Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: For nearly a century before there was such a thing as a space program,a view of space was possible.People could see full views of the Moon,explore Mars ,and study the outer space beauty.All of this was made possible by a small group of artist-astronomers who worked to show people how other worlds in space might look. Lucien Rudaux,a French artist,was the first to use his artistic ability and his knowledge of astronomy in art.His paintings show a mixture of skilled observations,brilliant imagination and careful attention.As a result,many of his works have come surprisingly close to actual conditions on distant planets.His painting of Mars included moonlike craters that were first photographed by the astronauts in 1965.His 1930 painting of a dust storm looks remarkably like a photograph of a storm taken by the astronauts in 1976. The artist-astronomers,including Rudaux,made people interested in outer space by painting what turned out to be exact portraits of the planets. Question: The works of Lucien Rudaux are a mixture of _ . - astronomy and mathematics - astronomy and painting - photograph and art - fact and imagination
fact and imagination

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: I am truly saddened about what is going on in my school district, especially in the school where I am currently working. Why are so many students not doing well? Why is there such a huge achievement gap between urban and suburban students? Just this week, in my school the seventh grade team leader called a meeting to discuss academic detention . The purpose of the detention is to allow students who are doing poorly a second chance to redo the work. Now if a st udent did not understand an assignment, I have no trouble allowing that student to redo a test or give some extra credit work, but if a student did poorly because he/she opted not to do the work out of sheer laziness, that student should not be given a second chance. And parents should be responsible for their children. That is another reason why there is such a huge achievement gap. All children should be monitored at home in order to achieve great success in school. Perhaps it might be a great idea for urban school districts to offer free classes to parents on how to help their students at home. Of course this idea is far-fetched(,), after all we do not want to offend the parents. What we will do instead is to spend a large amount of money on teacher training because if the kids are not doing well it must be the fault of the teacher. That kind of mindset, if allowed to continue will be a perfect recipe for greater achievement gaps. I started working at my current school in August and I have been in the teaching field for 25 years. What I believe is that you can lead a horse to water but you can't make that horse drink. You can't force kids to change bad habits overnight, nor can we afford to lower standards just so a kid can pass a class. Question: The seventh grade team leader in the author's school called a meeting to _ . - analyse the reason for the huge achievement gap between students - find out who is to blame for the huge achievement gap between students - talk about giving students who are doing poorly a second chance to redo the work - discuss how to narrow the huge achievement gap between students
talk about giving students who are doing poorly a second chance to redo the work

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Did you get a flu shot this year?For the first time,the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US is recommending that all children aged from 6 months to 18 years receive the flu _ . Vaccines battle diseases caused by bacteria and viruses.A weakened form of the germ is introduced into the body.The body makes special substances called antibodies to fight the germs.If the actual germs were to attack,the antibodies would fight.Because there are many kinds of flu viruses,scientists must create a new vaccine formula each year.Researchers must make a prediction. It is like forecasting the weather.Sometimes they are right on,and sometimes they are off.But even when the vaccine does not closely match circulating flu types,it can make the illness less serious. "The flu vaccine is not as effective as the polio vaccine or the measles vaccine," says Dr.William Schaffner of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine."It's not a great vaccine,but it is in fact quite a good vaccine." But a flu vaccine doesn't work for everyone.There are certain people who should be careful about taking it,because the vaccine is produced in eggs.Those who are allergic to eggs should not take it.If you have a fever,you should wait until you recover. Some people are afraid that they might get the flu from the flu shot.Scientists say that it is not possible,because the viruses in the flu shot are inactivated.But some minor side effects such as lowgrade fever and body ache could occur.If they do,they begin soon after the shot and usually last only one to two days. Did you know?Smallpox was the first disease people tried to prevent by putting a virus into a healthy person.In 1796,English scientist Edward Jenner placed some infected material under a boy's skin. Question: When people take the flu vaccine, _ . - they'll be allergic to eggs - their bodies will ache for 5 days - they probably have a low fever - they won't catch a flu ever after
they probably have a low fever