I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: The Taxi & Limousine Committee agreed Wednesday to carry out a 30-cent extra charge on every city taxi fare -- part of a historic plan to make half the city's yellow cabs wheelchair-accessible. The 30-cent extra charge will be assessed starting next January on all metered yellow and green cab fares. The money will be put in a fund to help yellow cab owners make their vehicles wheelchair-accessible. Only about 400 of the more than 13,000 yellow cabs now on city streets can accommodate wheelchairs. Hopefully, that number will rise to more than 7,500 by 2020. Mayor de Blasio in the city Washington proposed the 30-cent charge to support the upgrades. Consequently, disabled New Yorkers said the addition of more accessible cabs would be life-changing. "We can't go anywhere more conveniently," said Jean Ryan of Brooklyn, who uses a wheelchair. For the birth of her grandson, she had to wheel a mile and a half in a snowstorm to get to the hospital, she said. Ronnie Raymond of Manhattan wept as she described spending "hours trying to get somewhere that takes everybody else 20 minutes." Some supporters for the disabled said more was needed to be done. "I dream of a world where it's 100% accessible and we have cabs just like anyone else," said Jason DaSilva, a Brooklyn filmmaker who suffers from multiple sclerosis and uses a wheelchair. It's particularly important because the city's subway system is ly inaccessible to wheelchair riders. Some other cities, including London, with its famous black cabs, require that all its taxis be fully accessible. Some citizens expressed sympathy for the wheelchair-using riders, many of whom carried neon signs that read "Taxi" next to a wheelchair symbol. "The goal of this committee should be 100% accessibility -- and I hope sooner rather than later," said Frank Carone from the Taxi & Limousine Committee. Question: For what purpose will a 30-cent extra charge be applied on every city taxi fare? Options: A: To found a Taxi & Limousine Committee on Wednesday. B: To encourage the locals to use wheelchairs properly. C: To help the disabled with wheelchairs take a taxi conveniently. D: To attract more tourists to use wheelchairs to get around.
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I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Once Dr. Mellinkoff invited me to join him at the hospital to discuss interesting cases with his students . The case at hand was a Guatemalan man , aged 34 , who had a fever and many other medical problems . His condition was not improving , and there was not much hope he would live . Dr. Mellinkoff asked to see the patient . He introduced himself in Spanish and , in a very gentle voice , asked how he felt . The patient smiled and said everything was all right . Then the doctor asked if he was able to eat . The patient said that he had no desire to eat . " Are you getting food you like ? " The patient said nothing . " Do you get the kind of food you have at home ? " The answer was no . The doctor put his hand on the man's shoulder and his voice was very soft . " If , you had food that you liked , would you eat it ? " " Yes , yes . " the patient said . The change in the patient's appearance couldn't have been more obvious . Nothing was said , but it was easy to tell that a message had been sent and had also been received . Later , the doctor asked why the Guatemalan man wasn't getting food he could eat . One of the students said , " We all know how difficult it is to get the kitchen to make special meals . " " Suppose , " the doctor replied , " you felt a certain medicine was ly necessary but that our hospital didn't carry it , would you accept defeat or would you insist the hospital meet your request ? " " I would probably insist , " the student said . " Very well , " the doctor said . " You might want to try the same method in the kitchen . It won't be easy , but I can help you . Meanwhile , let's get some food inside this man as fast as possible , and stay with it . Or he'll be killed by hunger . By the way , there must be someone among you who can speak Spanish . If we want to make real progress , we need to be able to talk with him . " Three weeks later , Dr. Mellinkoff told me that the Guatemalan man had left the hospital under his own power . It takes more than medicine to help sick people ; you also... Question: What do you think Dr. Mellinkoff wanted to tell his students in this case ? Options: A: Doctors should be able to speak foreign languages . B: Doctors should know their patients' real problems . C: Doctors should try to improve their medical skills . D: Doctors should give more medicine to patients .
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Ques: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: JOHANNESBURG--They say cats have nine lives. Now a Chinese toad has joined that club of clever survivors. South Africans are shocked at the endurance of a toad that got trapped in a cargo shipment from China to Cape Town, after jumping into a porcelain candlestick that was made there. South African officials reportedly planned to put down the creature, fearing it would cause harm as an invasive species if it were let go in the wild. But the toad got a last-minute pardon. Mango Airlines, a South African airline, transported the toad on Friday to Johannesburg for delivery to an animal shelter, after officials decided to find a way to let the toad live. The two-hour flight was a breeze compared to the trip from China, a long way of many weeks and thousands of kilometers across the Indian Ocean. Airline spokesman Hein Kaiser said the toad got "first-class treatment", sitting in a transparent plastic container with escort Brett Glasby, an animal welfare inspector. There was even a ceremony, in which the toad's boarding pass was handed to Glasby. "He was the star of the show on the flight," Kaiser said of the amphibious passenger. "I think every passenger stopped to have a look." On landing in Johannesburg, the toad was brought out of its container for a celebrity-style photo shoot. Observers said the brown toad seemed like a cool customer. It belongs to the Asian Toad species, which breeds during the monsoon season. It is believed to have survived the trip from China by hardening its skin to prevent it from drying out, and also by slowing its breathing and heart rate--methods that help the species survive in times of drought. "We've had snakes in imported timber and scorpions in fruit. We were called because the toad was right inside the candlestick, and we had to break it to get it out" Glasby, the inspector, toldThe Star, a South African newspaper. Question: It can be inferred from the passage that _ . Options: A: a candlestick is the best place for a toad B: droughts make toads live longer C: sometimes animals are transported accidentally D: no one has seen such a big toad in Africa
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A