Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Answers to life can be found in everyday events. Watching nature, watching people and watching animals communicate with each other provide some of the simplest ways to life's biggest problems. This became clearer to me yesterday. It caused me to ask myself, "How do I respond to the storms in life?" People usually run when it starts to rain. I love to walk in it, stand on my front door and feel it. I grew up doing it and have never really felt the fear many people do. The animal world senses changes in the weather far earlier than humans. My dog, Ricky, begins to shake long before the storm is close enough to be noticed. I was about to feed my three dogs yesterday and as usual, I let them out in the yard first. They didn't move when thunder came across the skies. So I placed their food in their bowls and called Ricky into the kitchen. Ricky was just standing there in place next to his bowl. The thunder became louder, which forced him to stop eating his meal. Then I watched Phil. He made his way across the kitchen floor and stood over Ricky's bowl. He ate all the remaining food. Generally, if Ricky was standing there, he wouldn't dare come close. But today, he took advantage of the storm and got what he wanted. His hope for the prize outweighed his fear of the storm. That's when it hit me. As men, we face all kinds of storms. They come in unannounced. Sometimes we stay in a corner or under the blankets, hoping it will all pass. However, if you dare put your head out, you'll discover there're people doing what they must to get what they must have out of life. Isn't it time you decided to take advantage of the storm? Question: According to the writer, answers to life _ . Options: A: are difficult to find B: lie around us C: are simple to understand D: make people become fearless
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: I grew up in one of the poorest areas in Bradford. I live in a three-bedroom house with six brothers and sisters. I studied very hard . I got the best results in the history of the school. Other students would be happy with receiving such results. Their parents would give them an MP5 player as a prize or take them for a trip. What about me? In fact it made me sad. It was because my application to Imperial College London didn't pass. It is my dream to study medicine there. I know that nothing in life is easy. I won't give up. I will apply again the following year. While some students are traveling during the holiday, I am working hard. I help the doctors look after sick people in a hospital . I believe I must become a doctor one day. Question: Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? Options: A: The writer is working as a doctor. B: The writer is good at school C: The writer's family is poor. D: The writer doesn't think that life is easy.
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Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Have you ever thought about your life after you grow up? It is not easy --- that's what some US students say after they try out adult life at school. Mount Logan Middle School, Utah, has an activity called Reality Town. Each student gets a "job" and some money. The higher the grade , the better the job they can get. Then, they have to pay for different things in the real world, such as transportation and groceries . Some of them have a "husband " or a "wife" and maybe a few "kids". Student Jason Peisley, 13, became a father with a 5-year-old girl. The hardest part for him was paying taxes ."I make $90,000 (571,000 yuan), but after I pay my taxes, I only have $66,000 left," he said. " _ " "It's a _ for these students," said Greg Aullman, a teacher at Mount Logan, "to learn how much it costs to live. So, they'll study harder than before and love their parents more. " Question: Where is Mount Logan Middle School ? Options: A: California . B: Washington. C: Utah. D: Oregon.
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed. Paper provided an important way to communicate with knowledge. Paper was first made in China about 2,000 years ago. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400. Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100. After that, the forest countries of Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the United States became the most important in paper-making. Today Finland makes the best paper in the world. When we think of paper, we think of newspapers, books, letters, envelopes, and writing paper. So paper plays an important role in our lives. Paper is very good for keeping you warm. Houses are often with paper. You have perhaps seen homeless men sleep on a large number of newspapers. They are insulating themselves from the cold. In Finland, in winter it is sometimes 40 degrees below zero. The farmers wear paper boots in the snow. Nothing could be warmer. Question: When was paper made in southern Europe? Options: A: Before 1100 B: After 1400 C: After 1100 D: Before 1400
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Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: The idea of what shaking the head means is not always the same in different countries. Maybe some visitors would be surprised when they first come to India. When they talk to an Indian, they would find he would often shake his head. The visitors might think that the Indian doesn't like what they say. But in fact, they would be completely wrong. Indians always shake their heads when they talk to others. It doesn't mean "No". If someone wants to visit India, he should know this, or he will be in trouble. One day, a foreign officer went to India on business. He hired a car and asked an Indian to drive him. When he told his driver to take him to his office, the Indian shook his head at once. The officer said again and the driver shook his head again. At last the officer, of course, got angry. "How dare you refuse my order?" he shouted, "Drive me to my office at once!" The driver answered in quite a loud voice, too. "Yes, sir!" But to the officer's surprise, the driver shook his head at the same time. The car started and the foreign officer was now too surprised to say a word. He thought about it for a while, and then he nodded with a smile, "'No' means 'Yes' here!" Question: What can we learn from the story? Options: A: When you are in India, you should always shake your head. B: You shouldn't shake your head if you're a driver. C: Shaking head will make others get angry. D: Different countries have different customs.
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D