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"secretly and vigorously",
"openly and enthusiastically",
"easily and momentarily",
"verbally and spiritually"
] | From the last paragraph the conclusion can be drawn that ambition should be maintained. | If ambition is to be well regarded, the rewards of ambition -- wealth, distinction, control over one's destiny -- must be deemed worthy of the sacrifices made on ambition's behalf. If the tradition of ambition is to have vitality, it must be widely shared; and it especially must be highly regarded by people who are the... | 964.txt | 1 |
[
"what they can offer does not ease the modern mind",
"what challenging books demand is repetitive reading",
"what people often forget is carrying a book with them",
"what deep reading requires cannot be guaranteed"
] | The usual time-management techniques don't work because ______. | That everyone's too busy these days is a cliché. But one specific complaint is made especially mournfully: There's never any time to read.
What makes the problem thornier is that the usual time-management techniques don't seem sufficient. The web's full of articles offering tips on making time to read: "Give up TV" or ... | 367.txt | 3 |
[
"update their to-do lists",
"make passing time fulfilling",
"carry their plans through",
"pursue carefree reading"
] | The "empty bottles" metaphor illustrates that people feel a pressure to ______. | That everyone's too busy these days is a cliché. But one specific complaint is made especially mournfully: There's never any time to read.
What makes the problem thornier is that the usual time-management techniques don't seem sufficient. The web's full of articles offering tips on making time to read: "Give up TV" or ... | 367.txt | 1 |
[
"encourage the efficiency mind-set",
"develop online reading habits",
"promote ritualistic reading",
"achieve immersive reading"
] | Eberle would agree that scheduling regular times for reading helps ______. | That everyone's too busy these days is a cliché. But one specific complaint is made especially mournfully: There's never any time to read.
What makes the problem thornier is that the usual time-management techniques don't seem sufficient. The web's full of articles offering tips on making time to read: "Give up TV" or ... | 367.txt | 3 |
[
"reading becomes your primary business of the day",
"all the daily business has been promptly dealt with",
"you are able to drop back to business after reading",
"time can be evenly split for reading and business"
] | "Carry a book with you at all times" can work if ______. | That everyone's too busy these days is a cliché. But one specific complaint is made especially mournfully: There's never any time to read.
What makes the problem thornier is that the usual time-management techniques don't seem sufficient. The web's full of articles offering tips on making time to read: "Give up TV" or ... | 367.txt | 0 |
[
"How to Enjoy Easy Reading",
"How to Find Time to Read",
"How to Set Reading Goals",
"How to Read Extensively"
] | The best title for this text could be ______. | That everyone's too busy these days is a cliché. But one specific complaint is made especially mournfully: There's never any time to read.
What makes the problem thornier is that the usual time-management techniques don't seem sufficient. The web's full of articles offering tips on making time to read: "Give up TV" or ... | 367.txt | 1 |
[
"Oxygen-rich blood.",
"Neurons in the brain.",
"A small region of the brain.",
"The central part of the brain."
] | What is responsible for processing a signal sent by people's eyes? | A team of researchers in California has developed a way to predict what kinds of objects people are looking at by scanning what's happening in their brains.
When you look at something, your eyes send a signal about that object to your brain. Different regions of the brain process the information your eyes send. Cells i... | 4175.txt | 1 |
[
"Cells in your brain use more oxygen than cells elsewhere.",
"It is impossible to discover which parts of the brain process information.",
"The more oxygen a neuron consumes, the more blood it needs.",
"fMRI helps scientists to discover how the brain develops intelligently."
] | What do we learn from the third paragraph? | A team of researchers in California has developed a way to predict what kinds of objects people are looking at by scanning what's happening in their brains.
When you look at something, your eyes send a signal about that object to your brain. Different regions of the brain process the information your eyes send. Cells i... | 4175.txt | 2 |
[
"Scientists who are working give light to the parts of the brain.",
"Scientists us fMRI to make the parts of the brain work.",
"Scientists stop the parts of the brain from processing information.",
"fMRI marks the parts of the brain that are processing information."
] | What does the author mean "By highlighting the areas of the brain at work" (Line 3-4, Para. 4)? | A team of researchers in California has developed a way to predict what kinds of objects people are looking at by scanning what's happening in their brains.
When you look at something, your eyes send a signal about that object to your brain. Different regions of the brain process the information your eyes send. Cells i... | 4175.txt | 3 |
[
"fMRI machines.",
"Thousands of pictures.",
"Animals, objects, and fruits.",
"Two volunteers."
] | What did the researchers experiment on according to the passage? | A team of researchers in California has developed a way to predict what kinds of objects people are looking at by scanning what's happening in their brains.
When you look at something, your eyes send a signal about that object to your brain. Different regions of the brain process the information your eyes send. Cells i... | 4175.txt | 3 |
[
"Your Thoughts Can Be Scanned",
"A Technological Dream",
"The Recent Development in Science and Technology",
"A Device that Can Help You Calculate"
] | The best title for the passage would be _ . | A team of researchers in California has developed a way to predict what kinds of objects people are looking at by scanning what's happening in their brains.
When you look at something, your eyes send a signal about that object to your brain. Different regions of the brain process the information your eyes send. Cells i... | 4175.txt | 0 |
[
"focus on the role of electronic media ang reading",
"show that American young people read less and less",
"give a report of the national of literary reading",
"review that less that half of the population now reads litersture"
] | The main purpose of the survey is to _ . | For the first time in modern history,less than half of the U.S.adult population now reads literature,according to a recent survey.Reading at Risk A Survey of Lilerary Reading in America presents a detailed review of the decline of reading's role in the nation's culture.
