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[
"Many more plants grew in places where ants were present than where they were absent.",
"The ants preferred plants with low seed production to plants with high seed production.",
"The plants occupied by ants produced many more seeds than those that were not occupied by ants.",
"The plants that grew in places ... | According to paragraph 5, what did Bentley's comparative study show? | Many plants - one or more species of at least 68 different families - can secrete nectar even when they have no blossoms, because they bear extrafloral nectaries (structures that produce nectar) on stems, leaves, leaf stems, or other structures. These plants usually occur where ants are abundant, most in the tropics bu... | 3622.txt | 2 |
[
"driving adult beetles off the plants by nipping at their feet.",
"catching and eating adult beetles.",
"eating beetle eggs they find on developing fruits.",
"making it difficult for beetles to lay eggs on developing fruits."
] | According to paragraph 5, ants defend morning glory plants from seed beetles in each of the following ways EXCEPT: | Many plants - one or more species of at least 68 different families - can secrete nectar even when they have no blossoms, because they bear extrafloral nectaries (structures that produce nectar) on stems, leaves, leaf stems, or other structures. These plants usually occur where ants are abundant, most in the tropics bu... | 3622.txt | 0 |
[
"inquiring minds are more important than scientific experiments",
"science advances when fruitful researches are conducted",
"scientists seldom forget the essential nature of research",
"unpredictability weighs less than prediction in scientific research"
] | The author wants to prove with the example of Isaac Newton that . | Science, in practice, depends far less on the experiments it prepares than on the preparedness of the minds of the men who watch the experiments. Sir Isaac Newton supposedly discovered gravity through the fall of an apple. Apples had been falling in many places for centuries and thousands of people had seen them fall. ... | 1047.txt | 0 |
[
"shouldn't replace \"scientific method\" with imaginative thought",
"shouldn't neglect to speculate on unpredictable things",
"should write more concise reports for technical journals",
"should be confident about their research findings"
] | The author asserts that scientists . | Science, in practice, depends far less on the experiments it prepares than on the preparedness of the minds of the men who watch the experiments. Sir Isaac Newton supposedly discovered gravity through the fall of an apple. Apples had been falling in many places for centuries and thousands of people had seen them fall. ... | 1047.txt | 1 |
[
"have a keen interest in prediction",
"often speculate on the future",
"think highly of creative thinking",
"stick to \"scientific method\""
] | It seems that some young scientists . | Science, in practice, depends far less on the experiments it prepares than on the preparedness of the minds of the men who watch the experiments. Sir Isaac Newton supposedly discovered gravity through the fall of an apple. Apples had been falling in many places for centuries and thousands of people had seen them fall. ... | 1047.txt | 3 |
[
"may not be as profitable as they are expected",
"can be measured in dollars and cents",
"rely on conformity to a standard pattern",
"are mostly underestimated by management"
] | The author implies that the results of scientific research . | Science, in practice, depends far less on the experiments it prepares than on the preparedness of the minds of the men who watch the experiments. Sir Isaac Newton supposedly discovered gravity through the fall of an apple. Apples had been falling in many places for centuries and thousands of people had seen them fall. ... | 1047.txt | 0 |
[
"The major changes in climate over thepast millennia",
"The degree to which the climate variesnaturally",
"The best method for measuring climaticchange",
"The millennium when humans began tointerfere with the climate"
