Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: BEIJING - China's railway rates for freight and passenger transport will continue to be set by the government, announced a senior official with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China's top economic planner, on Friday. Cao Changqing, head of the NDRC's department of price, said that the country will continue to implement government-set or government-guided prices for the railway sector after the China Railway Corporation (CRC), a State-owned company that takes over the commercial functions of the former Ministry of Railways (MOR), went into business on March 17. Cao said the railway sector, constituting China's main public transport facilities, is a key basic industry. Its pricing scheme is concerned with both the sector's normal operation and development, as well as the daily traveling and vital interests of the general public. The state will be very cautious in making any price adjustment in the railway sector, taking into account various factors including operation, construction, public acceptance and coordinated development with other modes of transport, according to the NDRC official. Under Chinese law and regulations, hearings will be held before adjustments in the basic passenger train ticket fare, Cao said. In China's latest railway reform, endorsed at the just-concluded annual session of the country's top legislature, the former MOR was dismantled into two parts, with the newly created CRC carrying out business functions and a state railways administration fulfilling administrative functions. Question: Why will hearings be held before adjustments in the basic passenger train ticket fare? - The public request it - Under Chinese laws and regulations - According to the order from leaders - Because it will cause a lot of problem
Under Chinese laws and regulations

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Last month the first baby-boomers turned 60. The enormous generation born between 1946 and 1964 is heading towards retirement. The coming "demographic cliff" will see vast numbers of skilled workers disappear from the labor force. The workforce is ageing across the rich world. Within the EU the number of workers aged between 50 and 64 will increase by 25% over the next two decades, while those aged 20 -29 will decrease by 20%. Given that most societies have a tendency to retirement at around 65, companies have a problem of knowledge management, of making sure that the boomers do not leave before they have handed over their expertise along with the office keys and their e-mail address. If you look hard enough, you can find companies that have begun to adapt the workplace to older workers. The tools they use to achieve are flexible working, telecommuting, and so forth. Some companies spend "a lot of time" on the ergonomics its factories, making jobs there less tiring. Likewise, for more than a decade, prefix = st1 /Toyota, has been unusually keen to employ older workers. IBM uses its alumni network to recruit retired people for particular projects. But such examples are unusual. A survey in America last month by Ernst & Young found that "although America foresees a significant workforce shortage as boomers retire, it is not dealing with the issue . " Why are firms not working harder to keep old employees? Mostly they are not hanging on to older workers the only way to cope with a falling supply of labor. The participation of developing countries in the world economy has increased the overall supply--whatever the local effect of demographics in the rich countries. Question: In the author's opinion American firms are not doing anything to deal with the issue of the ageing workforce mainly because _ . - they have other options to consider - they are unwilling to hire older workers - they are not sure of what they should do - they have not been aware of the problem
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they have other options to consider

Ques: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: A young couple that had received many valuable wedding presents built their house in a suburb. One morning they received in the post two tickets for a popular show in the city, with a single line: "Guess who sent them." The couple had much amusement in trying to find out the kind person who gave them the tickets, but failed in the effort. They attended the theatre, and had a pleasant time. On their returning home late at night, still trying to guess who in the world had sent them the tickets, they found their house rid of everything valuable. And on the table in the kitchen was a piece of paper on which was written in the same hand as the note with the tickets. "Now you know!" Question: The person who sent the couple the tickets was to _ . - show friendship to them - let them go out for a fresh air - make fun of them on purpose - have them go and then steal the things in the house
Ans: have them go and then steal the things in the house

Ques: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: "Hey, Jenna, do you think we' ll still be friends when we're eighty-two?" I asked my friend. Losing Jenna would be like losing a very close sister. "Of course, we'll still be friends when we're eighty-two," Jenna announced loudly The next year, in Grade Four, we met Jamie. The three of us soon became close friends. We played together almost every day. I thought even time couldn't pull us apart, but I was sadly mistaken. The three of us started fighting a lot. Before Christmas, We had a really big fight, and Jamie and Jenna were against me, both saying I was bossy . I felt helpless and lonely. I thought Christmas would be horrible! _ "Wow," I said, breaking the silence as we stood on either side of my front door. "Thanks." "Okay...well... I have to go," she said softly. "Okay. See you later then..." and I closed the door. "Who was that at the door?" my mom asked. "It was Jenna, my classmate." I said. The card started off with "Merry Christmas", but then it said, "I am so glad we're friends. I am sorry about what I said when we were fighting. A fight won't stop us from being friends. Besides, we said we were going to be friends even when we're eighty-two." I stopped reading and started laughing. I couldn't believe I had forgotten what she said that day in the backyard. I couldn't believe I had been so selfish in trying to make my friends feel sorry for me. Question: The best title for this passage would be _ . - Jenna and I - Friends Forever - Friendship is very important. - Friendship is very necessary.
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Friends Forever