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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Gabriel Garcia Marquez , who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982, passed away at the age of 86 on April 17, 2014. The world paused to remember the cultural giant. Garcia Marquez was born in Colombia, but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City. As one of the most famous writers, he was widely regarded as "a giant of 20th- century literature." Garcia Marquez wrote in a style called " magical realism ." In such works, people live a daily life in a certain period of time in history. But meanwhile , magical things happen to them. Garcia Marquez is best known for his 1967 novel, One hundred years of Solitude (<<>> ), which has sold about 50 million copies. It tells the tale of the small and _ town of Macondo which was separated from the outside world- of its founding and its troubled history over a hundred years. The story is a metaphor for the development of Colombia since the 19 century. As Colombian President Juan Manuel Santons said, Garcia Marquez wrote about "the essence of the Latin American beings." Question: Garcia Marquez was born in _ . Options: A: 1914 B: 1928 C: 1967 D: 1982
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: House For Sale Red Rose Garden, Pudong 3-storey home. 509 sqm total land area. 428.8 sqm built-in. 312.9 sqm garden. Asking for RMB 13 million. MP: 13761973547 Tel: 021-58609228 Fax: 021-58609728 Job Wanted Cherry, 24, a shining girl, good at oral English and Putonghua. Now I am working at an international trade company in Guangzhou. I am kind-hearted, hard-working and healthy, and would like part-time weekend work offering Putonghua lessons to foreign friends. If you are interested, please email me at cherrylf@hotmail. com. Beijing Snow World Ski Park Price: 18 yuan (Ticket). 50 yuan/hour on weekdays and 70 yuan/hour on weekends. 120 yuan/four hours on weekdays and 190 yuan/four hours on weekends. Question: Where is Cherry working now? Options: A: In Guangzhou. B: In Shanghai. C: In Beijing. D: In Putong.
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: There are many expressions with heart.One of them is "lose your heart to someone".When that happens,you have fallen in love.But if the person who "won your heart" does not love you,then you are sure to have a "broken heart".In your sadness,you think that the person you loved is "hard-hearted",and in fact,has a "heart of stone". You may decide to "pour out your heart" to a friend.Telling someone about your personal problems can often make you feel better. If your friend does not seem to understand how painful your broken heart is,you may ask her to "have a heart".You are asking your friend to show some sympathy for your situation.Your friend "has her heart in the right place" if she says she is sorry for how you feel. If your friend says,"My heart bleeds for you",she means the opposite.She is a cold--hearted person who does not really care about your situation. When you are feeling afraid,"your heart is in your mouth".You might say,for example,that your heart was in your mouth when you asked a bank to lend you some money to pay for a new house. If that bank says no to you,do not "lose heart".Be "strong-hearted".Sit down with the banker and have a "heart to heart" talk.Be open and honest about your situation.The bank may have a "change of heart" and agree to lend you the money.Then you could stop worrying and "put your heart at rest". Question: Which expression can best describe the feeling when a student has to see his headmaster? Options: A: A broken heart. B: Lose one's heart. C: Heart in one's mouth. D: Have a heart.
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: If you are an auditory learner, you learn by hearing. You often learn by reading out aloud because you have to hear it or speak it in order to remember it. Here are some things that auditory learners can do to learn better. *Sit where you can hear. *U se cards to learn new words; read them out aloud. *Read stories or material out aloud. *Record yourself when you are spelling words and then listen to the recording. *Study new material by reading it out aloud. If you are a visual learner, you learn by reading or seeing pictures. You like to see what you are learning. Here are some things that visual learners can do to learn better. *Sit near the front of the classroom. *Use cards to learn new words. *Try to visualize things that you hear or things that are read to you. *Write down key words or ideas. *Draw pictures to help explain new ideas and then explain the pictures. If you are a tactile learner, you learn by touching and doing. You are a "hands-on" learner who likes to touch, move, build, or draw what you learn. Here are some things that tactile learners can do to learn better. *Do lots of hands-on activities like doing art projects , taking walks, or acting out storie s. *Use cards and put them in groups to show relationships between them. *Follow words with your finger to learn spelling (finger spelling). *It's OK to tap a pencil, shake your foot, or hold on to something while learning. ,. Question: Which is the best title of the passage? Options: A: How to learn English B: Different styles of learning English C: Ways of learning new words D: Good learning habits
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B