] | According to paragraph 1, which of the following must we find out in order to determine the impact of human activitiesupon climate? | One of the most difficult aspects of deciding whether current climatic events reveal evidence of the impact of human activities is that it is hard to get a measure of what constitutes the natural variability of the climate. We know that over the past millennia the climate has undergone major changes without any signifi... | 950.txt | 1 |
[
"they are more-reliable measures ofclimatic variability in the past century",
"they provide more-accurate measures oflocal temperatures",
"they provide information on climatefluctuations further back in time",
"they reveal information about the humanimpact on the climate"
] | According to paragraph 2, an advantage ofproxy records over instrumental records is that | One of the most difficult aspects of deciding whether current climatic events reveal evidence of the impact of human activities is that it is hard to get a measure of what constitutes the natural variability of the climate. We know that over the past millennia the climate has undergone major changes without any signifi... | 950.txt | 2 |
[
"studying regional differences intemperature variations",
"studying and dating changes in theproperties of substances",
"observing changes in present day climateconditions",
"inferring past climate shifts fromobservations of current climatic changes"
] | According to paragraph 3, scientists areable to reconstruct proxy temperature records by | One of the most difficult aspects of deciding whether current climatic events reveal evidence of the impact of human activities is that it is hard to get a measure of what constitutes the natural variability of the climate. We know that over the past millennia the climate has undergone major changes without any signifi... | 950.txt | 1 |
[
"noticeable",
"confusing",
"true",
"unlikely"
] | The word "striking" in thepassage(Paragraph 4)is closest in meaning to | One of the most difficult aspects of deciding whether current climatic events reveal evidence of the impact of human activities is that it is hard to get a measure of what constitutes the natural variability of the climate. We know that over the past millennia the climate has undergone major changes without any signifi... | 950.txt | 0 |
[
"Regional climates may change overtime.",
"The climate has changed very little inthe past 10,000 years.",
"Global temperatures vary more thanregional temperatures.",
"Important natural changes in climatehave occurred over large timescales."
] | Accordingto paragraphs 3 and 4, proxydata have suggested all of the following about theclimate EXCEPT: | One of the most difficult aspects of deciding whether current climatic events reveal evidence of the impact of human activities is that it is hard to get a measure of what constitutes the natural variability of the climate. We know that over the past millennia the climate has undergone major changes without any signifi... | 950.txt | 2 |
[
"dramatic",
"important",
"unpredictable",
"common"
] | The word "erratic" in thepassage(Paragraph 5)is closest in meaning to | One of the most difficult aspects of deciding whether current climatic events reveal evidence of the impact of human activities is that it is hard to get a measure of what constitutes the natural variability of the climate. We know that over the past millennia the climate has undergone major changes without any signifi... | 950.txt | 2 |
[
"atmospheric changes",
"the slow movement of landmasses",
"fluctuations in the amount of ice andsnow",
"changes in ocean activity"
] | All of the following are mentioned inparagraph 5 as natural causes of climate change EXCEPT | One of the most difficult aspects of deciding whether current climatic events reveal evidence of the impact of human activities is that it is hard to get a measure of what constitutes the natural variability of the climate. We know that over the past millennia the climate has undergone major changes without any signifi... | 950.txt | 1 |
[
"The information they produce is stilllimited.",
"They are currently most useful inunderstanding past climatic behaviors.",
"They allow researchers to interpret thedata obtained from proxy records.",
"They do not provide information aboutregional climates."