Reading at Risk is a survey of national fashion i... | 3290.txt | 2 |
[
"requires less attention and devotion",
"demsnds no more than passive participation",
"limits various communications and views",
"means active participation in pubnlic and cultural life"
] | According to the passage ,reading _ . | For the first time in modern history,less than half of the U.S.adult population now reads literature,according to a recent survey.Reading at Risk A Survey of Lilerary Reading in America presents a detailed review of the decline of reading's role in the nation's culture.
Reading at Risk is a survey of national fashion i... | 3290.txt | 3 |
[
"misunderstands oral culture",
"doubts the Americans to read more",
"encourages the Americans to read more",
"agrees to the solution to present problem in reading"
] | The author of the passage _ . | For the first time in modern history,less than half of the U.S.adult population now reads literature,according to a recent survey.Reading at Risk A Survey of Lilerary Reading in America presents a detailed review of the decline of reading's role in the nation's culture.
Reading at Risk is a survey of national fashion i... | 3290.txt | 2 |
[
"The problems faced by leaders",
"How leadership differs in small and large groups",
"How social groups determine who will lead them",
"The role of leaders in social groups"
] | What does the passage mainly discuss? | According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may become recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradu... | 4258.txt | 3 |
[
"recruitment",
"formal election process",
"specific leadership training",
"traditional cultural patterns"
] | The passage mentions all of the following ways by which people can become leaders EXCEPT | According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may become recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradu... | 4258.txt | 2 |
[
"few people qualify as \"natural leaders\"",
"there is no proof that \"natural leaders\" exist",
"\"natural leaders' are easily accepted by the members of a social group",
"\"natural leaders\" share a similar set of characteristics"
] | In mentioning "natural leaders" in line 9, the author is making the point that | According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may become recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradu... | 4258.txt | 1 |
[
"A person who is an effective leader of a particular group may not be an effective leader in another group.",
"Few people succeed in sharing a leadership role with another person.",
"A person can best learn how to be an effective leader by studying research on leadership.",
"Most people desire to be leaders b... | Which of the following statements about leadership can be inferred from paragraph 2? | According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may become recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradu... | 4258.txt | 0 |
[
"ensuring harmonious relationships",
"sharing responsibility with group members",
"identifying new leaders",
"achieving a goal"
] | The passage indicates that instrumental leaders generally focus on | According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may become recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradu... | 4258.txt | 3 |
[
"necessary",
"typical",
"group",
"particular"
] | The word "collective" in line 17 is closest in meaning to | According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may become recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradu... | 4258.txt | 2 |
[
"expressive leaders",
"goals of the group",
"group members",
"tension and conflict"
] | The word "them" in line 19 refers to | According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may become recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradu... | 4258.txt | 2 |
[
"distant",
"enthusiastic",
"unreliable",
"personal"
] | A "secondary relationship" mentioned in line 22 between a leader and the members of a group could best be characterized as | According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may become recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradu... | 4258.txt | 0 |
[
"avoid repeating",
"talk about",
"avoid thinking about",
"find a solution for"
] | The word "resolve" in line 27 is closest in meaning to | According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may become recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradu... | 4258.txt | 3 |
[
"examples that illustrate a problem",
"cause and effect analysis",
"narration of events",
"comparison and contrast"
] | Paragraphs 3 and 4 organize the discussion of leadership primarily in term of | According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may become recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradu... | 4258.txt | 3 |
[
"usually intelligent and wise",
"usually very religious",
"less likely to get heart diseases",
"not likely to be mistreated by others"
] | According to the author, people with trusting hearts are ________. | For well over 2000 years the world's great religions have taught the virtues of a trusting heart. Now there is another reason to merit the wisdom of the ages: scientific evidence indicates that those with trusting hearts will live longer, healthier lives.
As a result of the work published in the 1970s by two pioneering... | 3013.txt | 2 |
[
"friendliness and hostility",
"trust and mistrust of people",
"heart diseases and death rate",
"people's characters and their blood types"
] | The book by Meyer Friedman and Ray H. Rosenman most probably discusses ________. | For well over 2000 years the world's great religions have taught the virtues of a trusting heart. Now there is another reason to merit the wisdom of the ages: scientific evidence indicates that those with trusting hearts will live longer, healthier lives.
As a result of the work published in the 1970s by two pioneering... | 3013.txt | 3 |
[
"to be disappointing",
"to be pleasing",
"to be wrong",
"to be so"
] | According to the passage, if you have a fixed idea in mind that people will mistreat you, you will always find it ________. | For well over 2000 years the world's great religions have taught the virtues of a trusting heart. Now there is another reason to merit the wisdom of the ages: scientific evidence indicates that those with trusting hearts will live longer, healthier lives.
As a result of the work published in the 1970s by two pioneering... | 3013.txt | 3 |
[
"who is always ready to fight",
"who usually has doubts about the people around him",
"whose behaviour usually leads to serious health problems",
"whose behaviour usually seems strange to the people he knows"
] | A cynic, in the passage, is a person ________. | For well over 2000 years the world's great religions have taught the virtues of a trusting heart. Now there is another reason to merit the wisdom of the ages: scientific evidence indicates that those with trusting hearts will live longer, healthier lives.
