Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Do you like to listen to music when you feel sad? Do you like to sing songs in the shower? Music is everywhere. But in many countries, music classes in schools are _ . These days, because of the bad economy in the US, some schools fired arts teachers including music teachers. Some students don't have the chance to learn music. In China, there are no exams for music. So many students choose to make use of their time and study subjects like science, math and history. But do you know that learning music helps children grow? "Playing music is like doing different things all together", said Gottfried Schlaug at Harvard Medical School. For example, when playing the piano, people see the music notes. And they decode them. At the same time, they use their fingers to make sounds. You do all these things at the same time. Scientists say that music helps with science too. Einstein played the violin. And German physicist Max Planck was talented in playing the piano. Music is also a very valuable thing. It makes you interested in things, and it makes you happy, according to US National Science Foundation. Question: What instrument could Einstein play? Options: A: piano B: guitar C: violin D: Saxophone
C

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: There are about 7,000,000 people in London. London is one of the big cities in the world. London is famous for many things. People from all over the world come to see the famous buildings. There is a famous clock called Big Ben, too. Like many big cities, the _ is very busy in London. When the work hours begin, over 1,000,000 people use the London underground , but there are still too many buses and cars on the streets. The air isn't clean. For me, the best things about London are the parks. There are five in the middle of the city. But my children's favorite is playing in Hamleys, the biggest toy shop in the world. ,,. Question: When the work hours begins, many people _ . Options: A: walk to the offices under the ground B: take the underground trains to work C: use the buses called London underground D: take the plane to work
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Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Last year Jim was going to join the army( ) and had to take a medical examination . The doctor was sitting at a desk when he went in. He said to the man, "Take your coat and shirt off, and sit on that chair." Jim did so. The doctor looked at him for a moment without getting up from his chair and then said, "All right. Put your clothes on again." "But you haven't examined me at all." the young man said in surprise. "There is no need to do so," the doctor said with a smile. "When I told you to take your coat and shirt off, you heard me all right, so there is nothing wrong with your ears. You saw your chair, so your eyes are good. You could take your clothes off and sit on the chair, so you must be in good health. Question: Why did the young man take a medical examination? Options: A: He hurt his ear. B: He hoped to join the army. C: He wanted to get some medicine. D: He was unhealthy.
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: According to scientists' research, the month in which babies are born could affect them in some ways. Babies born in spring get sick easily. Children born under Aquarius may be less clever than those born in other seasons. They may also have shorter lives than those born in autumn Scientists believe many of the differences can be explained by the mother's exposure to sunlight in pregnancy . Sunlight helps lead to the production of Vitamin D in the body. The lack of this in the first months of life may have a bad effect on mental and physical health. Vitamin D, called the "sunshine vitamin", is known to help regulate thousands of genes during development, according to a study of more than two million people. So Vitamin D has a good effect on health This study showed that people born from April to June had slightly shorter lives than those born in October, November or December. Similar studies in the USA showed that people born in autumn lived about 160 days longer than those born in spring. Professor Russell Foster, an Oxford University neuroscientist on seasonal biology, said the conclusions were surprising and interesting. He added, "These are small effects but they are very, very clear. I am not giving voice to star signs and they are just for fun. But it is true that we are affected by our season of birth." Question: According to the passage, _ can help people get Vitamin D. Options: A: enough sleep B: enough sunlight C: fresh air D: suitable seasons
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Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: It was the first day of class. Two of her new ESL (English as a Second Language) classmates wanted to know where Tara was from. They were both from Korea. Because Tara looked Korean, one of the women asked Tara, in English, if she was from Korea. Tara replied, "No, I'm not." Then the women took turns asking Tara if she was from Japan, or Thailand, or China. To each question, Tara answered them a simple no. Laughing, one woman said to the other, "She's not from anywhere!" The two went to their desks, talking to each other in Korean. The next day, the teacher divided the students into groups of four. The students in each group asked introductory questions of each other. A student in Tara's group asked her, "Where are you from?" Tara answered that she was from Korea. The two women who had questioned Tara the day before were sitting only a few feet away. Both of them heard Tara's answer. "Aha!" they both _ , "You ARE from Korea!" Tara smiled and said yes. Then she apologized to both of them for lying the day before. She told them that she had not wanted to get into a Korean conversation with them. It had been her experience that many ESL students continued to speak their mother language in ESL class, and Tara had not come to ESL class to practice her Korean. In her opinion, ESL students should try to speak English only. "I agree." said Rose. "You're 100 percent right." agreed Jenny, "Rose and I must stop speaking Korean to each other. Right,Rose?" Rose nodded,and then said something in Korean. All three women laughed. The next half a year, Tara became friendly with both women, although she never spoke a word of Korean to them during class or break. Question: From the passage, we can infer that _ . Options: A: Tara said she was from Korea because she knew the student in her group was also from Korea B: Tara said she was from Korea because she wanted to make friends with the student in her group C: Tara said she wasn't from Korea because she didn't want Rose and Jenny to speak Korean with her the following days D: Tara said she wasn't from Korea because she didn't like Rose and Jenny and wasn't willing to speak Korean with them
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C