] | According to paragraph 6, which of the following is true of computer models of the global climate? | One of the most difficult aspects of deciding whether current climatic events reveal evidence of the impact of human activities is that it is hard to get a measure of what constitutes the natural variability of the climate. We know that over the past millennia the climate has undergone major changes without any signifi... | 950.txt | 0 |
[
"records",
"discussions",
"results",
"variations"
] | The word "deliberations"(Paragraph 7)inthe passage is closest in meaning to | One of the most difficult aspects of deciding whether current climatic events reveal evidence of the impact of human activities is that it is hard to get a measure of what constitutes the natural variability of the climate. We know that over the past millennia the climate has undergone major changes without any signifi... | 950.txt | 1 |
[
"demonstrated",
"called upon",
"supported",
"expected"
] | The word "invoked"(Paragraph 7)in thepassage is closest in meaning to | One of the most difficult aspects of deciding whether current climatic events reveal evidence of the impact of human activities is that it is hard to get a measure of what constitutes the natural variability of the climate. We know that over the past millennia the climate has undergone major changes without any signifi... | 950.txt | 1 |
[
"To compare the influence of volcanoesand solar activity on climate variability with the influence of factorsexternal to the global climate system",
"To indicate that there are other types ofinfluences on climate variability in addition to those previously discussed",
"To explain how external influences onclima... | What is the author's purpose inpresenting the information in paragraph 7? | One of the most difficult aspects of deciding whether current climatic events reveal evidence of the impact of human activities is that it is hard to get a measure of what constitutes the natural variability of the climate. We know that over the past millennia the climate has undergone major changes without any signifi... | 950.txt | 1 |
[
"withdraw as much money from the bank as he wishes",
"obtain more convenient services than other people do",
"enjoy greater trust from the storekeeper",
"cash money wherever he wishes to"
] | According to the passage, the credit card enables its owner to . | One hundred and thirteen million Americans have at least one bank-issued credit card. They give their owners automatic credit in stores, restaurants, and hotels, at home, across the country, and even abroad, and they make many banking services available as well. More and more of these credit cards can be read automatic... | 1407.txt | 1 |
[
"in the future all the Americans will use credit cards",
"credit cards are mainly used in the United States today",
"nowadays many Americans do not pay in cash",
"it is now more convenient to use credit cards than before"
] | From the last sentence of the first paragraph we learn that . | One hundred and thirteen million Americans have at least one bank-issued credit card. They give their owners automatic credit in stores, restaurants, and hotels, at home, across the country, and even abroad, and they make many banking services available as well. More and more of these credit cards can be read automatic... | 1407.txt | 2 |
[
"make an order of goods",
"record sales on a cash register",
"call the sales manager",
"keep track of the goods in stock"
] | The phrase "ring up sales" (Line 3, Para. 2) most probably means " ". | One hundred and thirteen million Americans have at least one bank-issued credit card. They give their owners automatic credit in stores, restaurants, and hotels, at home, across the country, and even abroad, and they make many banking services available as well. More and more of these credit cards can be read automatic... | 1407.txt | 1 |
[
"Approaches to the commercial use of computers.",
"Conveniences brought about by computers in business.",
"Significance of automation in commercial enterprises.",
"Advantages of credit cards in business."
] | What is this passage mainly about? | One hundred and thirteen million Americans have at least one bank-issued credit card. They give their owners automatic credit in stores, restaurants, and hotels, at home, across the country, and even abroad, and they make many banking services available as well. More and more of these credit cards can be read automatic... | 1407.txt | 1 |
[
"Claim",
"Model",
"Assume",
"Present"
] | The word pose in the passage is closest in the meaning to | There is increasing evidence that the impacts of meteorites have had important effects on Earth, particularly in the field of biological evolution. Such impacts continue to pose a natural hazard to life on Earth. Twice in the twentieth century, large meteorite objects are known to have collided with Earth.
If an impact... | 1586.txt | 3 |
[
"To support the claim that the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous is the best-documented of the dozen or so mass extinctions in the geological record",
"To explain why as many as half of the species on Earth at the time are believed to have become extinct at the end of the Cretaceous",
"To explain why... | In paragraph 2, why does the author include the information that dinosaurs had flourished for tens of millions of years and then suddenly disappeared? | There is increasing evidence that the impacts of meteorites have had important effects on Earth, particularly in the field of biological evolution. Such impacts continue to pose a natural hazard to life on Earth. Twice in the twentieth century, large meteorite objects are known to have collided with Earth.
If an impact... | 1586.txt | 2 |
[
"The location of the impact site in Mexico was kept secret by geologists from 1980 to 1990.",
"It was a well-known fact that the impact had occurred in the Yucat region.",
"Geologists knew that there had been an impact before they knew where it had occurred.",
"The Yucat region was chosen by geologists as the... | Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 3 about the location of the meteorite impact in Mexico? | There is increasing evidence that the impacts of meteorites have had important effects on Earth, particularly in the field of biological evolution. Such impacts continue to pose a natural hazard to life on Earth. Twice in the twentieth century, large meteorite objects are known to have collided with Earth.