As a result of the work published in the 1970s by two pioneering... | 3013.txt | 2 |
[
"advise people to be patient",
"analyze the danger of heart diseases",
"persuade people to be trustful",
"praise the wisdom of the old people"
] | The author's intention in writing the passage is to ________. | For well over 2000 years the world's great religions have taught the virtues of a trusting heart. Now there is another reason to merit the wisdom of the ages: scientific evidence indicates that those with trusting hearts will live longer, healthier lives.
As a result of the work published in the 1970s by two pioneering... | 3013.txt | 2 |
[
"was an unrealistic place for relaxation",
"generated more stress than the workplace",
"was an ideal place for stress measurement",
"offered greater relaxation than the workplace"
] | According to Paragraph 1, most previous surveys found that home _____. | A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys, people are actually more stressed at home than at work. Researchers measured people's cortisol, which is a stress marker, while they were at work and while they were at home and found it higher at what is supposed to be a place of refuge.
"Further contradicting conven... | 4197.txt | 3 |
[
"Working mothers.",
"Childless husbands.",
"Childless wives.",
"Working fathers."
] | According to Damaske, who are likely to be the happiest at home? | A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys, people are actually more stressed at home than at work. Researchers measured people's cortisol, which is a stress marker, while they were at work and while they were at home and found it higher at what is supposed to be a place of refuge.
"Further contradicting conven... | 4197.txt | 1 |
[
"they are both bread winners and housewives",
"their home is also a place for kicking back",
"there is often much housework left behind",
"it is difficult for them to leave their office"
] | The blurring of working women's roles refers to the fact that _____. | A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys, people are actually more stressed at home than at work. Researchers measured people's cortisol, which is a stress marker, while they were at work and while they were at home and found it higher at what is supposed to be a place of refuge.
"Further contradicting conven... | 4197.txt | 0 |
[
"energy",
"skills",
"earnings",
"nutrition"
] | The word " moola" (Line 4, Para. 4) most probably means _____. | A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys, people are actually more stressed at home than at work. Researchers measured people's cortisol, which is a stress marker, while they were at work and while they were at home and found it higher at what is supposed to be a place of refuge.
"Further contradicting conven... | 4197.txt | 2 |
[
"home is hardly a cozier working environment",
"division of labor at home is seldom clear-cut",
"household tasks are generally more motivating",
"family labor is often adequately rewarded"
] | The home front differs from the workplace in that _____. | A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys, people are actually more stressed at home than at work. Researchers measured people's cortisol, which is a stress marker, while they were at work and while they were at home and found it higher at what is supposed to be a place of refuge.
"Further contradicting conven... | 4197.txt | 1 |
[
"telling the location of your child",
"telling doctors your child's medical history",
"telling whether your child needs immediate help",
"telling the rescue workers which medicine your child should take at once"
] | A chip is able to do the following EXCEPT _ | It's 10 p.m. You may not know where your child is. but the chip does.
The chip will also know if your child has fallen and needs immediate help. Once paramedics arrive ,the chip will also be able to tell the rescue workers which drugs little Johnny or Janic is allergic to.At the hospital,the chip will tell doctors his ... | 858.txt | 3 |
[
"one who is trained to assist a doctor",
"one who drives the ambulance",
"an ambulance",
"a disease"
] | The word" paramedic" refers to _ | It's 10 p.m. You may not know where your child is. but the chip does.
The chip will also know if your child has fallen and needs immediate help. Once paramedics arrive ,the chip will also be able to tell the rescue workers which drugs little Johnny or Janic is allergic to.At the hospital,the chip will tell doctors his ... | 858.txt | 0 |
[
"it can help people a lot in their daily life",
"it is easily abusive if personal privacy",
"it is easily abusive if personal liberty",
"it is a double-edged sword"
] | The implications for chip technology are proound because _ | It's 10 p.m. You may not know where your child is. but the chip does.
The chip will also know if your child has fallen and needs immediate help. Once paramedics arrive ,the chip will also be able to tell the rescue workers which drugs little Johnny or Janic is allergic to.At the hospital,the chip will tell doctors his ... | 858.txt | 3 |
[
"It has recently implanted a chip into Professor Brian Warwick's arm.",
"It has recently pushed the expermients into the realm of academic research.",
"It has recently made the research of embedding microchips.",
"It has recently applied to the Food and Drug Administration for permission to test its VeriChip ... | What has Applied Digital Solutions,Inc,recently done? | It's 10 p.m. You may not know where your child is. but the chip does.
The chip will also know if your child has fallen and needs immediate help. Once paramedics arrive ,the chip will also be able to tell the rescue workers which drugs little Johnny or Janic is allergic to.At the hospital,the chip will tell doctors his ... | 858.txt | 3 |
[
"two",
"three",
"four",
"five"
] | To produce active chips,the problems designers need to solve are as many as _ | It's 10 p.m. You may not know where your child is. but the chip does.
