Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: One day when I was driving on the freeway, I noticed all the way there were large dividing walls, which had been built between it and the road running parallel to it, for noise reduction and a sense of separation. The purpose was to create a sense of privacy for people on the other side. This got me thinking: How often do we put up mental barriers that keep us distant from others? Lifting the artificial barriers that keep us apart can offer opportunities to express our goodwill and create better relationships. If we can do like this, maybe our life will be a little different. There is a little post office in a nearby town, and since it is closer to me than the post office in my own town, I go there. One day, with many people jammed into the little building, a man came hurrying in to mail a letter, and the girl at the counter saw he had too little postage on it. She told him he needed 2 more cents. Obviously he was a little at a loss. He had hurried over from his office, and didn't have any money on him or time to stand in line. He was going to run back to get the needed money and wait in line again, but he hurried to get the letter mailed in the first place. As we were watching him, one woman volunteered a two-cent stamp, and the whole line became very quiet. It was a beautiful moment. The man hesitated for a little while and asked her if she was sure, and she assured him she was fine with giving him the stamp. He offered to go back to his office to get the two cents, and she told him not to bother. It was a small thing, but it meant something to both of the people involved, and to the rest of us. We aren't a yard that needs defining or a freeway that needs barriers. We are human beings who can contribute to each other's wellbeing by taking time to pay attention and interact. After all, we are all parts of a whole living in society. Question: What happened after the man being told he needed two more cents? Options: A: The man went back to his office immediately. B: The man turned to a lady for help. C: A woman offered a stamp to the man. D: The man waited in line patiently.
A: C

Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Betty and Harold have been married for years. But one thing still puzzles old Harold. How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa, talking, go out to a ball game, come back three and a half hours later, and they're still sitting on the sofa, talking? What in the world, Harold wonders, do they have to talk about? Betty shrugs . Talk? We're friends. Researching this matter called friendship, psychologist Lilian Rubin spent two hundred women and men. No matter what their age, their jobs, their sex, the results were completely clear: women have more friendships than men, and the difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is "marked and unmistakable". More than two-thirds of the single men Rubin interviewed could not name a best friend. Those who could were likely to name a woman. Yet three-quarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend, most trusted person, or the one they would turn to in time of emotional distress . "Most women," says Rubin, "identified at least one, usually more, trusted friends to whom they could turn in a troubled moment, and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives." "In general," writes Rubin in her new book, "women's friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support, but men's relationships are marked by shared activities. "For the most part, Rubin says, interactions between men are emotionally controlled - a good fit with the social requirements of "manly behavior". "Even when a man is said to be a best friend," Rubin writes, "the two share little about their innermost feelings. Whereas a woman's closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage, it wasn't unusual to hear a man say he didn't know his friend's marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared on night asking if he could sleep on the sofa." Question: Rubin's study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to _ . Options: A: a male friend B: a female friend C: her parents D: her husband
A: B

Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Can you touch your belly button by reaching behind your back and around your waist? A new social trend has started in China, with thousands of netizens facing the challenge and uploading photographs of themselves to show off their bodies. Popular among many young female users on Weibo, the top, which translate as "reaching your belly button from behind to show your good figure," was mentioned more than130 million times among Weibo users. It not only _ over 104,000 active discussions, but also led to concern about what means a healthy body image. "Look! It has taken me more than four hours but I've finally reached my belly button," said Weibo user GayleRabbit. Another user Lucky said, "Why does my belly button suddenly look and feel completely new?" While the trend was popular with many female users on Weibo, a photo uploaded by a male blogger caught people's eye. "Is this pose really that difficult? I don't think so," Said Weibo user Sough Sa. His photo showing he was trying to touch his belly button was shared more than 8,452 times. It also drew over 2,000 comments from other users on Weibo. "Show the skinny girls how it's done," said one user. Weibo user MedicalCream Tang Zhao said, "Now you did it! So you don't have to lose weight and please stay the same." "I always support failures. Now I don't feel so bad about not being able to touch my belly button," said another user Jacket. "Do we need to have flexible arms or a skinny waist to pull this off?" asked Weibo user Chantilly623. But some experts argued that China's new belly button trend was actually distorting society's standards of beauty. "These poses and pictures can be fun but sometimes they also become an expression of competitiveness," said Jolene Tan, Programmes and Communications Senior Manager in Singapore championing women's rights. She also told the BBC that the trend seemed to be a way of examining women's bodies to see whether they are good enough. However, experienced body trainers say the new trend is about flexibility of the arm... Question: What can we learn from the above passage? Options: A: Boys show no interest in this new trend. B: GayleRabbit reached her belly button on her first try. C: Sough Sa's photo of reaching his belly button was popular online. D: Jacket felt sorry for not being able to touch his belly button.
A: C