If an impact... | 1586.txt | 2 |
[
"They discovered a large crater in the Yucat region of Mexico.",
"They found a unique layer of sediment worldwide.",
"They were alerted by archaeologists who had been excavating in the Yucat region.",
"They located a meteorite with a mass of over a trillion tons."
] | According to paragraph 3, how did scientists determine that a large meteorite had impacted Earth? | There is increasing evidence that the impacts of meteorites have had important effects on Earth, particularly in the field of biological evolution. Such impacts continue to pose a natural hazard to life on Earth. Twice in the twentieth century, large meteorite objects are known to have collided with Earth.
If an impact... | 1586.txt | 1 |
[
"Digging out",
"Extending",
"Destroying",
"Covering up"
] | The word excavating in the passage is closest in the meaning to | There is increasing evidence that the impacts of meteorites have had important effects on Earth, particularly in the field of biological evolution. Such impacts continue to pose a natural hazard to life on Earth. Twice in the twentieth century, large meteorite objects are known to have collided with Earth.
If an impact... | 1586.txt | 0 |
[
"Changed",
"Exposed",
"Destroyed",
"Covered"
] | The word consumed in the passage is closest in the meaning to | There is increasing evidence that the impacts of meteorites have had important effects on Earth, particularly in the field of biological evolution. Such impacts continue to pose a natural hazard to life on Earth. Twice in the twentieth century, large meteorite objects are known to have collided with Earth.
If an impact... | 1586.txt | 2 |
[
"A large amount of dust blocked sunlight from Earth.",
"Earth became cold and dark for several months.",
"New elements were formed in Earth's crust.",
"Large quantities of nitric acid were produced."
] | According to paragraph 4, all of the following statements are true of the impact at the end of the Cretaceous period EXCEPT: | There is increasing evidence that the impacts of meteorites have had important effects on Earth, particularly in the field of biological evolution. Such impacts continue to pose a natural hazard to life on Earth. Twice in the twentieth century, large meteorite objects are known to have collided with Earth.
If an impact... | 1586.txt | 2 |
[
"Identified after careful study",
"Identified without certainty",
"Occasionally identified",
"Easily identified"
] | The phrase tentatively identified in the passage is closest in the meaning to | There is increasing evidence that the impacts of meteorites have had important effects on Earth, particularly in the field of biological evolution. Such impacts continue to pose a natural hazard to life on Earth. Twice in the twentieth century, large meteorite objects are known to have collided with Earth.
If an impact... | 1586.txt | 1 |
[
"Sense of values",
"Point of view",
"Calculation",
"Complication"
] | The word perspective in the passage is closest in the meaning to | There is increasing evidence that the impacts of meteorites have had important effects on Earth, particularly in the field of biological evolution. Such impacts continue to pose a natural hazard to life on Earth. Twice in the twentieth century, large meteorite objects are known to have collided with Earth.
If an impact... | 1586.txt | 1 |
[
"The most important factor for the survival of a species is its ability to compete and adapt to gradual changes in its environment.",
"The ability of a species to compete and adapt to a gradually changing environment is not the only ability that is essential for survival.",
"Since most extinctions of species ar... | Paragraph 6 supports which of the following statements about the factors that are essential for the survival of a species? | There is increasing evidence that the impacts of meteorites have had important effects on Earth, particularly in the field of biological evolution. Such impacts continue to pose a natural hazard to life on Earth. Twice in the twentieth century, large meteorite objects are known to have collided with Earth.
If an impact... | 1586.txt | 1 |
[
"Paleontologists",
"Geologists",
"The United States Congress",
"NASA"
] | According to the passage, who conducted investigations about the current dangers posed by large meteorite impacts on Earth? | There is increasing evidence that the impacts of meteorites have had important effects on Earth, particularly in the field of biological evolution. Such impacts continue to pose a natural hazard to life on Earth. Twice in the twentieth century, large meteorite objects are known to have collided with Earth.
If an impact... | 1586.txt | 3 |
[
"The Congress.",
"The Federal government.",
"The President.",
"The supreme Court."
