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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Last week the American Medical Association voted, for the first time, to declare obesity a disease. How should the rest of us respond? When we meet obese people, should we cast them a knowing glance of concern and ask how they are doing? Should we send flowers and "get well soon" cards to obese family members and friends? Should the U.S. declare war on obesity, as we once did on cancer? If obesity truly is a disease, then over 78 million adults and 12 million children in America just got classified as sick. Yet many sensible people know that declaring obesity a disease is a mistake. Simply put, obesity is not a disease. To be sure, it is a risk factor for some diseases. Yet everyone who is obese does not get sick, and many normal-weight people do not stay healthy. I have known slim people who took good care of themselves throughout their lives yet fell ill and died young. Others who exhibited no particular interest in their health and did not watch their weight lived to an old age. In most cases, we simply cannot tell from a person's weight what lies ahead for them in life. Consider Winston Churchill. Though average in height, Churchill weighed up to 250 pounds. He smoked cigars and drank ly heavily. He did not work out. Yet he became perhaps the most important statesmen of the 20th century and one of the greatest politicians in history. He lived to age 90. Is obesity bad for people? For some, especially patients who are extremely overweight, the answer is almost certainly yes. Would many overweight people benefit from exercising more and eating less? Again, the answer is likely yes. But this does not make obesity a disease. Many people are not harmed by carrying extra pounds, some may actually benefit from it. For these reasons, we should be careful before labeling obese people diseased. Question: Where can we probably find the text? Options: A: A government report B: A popular science magazine C: A website about losing weight D: A book about famous people
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B

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: What is TOVIAZ? TOVIAZ is a medicine used in adults to treat the symptoms of a condition called overactive bladder . Who is TOVIAZ for? Adults 18 years older with symptoms of overactive bladder. Don't take TOVIAZ if you: Your stomach empties slowly. Have eye problems. Are allergic to any ingredients of TOVIAZ. Possible side effects of TOVIAZ Dry mouth. Constipation Dry eyes. Trouble empting the bladder These aren't all possible side effects of TOVIAZ. For a complete list, ask your doctor. How to take TOVIAZ: Your doctor may give you the lower 4mg dose of TOVIAZ if you have severe kidney problem. Take TOVIAZ with liquid and swallow the tablet whole. Do not chew, divide or crush the tablet. You can take TOVIAZ with or without food. If you miss a dose of TOVIAZ, start taking it again the next day. Things you should keep in mind when taking TOVIAZ: Decreased sweating and severe heat illness can occur when medicines such as TOVIAZ are used in hot environments. Drinking alcohol while taking TOVIAZ may cause increased sleepiness. Question: What can be inferred from the passage? Options: A: There are only four possible side effects of TOVIAZ. B: It's suggested that TOVIAZ be used for adults 18 years older. C: Don't take TOVIAZ if you are allergic to its ingredient. D: You may feel excited while eating TOVIAZ with alcohol.
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B

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: The Chinese invented paper in 105 A. D. They mixed the bark of a tree and rags with water, put a screen into the mixture, and lifted out a thin piece of wet paper. They dried the paper in the sun. The Chinese kept their secret of how to make paper until a war with Muslims in the ninth century. The art of papermaking soon spread throughout the Muslim world. The Mayan Indians in Central America and Pacific Islanders also discovered how to make paper, but their knowledge never spread to the rest of the world. For centuries, all paper was made by hand. Rags were the main material. Then a French scientist discovered that people could make paper from wood, too. Finally, in the eighteenth century. a Frenchman invented a machine to make paper from wood. Question: When did the Chinese invent paper according to the passage? Options: A: About 1 ,800 years ago. B: About 1, 900 years ago. C: About 2, 000 years ago. D: About 2, 100 years ago.
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B

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: When I was a boy, my father told me that he could do anything he wanted to.Dad said that he wanted to be the first to develop color1 prints in our city, and so he did. When I was 16, Dad looked closely at the violin I played and announced that he wanted to make one. He read about violin making, and then became a violinmaker at the age of 43.He bought the tools and materials, opened a small store and set Mom up as the shopkeeper, while he worked at a local company. He retired from the company 17 years later and continued to make violins and other instruments. Dad often guessed why the Stradivarius violins sound so beautiful. Some experts claimed that it was the unique varnish that gave those instruments their beautiful sound. Dad argued that chemists could analyze the varnish--if that were the answer. One of Dad's friends asked him once which kind of wood was used to make violins.When Dad explained that the top was made of spruce , his friend said that he had an old piece of spruce Dad might be interested in. He worked for the next 12 months making a violin from the wood that his friend had given him. It proved to be a superior violin and it would become Dad's masterpiece. He was convinced that the secret of the Stradivarius sound was in the wood itself. Later, the instrument was stolen.Dad's spirit was broken by the robbery, and he stopped making instruments. But he kept the music shop until he was 80 years old, selling guitars and violins. My father has been gone for 14 years now. The violin has been missing for more than 25 years.Somewhere a musician is playing a late 20th century violin with an excellent tone. The owner today may never understand why this ordinary-looking violin sounds so much like a Stradivarius. Question: The author mentions his father's developing color1 prints _ . Options: A: to show that his father-s real interest was not in making violins B: to prove that his father could do anything he wanted to C: to give an example proving that his father was an inventor D: to describe the real thing that made the author believe his father
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B