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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Focus on class SOME US parents are sad that their high school children score badly in math , science and reading compared to kids in other countries. There has been an endless series of mostly fruitless education reforms to address this gap ( ). Now comes an approach based on the insights of a group of US exchange students. They spent a year in some of the most successful high schools in the world -in Finland, Poland and South Korea. Author and journalist Amanda Ripley followed three exchange students for her new book, The Smartest Kids in the World - and How They Got That Way. She argues that to improve academics, US schools should de-emphasize sports. Instead, students should bring their passion and intensity to academics , she concludes. "High school in Finland, Korea and Poland had a purpose, just like high school football practice in America," she writes. "There was a big , important contest at the end, and the score counted." Sports are a distraction ,Ripley argues, and most countries require them to take place outside of school. Trading in US school sports culture would be a huge change for people in the US , who respect teamwork and sportsmanship as training for life. But playing down sports could pay off, as it has elsewhere, if we redirect money , focus and glory to learning. Ripley is critical of memorization in South Korean education, but she praises the system's high goals and the free-dom its students have to fail and recover through hard work. Too often , we don't ask teachers to give our kids harder assignments -and we're quick to complain about a failing grade. What's working elsewhere is to set ambitious goals for kids ,and then allow them to discover that they have it within themselves to reclaim success from failure. Each of the countries in Smartest Kids came to education reform after an economic crisis . Finland was losing jobs after graduating just 10 percent of its teens from high school in the 1950s. Today , the graduation rate is 95 percent... Question: Which of the following statements about education in South Korea is True according to the article? - High academic scores are considered an important measure of education quality in South Korea. - The memorization skills of South Korean students are the keys to their academic success. - South Korean teachers emphasize teamwork and sportsmanship as much as American teachers do. - South Korea started education reforms in the 1950s to improve students' reading skills.
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High academic scores are considered an important measure of education quality in South Korea.

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Failure is probably the most exhausting experience a person ever has. There is nothing more tiring than not succeeding. We experience this tiredness in two ways: as start-up fatigue and performance fatigue. In the former case, we keep putting off a task because it has either too boring or too difficult. And the longer we delay it, the more tired we feel. Such start-up fatigue is very real, even if not actually physical, not something in our muscles and bones. The solution is obvious though perhaps not easy to apply: always handle the most difficult job first. Years ago, I was asked to write 102 essays on the great ideas of some famous authors. Applying my own rule, I determined to write them in alphabetical , never letting myself leave out a tough idea. And I always started the day's work with the difficult task of essay-writing. Experience proved that the rule works. Performance fatigue is more difficult to handle. Though willing to get started, we cannot seem to do the job right. Its difficulties appear so great that, however hard we work, we fail again and again. In such a situation, I work as hard as I can-then let the unconscious take over. When planning Encyclopaedia Britannica (<<>> ), I had to create a table of contents based on the topics of its articles. Nothing like this had ever been done before, and day after dat I kept coming up with solutions, but none of them worked. My fatigue became almost unbearable. One day, mentally exhausted, I wrote down all the reasons why this problem could not be solved. I tried to convince myself that the trouble was with the problem itself, not with me. Relived, I sat back in an easy chair and fell asleep. An hour later, I woke up suddenly with the solution clearly in mind. In the weeks that followed, the solution which had come up in my unconscious mind provided correct at every step. Though I worked as hard as before, I felt no fatigue. Success was now as exciting as failure had been depressing. Human beings, I believe must try to succeed. Success, then, means... Question: On what occasion does a person probably suffer from performance fatigue? - Before starting a difficult task. - When all the solutions fail. - If the job is rather boring. - After finding a way out.
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When all the solutions fail.

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Every few years comes a fitness trend that has people scratching their heads in amazement. "Crunning" will probably be one of them. The "c" stands for "crawling" . This new sport needs two-legged humans running on all fours! The funny idea is the brainchild of Shaun McCarthy. The 34-year-old is convinced that it will revolutionize fitness as we know it. According to the sports enthusiast, "The only thing that crunning's changed about fitness is that it's changed everything about fitness." Mccarthy has no scientific evidence to prove that crunning is more efficient than traditional two-legged running. However, he believes it is a more effective way to exercise because it puts an emphasis on the shoulders and arms, providing a complete body workout. Mccarthy also says crunning seems to tire him out more. He therefore concludes that the unconventional exercise is a bigger calorie burner than normal running. While experts generally agree that crunning may provide a better workout, many are not sure if it is the right exercise for humans. Fitness coach Kevin Dean says we are not built to be on all fours and our wrists are therefore not as strong as our ankles. He believes crunning, which he calls a fad , could result in bad wrist and shoulder injuries, not to mention broken noses. But McCarthy is not worried. Since the release of his crunning video a few weeks ago, many Melbourne residents have been seen scampering around on all fours. As it turns out they are not the only ones. In the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, crawling, a much slower version of crunning, has been a favorite activity for many years. According to some enthusiasts, the light exercise that is believed to date back two thousand years to the Han Dynasty, is good for curing back and spine ailments. Ready to give crunning try? Then Mccarthy recommends investing in some good shoes, hardy gloves and most important of all, a face mask! Question: What can we learn about crawling according to Kevin Dean? - Our ankles are stronger than our wrists. - Crawling is an efficient way to work out. - The city of Zhengzhou is the origin of crawling. - Crawling can burn more calories than normal running.
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Our ankles are stronger than our wrists.