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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: The '80s' "important role" in the family has also meant a greater concentration and focus on the individual. And, it has made the word "me" one of the most frequently used words. Everything seems to be about "me". This generation has a greater awareness of itself. Some people do not seem to agree that all this is self-centred. When Cai Fuchao, prefix = st1 /Beijing's publicity head, was asked to comment on the lack of responsibility of university students during the SARS period, his reply was: "Modern university students are ambitious, knowledgeable and have a very strong sense of responsibility to the society." As news analyst from sina.com, Pan Fengliang, echoed that, saying that blindly blaming them(for running away during the SARS outbreak)was prejudiced and unfair and not backed with evidence. No doubt, the development of information technology has contributed its bit to broadening, or bending, the minds of the 80s generation. Some people even call Gen'80 "the E-generation". They get in touch with each other via email, QQ, ICQ and MSN. While the people of the '60s and '70s swarmed to Shanghai to catch Luo Dayou, Gen'80s were on the BBS saying that it was "really dumb". "The internet is so much more to those of the '80s than you can imagine," said Wu Junyong, an IT engineer who was born in 1978. In Wu's opinion, it's the Internet that separates the 70s from the 80s, "Many of the'70s don't see why those from the '80s can spend everyday in front of a computer." A new weekly Magazine/163.com survey last year found that 40 percent of the 7,000 people surveyed, born in the '80s, thought the computer was the most important article in life; more than 70 percent of their parents preferred the home. Question: What can we infer from the passage? Options: A: All the '80s have a strong sense of responsibility to the society. B: Computers play a more important part in the life of the '80s, who perhaps can't live without them. C: The '80s generation are ambitious, knowledgeable and responsible. D: People can't imagine why the '80s like internet so much.
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B

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: In the past,when people had problems,they went to their families or friends to get advice.Today it is possible to get advice from radio shows.TV programs or telephone hot lines,too.A hot line is a telephone line that offers a direct way of getting in touch with advicers.Most hot lines are completely anonymous --callers do not have to say their names or telephone numbers.Most hot lines are usually free,too.Callers do not have to pay for their advice or the phone calls--even if the calls are long distance.At some hot lines,the advicers are volunteers.Other hot lines pay their advicers for their work.Usually the advicers are full-job people with years of education and experience,but sometimes the advicers have only taken a short class before starting to work on the hot line.All the advicers listen to the people and help them solve their problems. Question: A hot line is a telephone line _ . Options: A: that is hot B: through which people get advice C: whose number no one knows D: through which callers take a short class
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B

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: "He was a nightmare ," his mother, Mary said as I talked with her and her son Jamie. "I was sure he was going to end up in prison, or worse". Seeing Jamie so full of life with his new friends, there was no room for imagination that he was ever a rebellious kid. Jamie was raised by his mother after his father left ten years ago. They lived in a small flat with little money. Most of their neighbors were alcoholics, so crime was very common. At middle school, he quickly got in with the wrong crowd and began to steal everything from shoes to phones. Mary didn't realize the result of the trouble Jamie made until he told her he had been stopped from going to school for three weeks. Mary was very angry, but now she has realized that it was the best thing that had happened to both of them. During the three weeks, Mary made him volunteer at the local community centre where he saw the street dancers for the first time. "They were so cool and able to express themselves in a way I had never seen before. I asked to join them and they agreed. Because of them I am who I am now." Jamie told me, tears in his eyes. Back at school, his whole attitude and behavior improved. "I realized the boys I was hanging out with weren't cool, stealing wasn't cool and getting out of school wasn't cool either. It made me find something I love and have a goal in life." he said. Yes, street dance makes him happy. This kind of dance speaks to people, and gives them a purpose. Question: The text is written to _ . Options: A: tell the advantages of learning street dance B: warn about the dangers of a difficult childhood C: give advice on how to handle rebellious teenagers D: tell how a kid changed after learning street dance
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D

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Space travel is definitely bad for astronauts' bones, reducing their bone density after only a month of weightlessness, according to French research published on Friday. Laurence Vico and his fellow workers at St Etienne University called for more research into the effects of microgravity, after their study of 15 astronauts from the Russian MIR station showed bone loss continued throughout space flights. "Bone loss was especially striking in four astronauts, " the scientists reported in the Lancet Medical Journal. They measured the bone mineral density (BMD) of bones in the forearm and lower leg of the astronauts who had spent one to six months in space. The BMD loss was significant in the tibia of the lower leg, a weight-bearing bone, but barely changed in the radius of the forearm. "Our results indicate the need to investigate not only different bones, but also different areas of the same bone since not all sites of the skeleton are similarly affected by space conditions, " they added. Without gravity the body isn't bearing any weight so there is no need for calcium which makes bones strong, and it becomes empty into the bloodstream. The research team suggested in future scientists should try to determine if the loss of bone density was only on weight-bearing bones on longer flights, also the possible recovery after returning to Earth. Question: French scientists did their research on Russian astronauts, because _ . Options: A: they only cared for the Russian astronauts B: they were not interested in their own astronauts C: the Russian government invited them to do their research D: the Russian astronauts worked in space for a long time
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D