TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given an article, a question which often contains a blank, four options (associated with "A", "B", "C", "D") and the answer to that question. Your task is to classify whether the given answer is correct or not by providing "Yes" or "No", based on the article.
PROBLEM: Article: "No man is an island" is a well-known line from John Donne's Devotion. It was written more than three hundred years ago. Even now people still agree with him. No one can live a completely lonely life. Without other people, life will become empty and sad. We all need to have friends. For some of us, although making friends is not difficult, feeling shy, we may not want to make the first move. It is also difficult at times to keep the friends we already have. There are many books about friendship, but Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People, written in 1936, is the most famous. This "how to" book about getting along with other people became a best seller. It was later put into 28 languages. Dale Carnegie's advice seems to be simple, but can his advice help you? Do you need to change the way you act? Here is the list of advice from his book: Be friendly and polite. Always greet with a smile. Begin with "Excuse me" or "Would you please" when you want to ask somebody. Remember to say "Thank you" and try to be as helpful as you can. Go out of your way to be nice. Find some time to do special things for other people. Making some soup for a sick neighbour may seem like a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbor feel a lot better. Remember names. They say that the sweetest music to a person's ears is the sound of his or her own name. Be open-minded. Try to understand other people's ways and ideas and learn something from them. Listen patiently. When someone is talking to you, look at him or her, listen carefully and say something when necessary.
Question: The best title for the passage should be _ .
Options: (A) How to Make Friends (B) A Famous Book (C) Friendship First (D) John Donne and Dale Carnegie
Asnwer: B

SOLUTION: Yes

PROBLEM: Article: Sir, The majority(=Most) of your readers must have been surprised and shocked to read a letter from Mr.R.Hogg,published in last Wednesday's Herald.Mr.Hogg seems to think that his own convenience and that of motorists in general are the only things that matter in our city. I would have supported Mr.Hogg if he had just made suggestions to improve the situation.No doubt his problems would be partly solved if the local government built a multi-storey car park in the city center,instead of encouraging motorists to use public transport.All the same,judging from the tone of Mr.Hogg's letter,I suspect that motorists who are so careless of pedestrians' safety that they would rather park their ears on the pavement than hold up the traffic would probably be too lazy to use a multi-storey car park if they had to walk a few hundred yards to their destination afterwards. My main reason for writing,however,is much more important.Does Mr.Hogg realize that,according to figures showed by the Department of Transport,13,000 people were knocked down in Britain last year because of ears being illegally parked either on the pavement or on crossings? In fact,although the total pedestrian casualty rate has fallen over the last ten years,there has been an increase in accidents caused when pedestrians have to step out into the mad to avoid parked cars on the pavement and cannot see oncoming traffic. I cannot share Mr.Hogg's view that the government have paid little attention to"long-suffering motorists":and I think the punishment for dangerous parking should be made severe enough to stop all motorists from breaking the law in this way. A WALKER, Proudfoot Lane,Carchester
Question: The letter above is written in answer to the letter by _ .
Options: (A) art editor (B) a certain Mr.R.Hogg (C) some readers (D) some motorists
Asnwer: A

SOLUTION: No

PROBLEM: Article: We live in a very competitive world. Everybody seems to be competing with someone at some level. Each week we spend hours playing or watching others compete in sporting activities all over the world. We cannot help being impressed by the level of excellence that these people achieve. In sport and business, competition encourages excellence in performance. Where there is no competition, improvement in performance is less likely. Some level of competition is a have-to in all aspects of life. The following story makes this point. As two friends are hiking in the forest they come across a huge, ferocious and obviously hungry bear. Its next meal has just come into sight, and they are it! The first friend calculates that the bear will catch them in 27.3 seconds. At that point, she panics, realizing there is no escape. She faces her friend, with the fear of death in her eyes. To her amazement, she observes that her friend is not scared at all. On the contrary, her friend is quickly but calmly taking off her hiking boots and putting on running shoes. "What do you think you're doing?" the first hiker says to her companion. "You'll never be able to run faster than that bear". "That's true," says the companion, "but all I have to do is escape, faster than you." We all compete when the motivation is strong enough. However, competition is not the real purpose of life. Fulfilling the measure of our creation can only be achieved individually. Most of time, we are not in competition with any other person, so we do not have to compare ourselves with others. There is only one person that can fulfill our role and that is us. This means that others cannot beat us to the finish line because there is no race. This is not to say that others do not have a similar role to us, but it is never the same. This is important to understand if we are going to enjoy life. Every human being is unique and cannot be cloned. In this, I am not referring to the body, only to the spirit, soul, or the essence of a person.
Question: Why is the story of two friends told in the passage?
Options: (A) To advise friends to be loyal even in competition. (B) To expose the weak side of friendship when tested. (C) To support the author's own argument on competition. (D) To persuade people to beat others, even friends.
Asnwer: D

SOLUTION:
No