Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: To the Editor, I have been reading your newspaper,the Hometown Gazette, for the past two years, ever since I moved to Smithville. We moved here from New York City, so I am accustomed to reading excellent newspapers such asThe New York Times . In fact, we still havethe Timesdelivered on Sundays. The entire family enjoys reading the recipes in the magazine, as well as the Styles section. The Times is great, butthe Gazetteis another story. I've never read an article that doesn't contain at least three or four spelling or grammatical errors. For instance, in last week's issue you misspelled the word "secretary", used a singular verb with a plural noun, and used "it's" as a possessive . And that was just in the lead story! In case you never went to elementary school, "it's" means "it is ".It's also a possessive adjective! It's a pity that this tiny little hick town has only one newspaper, because I'd like to have an alternative to the rag you publish. I find it hard to believe your news stories. If you can't spell correctly. How can you get your facts right? I've been meaning to get this off my chest for some time. Please cancel my subscription . And buy yourself a dictionary. Sincerely, Jane Z, Jones Question: The author's tone in this passage can best be described as _ Options: A: happy B: angry C: sympathetic D: objective
A: B

Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Military Grade Flashlight Available to Public It seems like every day you turn on the news the world's about to end.Lately,Americans have had enough,and are searching for better ways to protect themselves and their families against rising crime. Their solution?Military grade tactical flashlights. Powerful technology used by law enforcement to blind and disorient bad guys,Americans are now gearing up and buying their own. The G700Tactical Flashlight is currently the most popular tactical flashlight of choice for most American's due to its powerfully disorienting"strobe mode"that allows the user to flash a blinding light into the attackers eyes,leaving them"disoriented beyond belief." How effective are tactical flashlights,really? If you've ever had someone take a picture of you at night with the flash on,you'll know how it takes a minute or two for your eyes to re-adjust.Now imagine that flash is 100x brighter and is strobing directly into your eyes.You wouldn't be able to see a thing,and would most likely lose your sense of balance. That's what you get with a tactical flashlight like the G700Tactical Flashlight.The strobe feature is designed to ruin an attacker's eye sight,so they can't see what they're doing,letting you safely run away-or if need be,gain the advantage and attack them. The truth is,most people underestimate the importance of owning a tactical flashlight.Whether you're walking alone at night,driving somewhere and break down,or just want a light bright enough to prevent animals while you're camping,tactical flashlights are so bright that they give you the advantage. Not to mention if you're in an emergency situation,what better way to call attention to yourself than with a powerful G700Tactical Flashlight that can be seen for up to 2miles away. These 200lights are currently selling for 75% off their normal price!So it's a good time to get them at a discounted price.If you want to make sure you and your loved ones are always prepared for the worst,this flashlight is a great start.It has our vote... Question: The G700Tactical Flashlight helps you . Options: A: protect yourself against crime B: blind and attack bad guys C: walk alone at night freely D: protect animals while camping
A: A

Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Five years ago, I was sent to a better middle school. For me, everything there was new and strange. After I had been there for two months, there was an important test in the middle of the term. It covered all my courses. In that test, I didn't get a good grade, but most of my classmates got an A. It made me upset for a long time. I felt everything in the world was changing. I thought my classmates were all better than me. During those days I was very unhappy. One day, my aunt, after talking with my teachers, talked to me. She told me to think about what I had done in the past and what I should do in the future. I was shocked by her words. I thought about what I had done during the past months, and I found I had done nothing to improve my grades. I thought I should work harder. After that, I paid more attention to the teachers' talking in the classes, and I asked my teachers or my classmates when I didn't understand something. I studied very late at night when I met with difficult problems. Most of all, I came to understand the importance of taking notes in class. As a result, I did better in some tests. About three months later, the most important test came at the end of the term. _ From then on, I have tried to do my best when I do something because I know if I want something, I should work hard for it. Question: Why did the writer fall behind in the new middle school? _ Options: A: Because the teachers didn't treat him well enough. B: Because the subjects were becoming more difficult. C: Because he hated the life in the new school. D: Because he didn't put his heart into study.
A: D

Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: The speed of light is often called a"constant ". New experiments show that may not be true, even within a vacuum. Sometimes, light slows a bit. The new research is"very impressive work", Robert Boyd toldScienceNews.An optical physicist at the University of Rochester in New York, he did not work on the study. He speaks of the new finding:"It's the sort of thing that's so obvious; you wonder why you didn't think of it first." Light travels as particles and as waves. Photons are the name given to those particles that represent the smallest possible amount of light. At their fastest, photons travel nearly 300 million meters (almost 1 billion feet) in a single second. That's fast enough to get to the moon and back in about 2.6 seconds. Scientists had long known, though, that they could slow light photons down by shining them through a material such as glass or water. Still, light moving through a vacuum has usually been assumed to move at a peak speed. That would seem to make sense. After all, a vacuum is a space with nothing in it to slow light down. In a new study, however, scientists show that even racing through a vacuum, light can slow. So the speed of light is more of a universal speed limit than an rule for how fast photons travel, the new data suggest. Miles Padgett led the new study. As an optical physicist, he works at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. He and his colleagues showed that the key to slowing light is to change the shape of a light wave. Padgett described how they did this in a paper published online January 22 inScience. His team raced a pair of photons. One traveled unchanged through a cable made from optical fibers. The other passed through a pair of devices that acted like lenses. A lens changes light: It can focus a spread-out beam of light on a point, for instance. The second photon passed through one device that changed the shape of its waveand another that changed it back to its original form. The first photon won the race. The second photon came in a tiny bit later, several... Question: The most important factor in changing the speed of light is to transform . Options: A: the shape of a light wave B: the length of a light wave C: the direction of a photon D: the structure of a photon
A: A