Ques: Dress codes cause us arguments The first day of school is always a chaotic time. For many students in the US, this year was even more so. It was all due to one extra school policy. They are now required to wear clothes that meet a new standardized dress code . According to the handbooks of all high schools in Allentown, Pennsylvania, students must wear short or long sleeve polo shirts and khaki or black pants. Skinny jeans, leggings , and open toe shoes are not allowed. Allentown schools are not alone. Overall, about 57 percent of American public schools now have a "strict dress code", up from more than 47 percent a decade earlier, said USA Today. Some students don't mind wearing a similar attire every day. "It takes away the daily fashion show and helps level the playing fields a little bit with the haves and have-nots," longtime school safety consultant Ken Trump told USA Today. But others aren't happy, claiming that uniforms rob students of individuality . While school uniforms have been a popular topic to discuss recently in the US, however, in the UK there are much fewer questions about them-they are a tradition. School uniforms in England were first introduced during the reign of King Henry VIII in the 16thcentury. They became popular following the Elementary Education Act of 1870. The UK Department of Education's website states: "The Department strongly encourages schools to have a uniform as it can...contribute to the beliefs of a school and set the correct tone. The uniform is now a strong part of school culture in the UK. Schools sometimes even have "Mufti" days on which students can wear their own clothes if they make a small donation to charity. However, the tradition does not mean that school uniforms are popular there. Many "children hate them", according to Aisha on the BBC Newsround website. Ask UK students why they wear a school uniform and their answer will mostly likely be, "because we have to". According to the article, on Mufti days, students in some UK schools _ . A) are required to make a donation to charity B) can vote to choose their own school uniforms C) can wear their own clothes if they contribute to charity D) are allowed to wear whatever they like for the morning
Ans: C

Ques: The Celerifere, an early version of the bicycle, was built around 1791 by a French man, Comte Mede de Sivrac. It was basically a scooter with a high seat. There were no pedals---you had to push with your feet like you do with a skateboard or a scooter. Around 1816 Baron Karl Drais de Sauerbrun in Germany added a moveable steering handle. These early machines were often known as dandy horses or hobby horses, but weren't very popular. The improvement that made them popular was added by a Scottish blacksmith around 1839. Kirkpatrick Macmillan added pedals to enable it to get up hills. It was this improvement that made the bicycle a serious form of transportation. Bike were called velocipedes or bone-shakers, because of the lack of the proper tires made for a rough ride! It wasn't until around 1869 that they began to be called bicycles ("two-wheels"). Carriage makers in Paris (either Pierre and Ernest Michaux, or their employee Pierre Lallement) switched the pedal to the front wheel. That's why it is usually either Lallement or the Michauxs, not Macmillan, who are considered as the inventor of the bicycle. In 1869 the penny-farthing or high-wheeler was invented. With the large wheel the rider could go much farther with each push of the pedal, but caused many accidents because the seat was so far off the ground. In the mid-1880s Englishman James Starley manufactured what he called the "safety bicycle" , which had two similarly-sized wheels and a major improvement--- a chain and sprocket driven rear wheel, with the pedals between the two wheels like modern bicycles. One more historical note---it's possible that the idea of the bicycle was thought of almost 400 years before it was actually invented. There is a drawing of a bicycle-like machine in one of Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks, which dates back to about 1493. Who is recognized as the inventor of the bicycle? A) The Michauxs. B) Macmillan. C) Comte Mede de Sivac. D) Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun.
Ans: A

Ques: YUZHOU, HENAN -An accident in a central China coal mine killed 21 miners Saturday and left another 16 trapped underground , the government said. The death rose to 26 Sunday morning as rescuers were battling to reach the 11 miners who were still trapped underground, rescue headquarters said. Rescuers were battling to reach the 11 miners still trapped underground, but chances for them to survive were very slim, said Du Bo, deputy chief of the rescue headquarters. "Based upon past experience, the remaining 11 miners could be buried in coal dust, so the survival chances are frail," Du said. More than 2,500 tons of coal dust smothered the pit after the gas leak , which hampered the rescue, said Du. The gas outburst happened at 6:03 a.m. Saturday when 276 miners were working underground in the mine in Yuzhou City. A total of 239 workers escaped but 21 were found dead and 16 trapped. An initial investigation showed that 173,500 cubic meters of gas leaked out in the accident. Liu Wenbin, a deputy chief engineer of the company that owns the mine, was in the pit when the accident happened. He organized the escape. "At around 6 a.m., I felt there was something wrong with the airflow in the shaft, and one of the team captains told me he also felt it and had already reported the problem," said Liu The mine is owned by Pingyu Coal & Electric Co. Ltd., a company jointly established by four investors, including Zhong Ping Energy Chemical Group and China Power Investment Corp. According to the writer, which of the following is not true? A) The mine was owned by more than one company B) There was at least one more similar accident happening in Central China before C) Before the accident happened there was no sign of something wrong D) When the accident happened one of the mine owners was in the pit
Ans:
C