The chip will also know if your child has fallen and needs immediate help. Once paramedics arrive ,the chip will also be able to tell the rescue workers which drugs little Johnny or Janic is allergic to.At the hospital,the chip will tell doctors his ... | 858.txt | 2 |
[
"he worked at a nuclear-power plant",
"there was something wrong with the monitors",
"he lived in a house in the countryside",
"his house was built on a uranium-beating rock"
] | It was because_ that Stanley Watras was carrying six times more radiation than normal. | Like everyone else working at the Limerick nuclear-power plant，Stanley Watras had to pass through the monitors before leaving the buildin9.Most of his co-workers.passed through without a problem，but Watras，an engineer，continually set off alarms.Some days he was found to be carrying six times more radiation than normal.... | 1870.txt | 3 |
[
"only whell Watras was leaving the building",
"whenever Watras's co-workers were leaving the building",
"only when Watras was passing through one day",
"whenever Watras was passing through.Them"
] | The monitors at the gates of the plant building gave alarms_ . | Like everyone else working at the Limerick nuclear-power plant，Stanley Watras had to pass through the monitors before leaving the buildin9.Most of his co-workers.passed through without a problem，but Watras，an engineer，continually set off alarms.Some days he was found to be carrying six times more radiation than normal.... | 1870.txt | 3 |
[
"he always set off alarms when passing through the monitors",
"most of his co-workers passed through the monitors without problem",
"he proved one day he wasn't picking up.radiation at work",
"scientists found out his house contained radiation"
] | Watras understood he was picking up radiation at.home as_ . | Like everyone else working at the Limerick nuclear-power plant，Stanley Watras had to pass through the monitors before leaving the buildin9.Most of his co-workers.passed through without a problem，but Watras，an engineer，continually set off alarms.Some days he was found to be carrying six times more radiation than normal.... | 1870.txt | 2 |
[
"lack intelligence",
"are destructive",
"need considerable care",
"demand affection"
] | Pets are sometimes criticized because they _ . | The ownership of pets brings a variety of benefits that the uninitiated would never believe.For every tale of shredded cushion，flattened plants，and chew slippers，there is another testimony of intelligence，sympathy and undying devotion.Now the gowing body of research into the medical and social advantages of pet ownersh... | 1629.txt | 1 |
[
"supported by research",
"encouraged by psychologists",
"an argument for keeping a pet",
"a common prejudice"
] | The idea that animals are a substitute for children is _ . | The ownership of pets brings a variety of benefits that the uninitiated would never believe.For every tale of shredded cushion，flattened plants，and chew slippers，there is another testimony of intelligence，sympathy and undying devotion.Now the gowing body of research into the medical and social advantages of pet ownersh... | 1629.txt | 3 |
[
"silly",
"suspicious",
"beneficial",
"stimulating"
] | Talking to animals is _ . | The ownership of pets brings a variety of benefits that the uninitiated would never believe.For every tale of shredded cushion，flattened plants，and chew slippers，there is another testimony of intelligence，sympathy and undying devotion.Now the gowing body of research into the medical and social advantages of pet ownersh... | 1629.txt | 2 |
[
"tame animal",
"fierce anitaal",
"lovely animal",
"tamable animal"
] | A ferret is probably a kind of _ . | The ownership of pets brings a variety of benefits that the uninitiated would never believe.For every tale of shredded cushion，flattened plants，and chew slippers，there is another testimony of intelligence，sympathy and undying devotion.Now the gowing body of research into the medical and social advantages of pet ownersh... | 1629.txt | 1 |
[
"return affection",
"are comforting",
"need looking after",
"are protective"
] | The writer believes that pets are valuable to children because they _ . | The ownership of pets brings a variety of benefits that the uninitiated would never believe.For every tale of shredded cushion，flattened plants，and chew slippers，there is another testimony of intelligence，sympathy and undying devotion.Now the gowing body of research into the medical and social advantages of pet ownersh... | 1629.txt | 2 |
[
"The Age of Reason",
"The need for Independent Thinking",
"The Value of Reason",
"Stirring People's Minds"
] | The best title for this passage is | The Importance of Independent Thinking
No one can be a great thinker who does not realize that asa thinker it is her first duty to follow her intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead. Truth gains more even by the errors of one who with due study and preparation, thinks for himself,than by the true opinions of thos... | 224.txt | 1 |
[
"have opinions which cannot be refuted.",
"adopt the point of view to which one feels the most inclination.",
"be acquainted with the arguments favoring the point of view with which one disagrees,",
"suspend heterodox speculation in favor of doctrinaire approaches."
] | According to the author, it is always advisable to | The Importance of Independent Thinking
No one can be a great thinker who does not realize that asa thinker it is her first duty to follow her intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead. Truth gains more even by the errors of one who with due study and preparation, thinks for himself,than by the true opinions of thos... | 224.txt | 2 |
[
"acceptance of truth",
"controversy over principles",
"inordinate enthusiasm",
"a dread of heterodox speculation"
] | According to the author, in a great period such as the Renaissance we may expect to find | The Importance of Independent Thinking
No one can be a great thinker who does not realize that asa thinker it is her first duty to follow her intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead. Truth gains more even by the errors of one who with due study and preparation, thinks for himself,than by the true opinions of thos... | 224.txt | 1 |
[
"enslaved by tradition",
"less than fully rational",
"determinded on controversy",
"having a closed mind"
] | According to the author, the person who holds orthodox beliefs without examination may bedescribed in all of the following ways EXCEPT as | The Importance of Independent Thinking
No one can be a great thinker who does not realize that asa thinker it is her first duty to follow her intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead. Truth gains more even by the errors of one who with due study and preparation, thinks for himself,than by the true opinions of thos... | 224.txt | 2 |
[
"A truly great thinker makes no mistakes.",
"Periods of intellectual achievement are periods of unorthodox reflection,",
"The refutation of accepted ideas can best be provided by one's own teachers.",
"excessive controversy prevents clear thinking"
] | It can be inferred from the passage that the author would be most likely to agree with which ofthe following statements | The Importance of Independent Thinking
No one can be a great thinker who does not realize that asa thinker it is her first duty to follow her intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead. Truth gains more even by the errors of one who with due study and preparation, thinks for himself,than by the true opinions of thos... | 224.txt | 1 |
[
"frightening and hurting",
"teasing",
"behaving like a tyrant",
"laughing at"
] | The word "bullying" probably means _ . | Not long after the telephone was invented, I assume, a call was placed. The caller was a parent saying, "Your child is bullying my child, and I want it stopped!" the bully's parent replied, "You must have the wrong number. My child is a little angel."
