Question: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: An evergreen tree is a Christmas tradition in many American homes. The tree is usually a pine or fir dressed with lights and other color1ful decorations. Families might buy a cut tree or go to a tree farm and cut one down themselves. Some people bring a live tree in a pot into their home for the holidays and then put it back outdoors. Some people rent a Christmas tree. Companies might bring the same live tree to the same family year after year. Or the tree might get planted in a park or someplace else where it could help the environment. There are some trees that can be reused year after year because they are made of plastic or metal. Or, instead of a tree, some people have a small, sweet-smelling rosemary plant, cut to look like a little Christmas tree. Another plant that many people connect with Christmas is the poinsettia . Poinsettias are native to Mexico. They can be white or pink, but most are bright red. They are named after the first American ambassador to Mexico. Joel Poinsett liked them enough to send some back to the United States. Babies or pets that chew on poinsettias might get sick. But experts say the plant is not as poisonous as some people think. Like millions of other houses, the home of America's first president is decorated for Christmas. George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate is in Virginia. Visitors can hear stories about what Christmas was like at Mount Vernon in the eighteenth century. The museum where visitors begin their tour is decorated with Christmas trees. Question: Which of the following is TRUE about poinsettias? Options: A: American people like them. B: They are considered to be very poisonous by experts. C: They are not widely used as Christmas trees. D: They can only make the old and pets sick.
Answer: A

Question: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Roger Alvarez, 22, was one of the 52 percent of students who didn't make it through his senior year at Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles. He dropped out several years ago, but by the time he was in ninth grade, Alvarez says he already knew he wasn't going to graduate. "There's a certain amount of knowledge you have to have when you enter in a specific grade, and I didn't have it." Alvarez says,"Every class I used to go in, I was like, 'Do I know this? I don't know this.'" It was a shameful attitude, he tells his former English teacher, Antero Garcia, 29. "You were determined to help me, but what was I willing to give? I could have actually tried." For his part, Garcia wants to know how he could have reached out to Alvarez better, but Alvarez says Garcia had always been helpful. "I mean, you could cheer me up, and then I see other students doing way better," Alvarez says,"So then, I get nervous. I get stuck, and then _ ." He felt the situation was hopeless. "You talked to me like if I could do it, but inside me, I knew I couldn't." he tells Garcia,"I just didn't want you to think that I'm...stupid." Now, school is a life tool that Alvarez says he's missing--but his teacher isn't to blame. "Always, I just wanted you to know...you were a good teacher, and I always respected you." he tells Garcia,"Some teachers, I felt like they only wanted to teach a certain group of people. But you looked at me and you paid attention." "Maybe it didn't get me to graduate, but there're a lot of teachers, they don't take the time to take a look. And it was never your fault." Alvarez now works the night shift at a loading dock . He still hopes to get his degree one day. Question: The passage mainly tells us that _ . Options: A: a dropout complains about being treated badly B: a dropout plans to get his degree again C: a dropout shows respect for not graduating D: a dropout has thanks to his teacher not blame
Answer: D

Question: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Isn't it astonishing how much time we spend talking about food? "Have you ever eaten ...?" "What did you have for lunch?" and so on. And yet when you travel from one country to another, you will find that people have quite different feelings about food. People often feel that what they eat is normal and that what other people eat is strange or silly. In most parts of Asia, for example, no meal is complete without rice. In England, people eat potatoes every day. In the Middle East, bread is the main part of every meal. Eating like so many things we do, becomes a habit which is difficult to change. Americans like to drink a lot of orange juice and coffee. The English drink tea four or five times every day. Australians drink a great deal of beer, and the French drink wine every day. The sort of meat people like to eat also differs from one country to another. Horse meat is thought to be delicious in France. In Hong Kong, some people enjoy eating snakes. New Zealanders eat sheep, but they never eat goat meat. The Japanese don't like to eat sheep meat because of its smell, but they enjoy eating raw fish . So it seems that although eating is a topic we can talk about for hours, there is very little common sense in what we say it. People everywhere enjoy eating what they have always eaten, and there is very little we can do to change our eating habits. Question: The Japanese don't like to eat sheep meat _ . Options: A: because they dislike its smell B: because it is too expensive C: because it is easy to go bad D: because they think it will do harm to their health
Answer:
A