] | Who makes the laws? | The United States is a federal union of 50 states.The capital of national government is in Washington,D.C.(District of Columbia).The federal constitution sets up the structures of the national government and lists its powers and activities.The constitution gives Congress the authority to make laws which are necessary f... | 2948.txt | 0 |
[
"the state of the COlumbia",
"none of the fifty states",
"the state of New York",
"the state of Washington"
] | The capital of the United States lies in _ . | The United States is a federal union of 50 states.The capital of national government is in Washington,D.C.(District of Columbia).The federal constitution sets up the structures of the national government and lists its powers and activities.The constitution gives Congress the authority to make laws which are necessary f... | 2948.txt | 1 |
[
"The heads of federal departments are elected by the people.",
"The President sets up the structures of the federal government.",
"The judicial branch has the authority to explain the laws.",
"The constitution gives all powers to the federal government."
] | Based on what you can know from the passage,which of the following statements is true? | The United States is a federal union of 50 states.The capital of national government is in Washington,D.C.(District of Columbia).The federal constitution sets up the structures of the national government and lists its powers and activities.The constitution gives Congress the authority to make laws which are necessary f... | 2948.txt | 2 |
[
"the U.S. has fifty states",
"the individual states have their own governments",
"the federal government has three branches",
"any one branch should not have too much power"
] | The constitution limits the powers of each branch of the federal government because _ . | The United States is a federal union of 50 states.The capital of national government is in Washington,D.C.(District of Columbia).The federal constitution sets up the structures of the national government and lists its powers and activities.The constitution gives Congress the authority to make laws which are necessary f... | 2948.txt | 3 |
[
"the three branches of the U.S. government",
"American government",
"the Federal Consititution",
"the people should be left free to run their own lives"
] | The main point of this passage is _ . | The United States is a federal union of 50 states.The capital of national government is in Washington,D.C.(District of Columbia).The federal constitution sets up the structures of the national government and lists its powers and activities.The constitution gives Congress the authority to make laws which are necessary f... | 2948.txt | 1 |
[
"Something about Solar Energy and Pollution.",
"Solar Energy.",
"Energy and Pollution",
"Energy and Money."
] | Which statement best expresses the main idea? | Solar energy for your home is coming. It can help you as a single home owner. It can help the whole country as well. Whether or not solar energy can save your money depends on many things. Where you live is one factor. The type of home you have is another. Things like insulation present energy coasts, and the type of s... | 779.txt | 1 |
[
"the earth and natural resources",
"mother nature",
"the sun",
"our precious fuel"
] | Solar energy can help us save _ . | Solar energy for your home is coming. It can help you as a single home owner. It can help the whole country as well. Whether or not solar energy can save your money depends on many things. Where you live is one factor. The type of home you have is another. Things like insulation present energy coasts, and the type of s... | 779.txt | 3 |
[
"several million years",
"several hundred years",
"several billion years",
"several thousand years"
] | The sun is an endless source of energy, it will not run out of it for _ . | Solar energy for your home is coming. It can help you as a single home owner. It can help the whole country as well. Whether or not solar energy can save your money depends on many things. Where you live is one factor. The type of home you have is another. Things like insulation present energy coasts, and the type of s... | 779.txt | 2 |
[
"Energy from coal would not pollute our living environment.",
"Energy from natural gas would not pollute our living environment.",
"Energy from the sun would not pollute our living environment.",
"Energy from oil would not pollute our living environment."
] | Which of the following statements is correct? | Solar energy for your home is coming. It can help you as a single home owner. It can help the whole country as well. Whether or not solar energy can save your money depends on many things. Where you live is one factor. The type of home you have is another. Things like insulation present energy coasts, and the type of s... | 779.txt | 2 |
[
"but it will be considered as an important part of our nation s energy supply",
"yet we will build more power plants",
"and the supply of electricity will be rationed",
"but we don t need practice energy rationing now"
] | Solar energy is now in its infancy, _ . | Solar energy for your home is coming. It can help you as a single home owner. It can help the whole country as well. Whether or not solar energy can save your money depends on many things. Where you live is one factor. The type of home you have is another. Things like insulation present energy coasts, and the type of s... | 779.txt | 0 |
[
"It is the key to paperless office.",
"It will be replaced by the computer soon.",
"It is more troublesome than the computer.",
"It can hardly survive in the digital age."