A trillion phone calls later, the conversation is the same. When chi... | 1065.txt | 0 |
[
"has long existed but changed its content",
"is often done with careful thinking",
"often leads to blaming and misunderstanding",
"is used to warn the child not to do it again"
] | Calling to a bully's parent _ . | Not long after the telephone was invented, I assume, a call was placed. The caller was a parent saying, "Your child is bullying my child, and I want it stopped!" the bully's parent replied, "You must have the wrong number. My child is a little angel."
A trillion phone calls later, the conversation is the same. When chi... | 1065.txt | 2 |
[
"bullying among adults is also rising",
"parents are not supervising their children well",
"parents seldom believe bullies",
"most parents resort to calling to deal with bullying"
] | According to the surveys in the U. S., _ . | Not long after the telephone was invented, I assume, a call was placed. The caller was a parent saying, "Your child is bullying my child, and I want it stopped!" the bully's parent replied, "You must have the wrong number. My child is a little angel."
A trillion phone calls later, the conversation is the same. When chi... | 1065.txt | 1 |
[
"help the bulling child get rid of cruelty",
"resort to the mediator",
"avoid getting too protective",
"resist the temptation of calling"
] | When bullying occurs, parents should _ . | Not long after the telephone was invented, I assume, a call was placed. The caller was a parent saying, "Your child is bullying my child, and I want it stopped!" the bully's parent replied, "You must have the wrong number. My child is a little angel."
A trillion phone calls later, the conversation is the same. When chi... | 1065.txt | 1 |
[
"her son confessed to being wrong",
"she was afraid to annoy the boy's parent",
"he was likely to be affected by these diseases",
"she wanted to teach her own son a lesson"
] | Laura McHugh promised to get the bullied boy tested for diseases because _ . | Not long after the telephone was invented, I assume, a call was placed. The caller was a parent saying, "Your child is bullying my child, and I want it stopped!" the bully's parent replied, "You must have the wrong number. My child is a little angel."
A trillion phone calls later, the conversation is the same. When chi... | 1065.txt | 3 |
[
"Most customers won't bother to complain even if they have had unhappy experiences.",
"Customers would rather relate their unhappy experiences to people around them.",
"Few customers believe the service will be improved.",
"Customers have no easy access to store managers."
] | Why are store managers often the last to hear complaints? | High-quality customer service is preached by many, but actually keeping customers happy is easier said than done.
Shoppers seldom complain to the manager or owner of a retail store, but instead will alert their friends, relatives, co-workers, strangers-and anyone who will listen.
Store managers are often the last to h... | 1581.txt | 1 |
[
"New customers are bound to replace old ones.",
"It is not likely the shopper can find the same products in other stores.",
"Most stores provide the same kind of service.",
"Not complaining to manager causes the shopper some trouble too."
] | What does Paula Courtney imply by saying "… the shopper must also find a replacement" (Line 2, Para. 4) | High-quality customer service is preached by many, but actually keeping customers happy is easier said than done.
Shoppers seldom complain to the manager or owner of a retail store, but instead will alert their friends, relatives, co-workers, strangers-and anyone who will listen.
Store managers are often the last to h... | 1581.txt | 3 |
[
"can stay longer browsing in the store",
"won't have trouble parking their cars",
"won't have any worrier about security",
"can find their cars easily after shopping"
] | Shop owners often hire moonlighting police as parking attendants so that shoppers _ . | High-quality customer service is preached by many, but actually keeping customers happy is easier said than done.
Shoppers seldom complain to the manager or owner of a retail store, but instead will alert their friends, relatives, co-workers, strangers-and anyone who will listen.
Store managers are often the last to h... | 1581.txt | 1 |
[
"Manners of the salespeople.",
"Hiring of efficient employees",
"Huge supply of goods for sale.",
"Design of store layout."
] | What contributes most to smoothing over issues with customers? | High-quality customer service is preached by many, but actually keeping customers happy is easier said than done.
Shoppers seldom complain to the manager or owner of a retail store, but instead will alert their friends, relatives, co-workers, strangers-and anyone who will listen.
Store managers are often the last to h... | 1581.txt | 0 |
[
"exert pressure on stores to improve their service",
"settle their disputes with stores in a diplomatic way",
"voice their dissatisfaction to store managers directly",
"shop around and make comparisons between stores"
] | To achieve better shopping experiences, customers are advised to _ . | High-quality customer service is preached by many, but actually keeping customers happy is easier said than done.
Shoppers seldom complain to the manager or owner of a retail store, but instead will alert their friends, relatives, co-workers, strangers-and anyone who will listen.
Store managers are often the last to h... | 1581.txt | 2 |
[
"Idiot savants have areas of outstanding abilities.",
"Human Beings have complicated thinking process.",
"The brains of the idiot savants are partly impaired.",
"The reasons why people have wonderful skills vary."
