One day, a man who liked baked beans very much met a girl and fell in love with her. In order to avoid breaking wind in front of his newly-married wife, he gave up baked beans. They were married shortly thereafter. Months later, he smelled baked beans in a cafe on his way home. They were the best beans he had ever smelled! He could not resist and had three large orders of baked beans. All the way home he had gas. His wife seemed excited and a bit mysterious to see him. She _ him and led him to his chair at the dinning room table. Just as she was about to remove the blindfold, the telephone rang. Seizing the chance of her absence, he shifting his weight to one leg and let the gas go. He took the napkin from his lap and fanned the air about him. When he felt another wind coming on, he shifted his weight to the other leg and let it go again. Then he made a third fart. Yet somehow his wife didn't hear him. While keeping his ear on the phone conversation in the hall, he again fanned with force until he heard his wife saying goodbye on the phone, meaning the end of his freedom. Apologizing for taking so long a time, she asked if he had peeked . He assured her that he had not. At this point, she removed the blindfold and there was his surprise---- Twelve dinner guests seated around the table for his surprise birthday party! The man stopped eating baked beans because _ . A) his wife didn't hate his breaking wind B) it was difficult to find good ones C) his wife asked him to D) he didn't want to lose face before his wife
D
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"I want to be just like you.You are from uptown, aren't you?" the young man asked in the local slang with a broad smile unaware of the burning tropical sun.Selling bags of potatoes at the roadside, his extra-large T shirt and faded blue jeans were a proof to the universal influence of American pop culture in Africa.I had accepted a seat at his potato stand to take a break before concluding business in Accra that afternoon.Between busy sales serving customers stuck in traffic, he asked numerous questions about life in America, convinced that having a visa to the United States was like winning the lottery .How could I tell him that I envied his simple life and childish innocence when I was guilty of the silent culture that has helped to create a false image of Africans living abroad? Outwardly, I looked like the poster boy for success visiting from the United States.My white designer shirt and matching pants were straight from the shopping malls in Detroit, where I worked as an engineer.Inwardly, I was caught in a web of ambition and cultural disappointment.My clothes suggested wealthy, yet I could not afford the numerous requests for money or to make gifts of my belongings.Uncles and aunties who were prepared to mortgage their homes to help me leave 10 years ago now expected me to finance cousins hoping to make the same move to the United States. America had helped me achieve my ambition for furthering my education and professional experience.I had arrived with a high-school diploma, and after 10 years, I hold a graduate degree and have a relatively successful professional career.Every inch of progress, however, had been achieved through exhausting battles.My college education had been financed partly through working multiple minimum-wage jobs.I was fortunate to secure a job upon graduation, but adjusting to corporate culture made me pay another high price.Initially, I found myself putting in twice the effort just to keep up.Scared by a wave of layoffs, I went to graduate school part time because it was the... The author managed to attend a graduate school because _ . A) studying graduate courses helped him adapt well to the life in the company B) a graduate degree was the minimum requirement for his career C) a graduate degree would give him an advantage over others in the job market D) he wanted to settle permanently in the U.S
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C
Ques: From the jagged peaks of the Himalayas to the powerful Yangtze River that flows into the Pacific, China's vast terrain and varied climate make it the sixth most biologically diverse nation on the planet. Since 1998, The Nature Conservancy has been working in China's northwest Yunnan Province to protect some of the amazing natural and cultural diversity unique to this country for its future generations. In cooperation with Chinese local and state government agencies, the Conservancy established the Yunnan Great Rivers Project, which protects an area about the size of West Virginia. Did you know? *China contains 10% of the world's total species. *At least 15% of China's mammal species and 8% of its bird species are found nowhere else on Earth. *Nearly 15,000 plant species are native to Yunnan Province. *Yunnan is home to 75% of Tibetan medicinal herbs and 30 endangered species. What is the Nature Conservancy trying to do? Education for Sustainability The Nature Conservancy recognizes that environmental education is an important element of working closely with local communities to achieve sustainable conservation results. In response, the Conservancy launched a new program called Education for Sustainability which tests means of teaching and learning that combine conservation goals, social justice, and appropriate development and participation in a vision and mission for personal and social change. Promoting Green Tourism Tourism is both an environmental threat and an economic opportunity, with the potential to provide extremely needed income to northwest Yunnan. The Conservancy is working with local communities, government agencies, and tourism enterprises to develop strategies for "green" tourism which will limit the footprint of mass tourism while generating income for local people. In addition to combining tourism development and management at our five action sites, we assisted with regional marketing efforts to promote eco-tourism opportunities. To develop strategies for eco-tourism, the Nature Conservancy is working with the following EXCEPT _ . A) West Virginia B) local communities C) government agencies D) tourism enterprises
Ans: A
Question: It was not immediately clear how the military officials first spotted the activity at the site. However, the prefix = st1 /United StatesandSouth Koreagenerally share intelligence information obtained through satellite imagery. Meanwhile, more unidentified South Korean government sources said they are trying to confirm whether a new facility that has been built at the site could be part of preparations for a second nuclear test, the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper reported Saturday. Defense officials could not immediately be reached for comment. The news came a day after the South's Foreign Minister and incoming U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Chinese leaders to discuss sanctions against the North over its Oct. 9 underground nuclear test. Ban met with Chinese President Hu Jintao, State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan and Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing on Friday. South Korea's Foreign Ministry said they would discuss sanctions, but details of their talks were not immediately released. Ban is visiting the five permanent U.N. Security Council members following his election as secretary-general this month. He pledged to make resolving the North Koreanuclear issue a key priority on his agenda as head of the international body. The United Stateshas been trying to muster greater support for a U.N. Security Council resolution that calls for sanctions in response to the North's nuclear test. Seoul and Beijinghave been reluctant to enforce sanctions over the Oct. 9 test for fear they might aggravate their unpredictable neighbor and destabilize the region. As the North's main aid providers and trade partners, ChinaandSouth Korea's participation are considered crucial for the success of the United Nations resolution, which bans the sale of major arms to the North and calls for inspection of cargo entering and leaving the country. It can be inferred from the passage that _ . A) the USAandSouth Koreaare quite close to each other B) North Korea and South Koreaare actually two parts of a country C) the two Koreasare proud of Ban Ki-moon D) Ban Ki-moon will take measures to start sanctions against North Korea
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A