] | Which of the following is TRUE about the carbon paper? | The "paperless office" has earned a proud place on lists of technological promises that did not come to pass. Surely, though, the more modest goal of he carbon-paperless office is within the reach of mankind? Carbon paper allows two copies of a document to be made at once. Nowadays, a couple of keystrokes can do the sa... | 892.txt | 2 |
[
"secure",
"dynamic",
"feasible",
"flexible"
] | According to the passage, "viable" ( Line 4, Para. 2) means _ | The "paperless office" has earned a proud place on lists of technological promises that did not come to pass. Surely, though, the more modest goal of he carbon-paperless office is within the reach of mankind? Carbon paper allows two copies of a document to be made at once. Nowadays, a couple of keystrokes can do the sa... | 892.txt | 2 |
[
"To point out that old Technology of nostalgia will flourish in the modern world.",
"To illustrate the importance of flintknappers.",
"To show that flintknapping is one of the stone age technologies.",
"To prove that old technologies seemingly never die."
] | Why does the author mention the example of What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly? | The "paperless office" has earned a proud place on lists of technological promises that did not come to pass. Surely, though, the more modest goal of he carbon-paperless office is within the reach of mankind? Carbon paper allows two copies of a document to be made at once. Nowadays, a couple of keystrokes can do the sa... | 892.txt | 3 |
[
"Digital audio tape will be vanished because of its accuracy.",
"Digital technologies have been proved to outlive the old technologies.",
"Early digital technologies will never go extinct.",
"The future of digital technologies will be used for DNA research."
] | What can be inferred about digital technologies? | The "paperless office" has earned a proud place on lists of technological promises that did not come to pass. Surely, though, the more modest goal of he carbon-paperless office is within the reach of mankind? Carbon paper allows two copies of a document to be made at once. Nowadays, a couple of keystrokes can do the sa... | 892.txt | 0 |
[
"the difficulty of the realization of paperless office",
"the fact that newest technologies may die out while the oldest survive",
"the reason why old technologies will never be on the edge of extinction",
"the importance of keeping improving technologies all the time"
] | The passage mainly concerned with | The "paperless office" has earned a proud place on lists of technological promises that did not come to pass. Surely, though, the more modest goal of he carbon-paperless office is within the reach of mankind? Carbon paper allows two copies of a document to be made at once. Nowadays, a couple of keystrokes can do the sa... | 892.txt | 1 |
[
"use for their schoolwork",
"access the Internet",
"work at home",
"connect them to libraries"
] | The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each student a laptop to _ . | Laptop computers are popular all over the world.People use them on trains and airplanes, in airportsand hotels. These laptops connect people to theirworkplace. In the United States today, laptops alsoconnect students to their classrooms.
Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptopcomputer program that allows stude... | 2389.txt | 0 |
[
"They don't really talk.",
"They use the computer language.",
"Laptops have speakers.",
"None of the above reasons is correct."
] | Why is the word "speak" in the second paragraph in quotation marks? | Laptop computers are popular all over the world.People use them on trains and airplanes, in airportsand hotels. These laptops connect people to theirworkplace. In the United States today, laptops alsoconnect students to their classrooms.
Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptopcomputer program that allows stude... | 2389.txt | 0 |
[
"All teachers use computers.",
"1500 students have laptops.",
"It is an old college in America.",
"Students there can do everything."
] | Which of the following is true about Westlake College? | Laptop computers are popular all over the world.People use them on trains and airplanes, in airportsand hotels. These laptops connect people to theirworkplace. In the United States today, laptops alsoconnect students to their classrooms.
Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptopcomputer program that allows stude... | 2389.txt | 2 |
[
"attend lectures on information technology",
"travel around the world",
"get information from around the world",
"have free laptops"
] | A window on the world in the last paragraph means that students can _ . | Laptop computers are popular all over the world.People use them on trains and airplanes, in airportsand hotels. These laptops connect people to theirworkplace. In the United States today, laptops alsoconnect students to their classrooms.
Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptopcomputer program that allows stude... | 2389.txt | 2 |
[
"The program is successful.",
"The program is not workable.",
"The program is too expensive.",
"We don't know the result yet."
] | What can we infer from the passage? | Laptop computers are popular all over the world.People use them on trains and airplanes, in airportsand hotels. These laptops connect people to theirworkplace. In the United States today, laptops alsoconnect students to their classrooms.
Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptopcomputer program that allows stude... | 2389.txt | 3 |
[
"What astronomers learned from the Surveyor and Apollo space missions.",
"Characteristics of the major terrains of the Moon.",
"The origin of the Moon's craters.",
"Techniques used to catalogue the Moon's land forms."
] | What does the passage mainly discuss? | The Moon, which has undergone a distinct and complex geological history, presents a striking appearance. The moon may be divided into two major terrains: the Maria (dark lowlands) and the Terrace (bright highlands). The contrast in the reflectivity (the capability of reflecting light) of these two terrains suggested to... | 411.txt | 1 |
[
"altered",
"substituted",
"experienced",
"preserved"
] | The word "undergone" in line 1 is closest in meaning to | The Moon, which has undergone a distinct and complex geological history, presents a striking appearance. The moon may be divided into two major terrains: the Maria (dark lowlands) and the Terrace (bright highlands). The contrast in the reflectivity (the capability of reflecting light) of these two terrains suggested to... | 411.txt | 2 |
[
"age",
"manner of creation",
"size",
"composition"
] | According to the passage , the Maria differ from the Terrace mainly in terms of | The Moon, which has undergone a distinct and complex geological history, presents a striking appearance. The moon may be divided into two major terrains: the Maria (dark lowlands) and the Terrace (bright highlands). The contrast in the reflectivity (the capability of reflecting light) of these two terrains suggested to... | 411.txt | 3 |
[
"They confirmed earlier theories about the Moon's surface.",
"They revealed that previous ideas about the Moon's craters were incorrect.",
"They were unable to provide detailed information about the Moon's surface.",
"They were unable to identify how the Moon's craters were made."
] | The passage supports which of the following statements about the Surveyor and Apollo missions? | The Moon, which has undergone a distinct and complex geological history, presents a striking appearance. The moon may be divided into two major terrains: the Maria (dark lowlands) and the Terrace (bright highlands). The contrast in the reflectivity (the capability of reflecting light) of these two terrains suggested to... | 411.txt | 0 |
[
"special",
"known",
"varied",
"great"
] | The word "vast" in line 11 is closest in meaning to | The Moon, which has undergone a distinct and complex geological history, presents a striking appearance. The moon may be divided into two major terrains: the Maria (dark lowlands) and the Terrace (bright highlands). The contrast in the reflectivity (the capability of reflecting light) of these two terrains suggested to... | 411.txt | 3 |
[
"They have small craters.",
"They have been analyzed by astronomers.",
"They have a rough texture.",
"They tend to be darker than the terrace."
