup Live Painting Competition is a global charity event hosted by Canada Youth Arts Development Foundation and supported by UNICEF. It is a global painting Olympic of the world's children and youth, and also a global charity event aiming to help poor children worldwide. We don't have ready formulas, but we believe in action. The Youth World Cup Live Painting Competition aims to change things for the better. The competition will be a platform to raise awareness for the welfare of poor children. We hope that this annual competition and charity event will grow into an annual celebration of painting, the Olympic of cultural and artistic exchange. All participants are separated into four groups *Children Group 1 (Age 4-7) *Children Group 2 (Age 8-12) *Youth Group 1 (Age 13-17) *Youth Group 2 (Age 18-25) Main categories for this edition are *Friendship *Dream *Environmental Protection Tools Pen, pencil, oil, water color, any painting tools and materials are welcome. Size A3 size (43cm x 28cm) Entry fee There is no entry fee. Eligibility This competition is open to anyone worldwide aged 4-25 years old. Deadline June 30, 2014 Prize *The Committee will issue one First Award (Gold Medal), three Second Awards (Silver Medals), six Third Awards (Bronze Medals), and Best Innovation Award, Best Color Award, Best Structure Award, Best Method Award, Best Quality Award. *First Award will receive the Golden Cup and $500 CAD, Second Award--Silver Cup and $300 CAD, Third Award--Bronze Cup and $100 CAD. *All winners of the First Award, Second Award and Third Award from each group will have the opportunities to attend the final competition for live painting competition, which is to be held in Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, Canada on August 12th, 2014. All participants in the final competition will receive a certificate, which will be delivered directly from the Organizing Committee. Question: If you took part in the competition and won the second prize, what will you get? Options: A: A silver medal, $300 CAD and certification B: A certificate, $300 CAD and painting materials C: $100 CAD, a certificate and a silver cup D: Final qualification, certification and a bronze medal
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I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Is early childhood education really necessary ? Early childhood education primarily focuses on learning through playing to develop the child's physical , sensory , communicational and social development . Early childhood education has become a concern of the government , who pushes poor children to be formally trained before they are old enough for kindergarten . There are good reasons for the government to push early childhood education . Studies have shown that orphaned children who did not receive good care and education become developmentally delayed causing failure in school , and even in life. Further studies show that poor children who take part in Head Start programs are more prepared for school , less likely to end up in Special Education classes , and are less likely to receive public help or go to jail (prison) . There are also negative parts to putting a child in formal education programs too early . Time Magazine Online explains that " the younger the child is , the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work ." I have personally witnessed many children of my generation who went to Head Start programs become frustrated and bored with school before they finished high school . Yet parents have been sure that the earlier the child starts school , the better off he or she is , so they push to start children earlier . Actually while early formal education of poor children does show great gains in the early elementary years , studies also show that this head start is really a " false start" , as the gains are lost in middle and high school years. It seems that environment is a bigger factor on life's success than early education . Head Start programs have not achieved its original goal in closing the achievement gap in poor and middle school children. Perhaps it is time to find other ways to close that gap . Question: The government values the early childhood education in order to _ . Options: A: develop the children's communication B: help the children to learn by playing C: get the children prepared for the kindergarten D: train the children formally and regularly
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C