] | What does the passage mainly talk about? | Our brains work in complex and strange ways.There are some people who can calculate the day of the week for any given date in 40,000 years, but who cannot add two plus two.Others can perform complex classical piano pieces after hearing them once, but they cannot read or write.
Dr.J.Langdon Down first described this con... | 1036.txt | 0 |
[
"He can play wonderful pieces of classical music.",
"He can guess out exactly the length of a man's life.",
"He can memorize the contents of the pictures fast.",
"He can count matches dropped on the floor quickly."
] | Which of the following can be done by Rain Man? | Our brains work in complex and strange ways.There are some people who can calculate the day of the week for any given date in 40,000 years, but who cannot add two plus two.Others can perform complex classical piano pieces after hearing them once, but they cannot read or write.
Dr.J.Langdon Down first described this con... | 1036.txt | 3 |
[
"Idiot savants have real talents for art and math.",
"Dr.Down is the first person who found idiot savants.",
"Few people wish to risk becoming savants by brain operations.",
"Intentional left brain impairments will surely lead to idiot savants."
] | What can you infer from the passage? | Our brains work in complex and strange ways.There are some people who can calculate the day of the week for any given date in 40,000 years, but who cannot add two plus two.Others can perform complex classical piano pieces after hearing them once, but they cannot read or write.
Dr.J.Langdon Down first described this con... | 1036.txt | 2 |
[
"a symbol of the entrepreneurs' wealth.",
"a possible replacement of the Nobel Prize.",
"an example of bankers' investment.",
"a handsome reward for researchers."
] | The Fundamental Physical Prize is seen as | The US$3-million Fundamental physics prize is indeed an interesting experiment, as Alexander Polyakov said when he accepted this year's award in March. And it is far from the only one of its type. As a News Feature article in Nature discusses, a string of lucrative awards for researchers have joined the Nobel Prizes in... | 517.txt | 0 |
[
"the profit-oriented scientists.",
"the founders of the new award.",
"the achievement-based system.",
"peer-review-led research."
] | The critics think that the new awards will most benefit | The US$3-million Fundamental physics prize is indeed an interesting experiment, as Alexander Polyakov said when he accepted this year's award in March. And it is far from the only one of its type. As a News Feature article in Nature discusses, a string of lucrative awards for researchers have joined the Nobel Prizes in... | 517.txt | 1 |
[
"controversies over the recipients' status.",
"the joint effort of modern researchers.",
"legitimate concerns over the new prizes.",
"the demonstration of research findings."
] | The discovery of the Higgs boson is a typical case which involves | The US$3-million Fundamental physics prize is indeed an interesting experiment, as Alexander Polyakov said when he accepted this year's award in March. And it is far from the only one of its type. As a News Feature article in Nature discusses, a string of lucrative awards for researchers have joined the Nobel Prizes in... | 517.txt | 3 |
[
"Their endurance has done justice to them.",
"Their legitimacy has long been in dispute.",
"They are the most representative honor.",
"History has never cast doubt on them."
] | According to Paragraph 4, which of the following is true of the Nobels? | The US$3-million Fundamental physics prize is indeed an interesting experiment, as Alexander Polyakov said when he accepted this year's award in March. And it is far from the only one of its type. As a News Feature article in Nature discusses, a string of lucrative awards for researchers have joined the Nobel Prizes in... | 517.txt | 0 |
[
"acceptable despite the criticism.",
"harmful to the culture of research.",
"subject to undesirable changes.",
"unworthy of public attention."
] | The author believed that the new awards are | The US$3-million Fundamental physics prize is indeed an interesting experiment, as Alexander Polyakov said when he accepted this year's award in March. And it is far from the only one of its type. As a News Feature article in Nature discusses, a string of lucrative awards for researchers have joined the Nobel Prizes in... | 517.txt | 0 |
[
"eat too much",
"don't work hard",
"waste things",
"throw rubbish everywhere"
] | From the passage we know that some students often _ in the school. | Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They say they can afford these things. But I don't agree with them.
Waste can bring a lot of problems. Although China is rich in some resources, we ... | 3424.txt | 2 |
[
"Fresh water.",
"Forest .",
"Oil.",
"Coal."
] | Which is not mentioned in this passage? | Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They say they can afford these things. But I don't agree with them.
Waste can bring a lot of problems. Although China is rich in some resources, we ... | 3424.txt | 1 |
[
"We may still have enough oil.",
"We may still have enough coal.",
"We may have a little oil.",
"We may have no coal or oil to use."
] | What may happen in 100 years? | Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They say they can afford these things. But I don't agree with them.
Waste can bring a lot of problems. Although China is rich in some resources, we ... | 3424.txt | 3 |
[
"Waste brings problems.",
"Waste can bring no problem.",
"China is rich in fresh water.",
"Students never waste things."
] | Which of the following is right? | Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They say they can afford these things. But I don't agree with them.
Waste can bring a lot of problems. Although China is rich in some resources, we ... | 3424.txt | 0 |
[
"Stop Wasting",
"School life",
"Waste in the School",
"Rich Resources in China"
] | Which is the best title of this passage? | Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They say they can afford these things. But I don't agree with them.
Waste can bring a lot of problems. Although China is rich in some resources, we ... | 3424.txt | 0 |
[
"People who were born in the early days of China's reform and opening to the outside world.",
"People who like to eat hamburgers and wear foreignbrand clothes.",
"People who admire Bill Gates.",
"People who lack the experience of how to succeed in today'sfast changing world."
