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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Quite often we see people driving carelessly and paying no attention to anyone else on the road. In fact, 75 percent of the time, car accidents happened because of carelessness and drivers' mistakes. What about you? Are you a safe driver, or have you developed dangerous driving habits that put you and others in danger? According to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, carelessness lead to one-fourth of all US accidents. And drivers who don't pay attention to the road cause 10 percent of all the accidents. The following actions may lead to accidents every day: * Eating, driving and smoking while driving. * Picking something up off the floor. * Reading a map or something else. * _ . Studies also show that using a phone while driving increase one's danger of a car accident by 400 percent! However, texting while driving can be even worse. It suggests that _ might be even more dangerous than drinking while driving. Our magazine last month has reported that texting drivers had slower reaction times than drinking drivers. When drivers are texting, their accident risk was 23 times higher than when they weren't texting. So, are you feeling sorry for any of these dangerous driving habits? If so, make some changes today! Question: Which of the following can't be put in the blank ? Options: A: Driving while tired B: Wearing your seat-belt C: Turning to talk to someone D: Watching something on the road
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B

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Betty is an American school girl. She is very happy because her parents will take her to China for a visit. They are going to fly from New York on June 30 and get to Beijing on July 1. They will stay at Lido Holiday Inn. Their Chinese friends will show them around Beijing. They are going to visit the Palace Museum, the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven and the Great Wall. They will also visit some Chinese homes and try some Chinese food. They will spend a week in Beijing and then go to Xi'an, Guilin and some other places for sightseeing. The whole trip will take three weeks and she is sure she will have a great time in China. Question: From the text we can know that they will _ in Beijing. Options: A: cook Chinese food B: speak Chinese C: try some Chinese food D: play games
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C

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Most people want to work, but it has become more difficult in today's world to find work for everyone. The economy of the world needs to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for people. Often this is not possible, and so more people are out of work. Some people have no jobs now because new machines can do the work of many people in short time. Also, machines do not ask for more money and longer holiday. In all of the countries of the world, machines are taking work from people, not only in factories but also on the farms. One machine can often do the work from forty people. About 75,000 people are moving to the cities a day to look for jobs, but only 70% of them can find jobs. Question: It was _ for people to find work before than today. Options: A: not possible B: difficult C: more difficult D: easier
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D

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: There was once a spider that lived in a cornfield . She liked this home and planned to stay there for the rest of her life. One day, the spider caught a little bug in her web. Just as the spider was about to eat him, the bug said: "If you let me go, I will tell you something important that can save your life." The spider thought for a little while and listened. "You'd better get out of this cornfield," the little bug said. "The harvest is coming!" "I think you are just telling me a story," the spider said with a smile. "Oh no, it is true," the little bug said. "All the stalks will be knocked down, and the corn will be gathered up. You will be killed by the giant machines if you stay here." "I don't believe you," the spider said as she ate the little bug for lunch. A few days later, the spider was laughing about the story the little bug had told her. She thought to herself: "A harvest! What a silly idea. I have lived here all of my life, and nothing has ever disturbed me." The next day was a beautiful sunny day. The sky above was clear, and there was no wind at all. That afternoon, as the spider was about to take a nap , she noticed some thick dusty clouds moving towards her. She could hear the noise of a great engine , and she said to herself: "I wonder what that could be?" Question: Which might be the best title of the story? Options: A: A clever bug B: The spider's home C: A stupid spider D: The bug's story
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C