Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Is learning a foreign language ever easy? Yes. If you are five and move to another country, you will quickly pick up the language. But what about for the rest of us who are no longer five, and need to be polite when traveling for business or for pleasure? I think that answer is also yes. Language learning can be easy if you don't want or need to learn too much. The key to successful language learning in my mind is not to set the goal too high. It is rather like running. Even if you run twice a week, you don't necessarily want to be able to run a marathon . You might just want to keep a level of fitness. I think the same can be true for language learning. Let's get back to the goal. If you decide to learn ten words in a foreign language before visiting the country, you know that you will be sure to do this. However, if you decide to talk to people with great fluency , unless you are quite a talented person, you will probably fail and give up in half-way. It is also far easier to start learning a foreign language than to finish. In other words, the better you are, the slower it can be to improve, because you will not be able to move further because of grammar, making sentences, learning less common words, etc. If you are only trying to learn a few foreign words and sentences, you will enjoy faster progress, have more fun, and won't have to spend too much time. The idea of learning only a few hundred words in a language, and then stopping, isn't the usual way to language learning, but it can be a very meaningful and enjoyable activity. Question: In the writer's opinion, it is easy for adults to learn English if _ . Options: A: they are especially talented people B: they don't want or need to learn too much C: they have to spend a lot of time on it D: they have a chance to go abroad
A: B

Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Everyone is afraid of something. Tommy, 11, is afraid of the dark. Rachel ,11, is most afraid of the big jellyfish in Australia. Morgan, 9 ,wishes she would stop being afraid to ride a bike on busy streets. What's fear ? Fear is a feeling that everyone has, and that's a good thing because fear is there to protect us . When the fear comes ,it means we may meet something dangerous. For the fear of dark , a kid could have much imagination .What's under my bed ? Is there someone breaking into my house ? With the help of a parent , kids can get more comfortable in the dark. Using a night light to see that there's nothing there can also help fight that fear. For other fears ,we needn't fight . If you're afraid to ride your bike on a busy street ,you're right ! You should be afraid because it's dangerous. There's no need to fight a fear like that . Find a better place to ride. It's also ok for Rachel to be afraid of the big jellyfish because it's really dangerous . But it lives only in some waters. So when she's not swimming in one of them ,there should be no worries about the big jellyfish. Here is some advice about fighting fears from kids. Monique,10, says when you are scared, just think about happy times . Eight-year-old Jessica finds that taking a deep breath helps when you're scared. Amanda ,10, thinks kids should talk with a parent . Dustin ,11, likes to talk with a group of friends. Question: What is Rachel afraid of ? Options: A: The dark . B: Talking with others. C: The bing jellyfish. D: Riding a bike on busy streets.
A: C

Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Most Chinese people share a few common surnames, like Zhang, Wang, Li, Liu and Chen. The Chinese expression for "ordinary people" literally means "the old one hundred surnames". But Cheng Yinglian, a retired worker living in Changsha, the capital of Hunan, said his interest in rare surnames was piqued after reading a newspaper many years ago and discovering a person with the surname Gui, which literally means "ghost", the report said. Since then, he has scoured newspapers, books and other publications to find similar rare surnames, coming up with about 2,000 to date. Those he has found include Ling (zero), Cu (vinegar), Miao (second) and Yi (one). Cheng said in order to collect and find out the origins of the strange surnames, he bought many ancient works and dictionaries for study. This February, he also published a book based on his surname collection. "I may apply for the Guinness (Book of World Records)," said Cheng. He said most of the surnames he collected are not included in the Hundred Surnames, a classic Chinese text composed of common surnames in ancient China. According to the latest statistics available from the Ministry of Public Security in 2007, nearly 93 million people in China are surnamed "Wang", taking the largest proportion among all surnames. And people with the top 100 common surnames in China take up 84.77 percent of the whole population. Chinese people attach great significance to people's names and many parents go out of their way to give their children _ names that suggest they will grow up to be healthy, strong and rich. ,. Question: Where can we probably see this passage? Options: A: newspapers B: magazines C: books D: recipe
A: A

Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: If the only sports you do are dancing your fingers across your keyboard, you could be in serious danger of more than just becoming overweight and out of shape. Do you often feel sleepy, like something is weighing down on your head? Do you feel forgetful? Do you sometimes feel uncomfortable up and down your neck and lower back, and you can't explain why? Do you get sick often? It could be radiation from your computer causing it. If you spend three hours or more a day in front of a computer (and at this point, who doesn't?), you are more easily harmed by the _ . We have got so used to using computers that we often neglect to think of them as dangerous sources of harmful radiation. A safe amount of radiation is 25 V/m (Volts/meter). Do you want to guess how much our personal computers give off? Keyboard: 1000 V/m Mouse: 450 V/m Monitor: 218V/m CPU: 170V/m Notebook computers: 2,500 V/m Ways of Protect Yourself from Harmful Computer Radiation 1. Decorate your desk with cactus plants, they take in radiation. 2. Drink two to three cups of green tea a day and eat an orange daily. The vitamins in tea leaves and oranges protect us from radiation and keep our eyes healthy as well. 3. Use a screen filter for your monitor. 4. Avoid having metal objects nearby on your desk. 5. Put the back of the computer to the wall. Most of the radiation comes off the back. 6. Keep your monitor at least 50cm away from your face. 7. Keep your computer rooms ventilated . 8. Eat healthily-----especially fruits and vegetables. 9. Don't fall asleep on your computer. Turn it off if you have to rest nearby. The ways above are useful, why not have a try at once? Question: Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? Options: A: Cactus plants take in harmful radiation. B: Eating healthily helps you stay well. C: You should fall asleep at your computer daily. D: A well ventilated room is good prevention.
A: C