] | Which of the following groups of people belongs to China's first McDonald's generation? | Nanning:With the number of college graduates climbing to a record high this year-some 2.12 million are entering the job market,an increase of 670,000,or 46.2 percent,over last year,manypeople are asking if China's first "McDonald's generation",born in the early 1980s,can stand the int ense competition and find a place... | 3830.txt | 0 |
[
"that there are many chances to find jobs in Guangxi huang Autonomous Region",
"that hotel management is not a good major in college",
"that there is intense competition in the job market",
"that many businesses and companies don't like new college graduates"
] | What can we infer from the story of Hao Wenhua in the passage? We caninfer _ . | Nanning:With the number of college graduates climbing to a record high this year-some 2.12 million are entering the job market,an increase of 670,000,or 46.2 percent,over last year,manypeople are asking if China's first "McDonald's generation",born in the early 1980s,can stand the int ense competition and find a place... | 3830.txt | 2 |
[
"Fierce Competition in the Job Market.",
"McDonald's Generation Has Grown up.",
"McDonald's Generation Faces Job Hunting.",
"The Number of College Graduates Climbs to the Highest Point."
] | What is the best title for the passage? | Nanning:With the number of college graduates climbing to a record high this year-some 2.12 million are entering the job market,an increase of 670,000,or 46.2 percent,over last year,manypeople are asking if China's first "McDonald's generation",born in the early 1980s,can stand the int ense competition and find a place... | 3830.txt | 2 |
[
"at 8: 30",
"18 minutes earlier than the north tower",
"at around 9:06",
"at 8:48"
] | From the passage, we know that the south tower was hit by the plane _ . | New York: when the first jet struck, World Trade Center at 8:48 am on Tuesday, the People in 2 World Trade Center with a view of the instant damage across the divide had the clearest sense of what they, too, must do: get out fast.
Katherine Hachinski, who had been knocked off her chair by the blast of heat exploding fr... | 2952.txt | 2 |
[
"the 91st floor",
"the 103rd floor",
"the 60th floor",
"the 79th floor"
] | Which floor was hit by the second jet? | New York: when the first jet struck, World Trade Center at 8:48 am on Tuesday, the People in 2 World Trade Center with a view of the instant damage across the divide had the clearest sense of what they, too, must do: get out fast.
Katherine Hachinski, who had been knocked off her chair by the blast of heat exploding fr... | 2952.txt | 3 |
[
"more announcement had been made",
"people hadn't used the lifts",
"the incident had happened on a weekend",
"the people had obeyed the office rules"
] | Fewer people would have died if _ . | New York: when the first jet struck, World Trade Center at 8:48 am on Tuesday, the People in 2 World Trade Center with a view of the instant damage across the divide had the clearest sense of what they, too, must do: get out fast.
Katherine Hachinski, who had been knocked off her chair by the blast of heat exploding fr... | 2952.txt | 2 |
[
"Face up to difficulties in life",
"Hope to be young again",
"Enjoy life in different age",
"Wish to be grown up"
] | The happiest people should be those who _ . | How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities. If ... | 2752.txt | 2 |
[
"He can not do whatever he wants to",
"He is not allowed to play in rain",
"He has a lot of new things to learn",
"He can not play at the seaside freely"
] | A child has his pains because _ . . | How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities. If ... | 2752.txt | 0 |
[
"live comfortably",
"Take responsibilities",
"Make progress in job",
"Impress the society"
] | When a child becomes a grown-up, he is supposed to _ . | How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities. If ... | 2752.txt | 1 |
[
"Pains and Ages",
"Differences in Ages",
"The Best Age to Be",
"Happiness and Ages"
] | The best title of the passage might be _ . | How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities. If ... | 2752.txt | 1 |
[
"Better educated.",
"More money and freedom.",
"Independence.",
"Hard work."
] | Which of the following features in the young is NOT mentioned? | The Young Generation
Old people are always saying that the young are not whatthey were. The same comment is made from generation togeneration and it is always true. It has never been truer than it istoday. The young are better educated. They have a lot moremoney to spend and enjoy more freedom. They grow up morequickly... | 312.txt | 3 |
[
"Values.",
"The assumption of the elders.",
"Conformity.",
"Conventional ideas."
] | What so the young reject most? | The Young Generation
Old people are always saying that the young are not whatthey were. The same comment is made from generation togeneration and it is always true. It has never been truer than it istoday. The young are better educated. They have a lot moremoney to spend and enjoy more freedom. They grow up morequickly... | 312.txt | 2 |
[
"They have grown up under the shadow of the bomb.",
"They dislike the past.",
"They think the present world is the best.",
"They are afraid of destruction."
] | Why do the young stress on the present? | The Young Generation
Old people are always saying that the young are not whatthey were. The same comment is made from generation togeneration and it is always true. It has never been truer than it istoday. The young are better educated. They have a lot moremoney to spend and enjoy more freedom. They grow up morequickly... | 312.txt | 0 |
[
"Enjoyment is not sinful.",
"People should have more leisure time.",
"Men might enjoy life.",
"One should enjoy one's work."
] | What can the old learn from the young generation? | The Young Generation
Old people are always saying that the young are not whatthey were. The same comment is made from generation togeneration and it is always true. It has never been truer than it istoday. The young are better educated. They have a lot moremoney to spend and enjoy more freedom. They grow up morequickly... | 312.txt | 0 |
[
"to give up his former way of life",
"to leave the coastal areas",
"to follow the ever-shifting vegetation",
"to abandon his original settlement"
] | Farming emerged as a survival strategy because man had been obliged ________. | When global warming finally came, it stuck with a vengeance . In some regions, temperatures rose several degrees in less than a century. Sea levels shot up nearly 400 feet, flooding coastal settlements and forcing people to migrate inland. Deserts spread throughout the world as vegetation shifted drastically in North A... | 3992.txt | 0 |
[
"is going through a fundamental change",
"has been getting warmer for 10,000 years",
"will eventually change from hot to cold",
"has gone through periodical changes"
] | Earth scientists have come to understand that climate ________. | When global warming finally came, it stuck with a vengeance . In some regions, temperatures rose several degrees in less than a century. Sea levels shot up nearly 400 feet, flooding coastal settlements and forcing people to migrate inland. Deserts spread throughout the world as vegetation shifted drastically in North A... | 3992.txt | 3 |
[
"has seldom been accompanied by climatic changes",
"has exerted little influence on climatic changes",
"has largely been effected by climatic changes",
"has had a major impact on climatic changes"
] | Scientists believe that human evolution ________. | When global warming finally came, it stuck with a vengeance . In some regions, temperatures rose several degrees in less than a century. Sea levels shot up nearly 400 feet, flooding coastal settlements and forcing people to migrate inland. Deserts spread throughout the world as vegetation shifted drastically in North A... | 3992.txt | 2 |
[
"human activities have accelerated changes of Earth's environment",
"Earth's environment will remain mild despite human interference",
"Earth's climate is bound to change significantly in the future",
"Earth's climate is unlikely to undergo substantial changes in the future"
] | Evidence of past climatic changes indicates that ________. | When global warming finally came, it stuck with a vengeance . In some regions, temperatures rose several degrees in less than a century. Sea levels shot up nearly 400 feet, flooding coastal settlements and forcing people to migrate inland. Deserts spread throughout the world as vegetation shifted drastically in North A... | 3992.txt | 2 |
[
"human civilization remains glorious though it is affected by climatic changes",
"mankind is virtually helpless in the face of the dramatic changes of climate",
"man has to limit his activities to slow down the global warming process",
"human civilization will continue to develop in spite of the changes of na... | The message the author wishes to convey in the passage is that ________. | When global warming finally came, it stuck with a vengeance . In some regions, temperatures rose several degrees in less than a century. Sea levels shot up nearly 400 feet, flooding coastal settlements and forcing people to migrate inland. Deserts spread throughout the world as vegetation shifted drastically in North A... | 3992.txt | 1 |
[
"the benefits of manageable stress",
"stay away from",
"run out of",
"put up with"
] | The passage is mainly about _ . | "Humans should not try to avoid stress any more than they would shun food, love or exercise." Said Dr. Hans Selye, the first physician to document the effects of stress on the body. While here's on question that continuous stress is harmful, several studies suggest that challenging situations in which you're able to ri... | 1355.txt | 3 |
[
"cut down on",
"stay away from",
"run out of",
"put up with"
] | The word "shun" (Line 1, Para. 1) most probably means _ . | "Humans should not try to avoid stress any more than they would shun food, love or exercise." Said Dr. Hans Selye, the first physician to document the effects of stress on the body. While here's on question that continuous stress is harmful, several studies suggest that challenging situations in which you're able to ri... | 1355.txt | 1 |
[
"people under stress tend to have a poor memory",
"people who can't get their job done experience more stress",
"doing challenging work may be good for one's health",
"stress will weaken the body's defense against germs"
] | We can conclude from the study of the 158 nurses in 2001 that _ . | "Humans should not try to avoid stress any more than they would shun food, love or exercise." Said Dr. Hans Selye, the first physician to document the effects of stress on the body. While here's on question that continuous stress is harmful, several studies suggest that challenging situations in which you're able to ri... | 1355.txt | 2 |
[
"the video was not enjoyable at all",
"the outcome was beyond their control",
"they knew little about surgical procedures",
"they felt no pressure while watching the video"
] | In the experiment described in Paragraph 3, the video-watchers experienced a downturn in the antibody because _ . | "Humans should not try to avoid stress any more than they would shun food, love or exercise." Said Dr. Hans Selye, the first physician to document the effects of stress on the body. While here's on question that continuous stress is harmful, several studies suggest that challenging situations in which you're able to ri... | 1355.txt | 1 |
[
"a person's memory is determined by the level of hormones in his body",
"stress hormones have lasting positive effects on the brain",
"short bursts of stress hormones enhance memory function",
"a person's memory improves with continued experience of stress"
] | Dr. Bruce McEwen of Rockefeller University believes that _ . | "Humans should not try to avoid stress any more than they would shun food, love or exercise." Said Dr. Hans Selye, the first physician to document the effects of stress on the body. While here's on question that continuous stress is harmful, several studies suggest that challenging situations in which you're able to ri... | 1355.txt | 2 |
[
"its convenient location",
"its great variety of goods",
"its spirit of goodwill",
"its nice shopping environment"
] | The author loves the charity shop mainly because of _ . | I love charity shops and so do lots of other people in Britain because you find quite a few of them on every high street. The charity shop is a British institution, selling everything from clothes to electric goods, all at very good prices. You can get things you won't find in the shops anymore. The thing I like best a... | 3442.txt | 2 |
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