] | All of the following are true of the Maria EXCEPT: | The Moon, which has undergone a distinct and complex geological history, presents a striking appearance. The moon may be divided into two major terrains: the Maria (dark lowlands) and the Terrace (bright highlands). The contrast in the reflectivity (the capability of reflecting light) of these two terrains suggested to... | 411.txt | 2 |
[
"Moon (line 1)",
"reflectivity (line 3)",
"regolith (line 16)",
"Maria (line 2)"
] | All of the following terms are defined in the passage EXCEPT | The Moon, which has undergone a distinct and complex geological history, presents a striking appearance. The moon may be divided into two major terrains: the Maria (dark lowlands) and the Terrace (bright highlands). The contrast in the reflectivity (the capability of reflecting light) of these two terrains suggested to... | 411.txt | 0 |
[
"an aspect of the lunar surface discovered through lunar missions",
"a characteristic of large craters",
"a discovery made through the use of Earth-based telescopes",
"features that astronomers observed to be common to the Earth and the Moon"
] | The author mentions "wispy marks" in line 19 as an example of | The Moon, which has undergone a distinct and complex geological history, presents a striking appearance. The moon may be divided into two major terrains: the Maria (dark lowlands) and the Terrace (bright highlands). The contrast in the reflectivity (the capability of reflecting light) of these two terrains suggested to... | 411.txt | 2 |
[
"the possibility of finding water on the Moon",
"the lunar regolith",
"cataloging various land formations",
"craters and their origins"
] | According to the passage , lunar researchers have focused mostly on | The Moon, which has undergone a distinct and complex geological history, presents a striking appearance. The moon may be divided into two major terrains: the Maria (dark lowlands) and the Terrace (bright highlands). The contrast in the reflectivity (the capability of reflecting light) of these two terrains suggested to... | 411.txt | 3 |
[
"the reasons craters are difficult to study",
"the different shapes small craters can have",
"some features of large craters",
"some difference in the ways small and large craters were formed"
] | The passage probably continues with a discussion of | The Moon, which has undergone a distinct and complex geological history, presents a striking appearance. The moon may be divided into two major terrains: the Maria (dark lowlands) and the Terrace (bright highlands). The contrast in the reflectivity (the capability of reflecting light) of these two terrains suggested to... | 411.txt | 2 |
[
"show the great achievements of Clark",
"show the richness of Clark",
"show the payback of Clark's brilliant ideas",
"show Clark's desire to get fortunes"
] | The author begins his article with Clark's experience to _ . | Jim Clark, 55, is the first person ever to start three companies that each grew to be worth more than $1 billion-an achievement celebrated in Michael Lewis' best-selling book, The New New Thing. Clark saw in primitive computer graphics chips the potential for powerful new workstations built by Silicon Graphics. He look... | 461.txt | 0 |
[
"should be done in an old way",
"should take the form of generosity",
"should be given in a limited field",
"should involve all rich men"
] | Clark believes that the bestowal of the money _ . | Jim Clark, 55, is the first person ever to start three companies that each grew to be worth more than $1 billion-an achievement celebrated in Michael Lewis' best-selling book, The New New Thing. Clark saw in primitive computer graphics chips the potential for powerful new workstations built by Silicon Graphics. He look... | 461.txt | 1 |
[
"their way of saving money",
"their ungenerosity and less interest in donating",
"Clark's contempt of the new money",
"their difficulty in getting rich"
] | The founders of Yahoo are mentioned to show _ . | Jim Clark, 55, is the first person ever to start three companies that each grew to be worth more than $1 billion-an achievement celebrated in Michael Lewis' best-selling book, The New New Thing. Clark saw in primitive computer graphics chips the potential for powerful new workstations built by Silicon Graphics. He look... | 461.txt | 1 |
[
"strong disapproval",
"reserved consent",
"slight contempt",
"enthusiastic support"
] | Clark's attitude toward his Silicon Valley brethren is of _ . | Jim Clark, 55, is the first person ever to start three companies that each grew to be worth more than $1 billion-an achievement celebrated in Michael Lewis' best-selling book, The New New Thing. Clark saw in primitive computer graphics chips the potential for powerful new workstations built by Silicon Graphics. He look... | 461.txt | 0 |
[
"a Yuppie",
"Clark's competitor",
"a successful techie",
"a young tech billionaire"
] | From the text we learn that Larry Ellison is _ . | Jim Clark, 55, is the first person ever to start three companies that each grew to be worth more than $1 billion-an achievement celebrated in Michael Lewis' best-selling book, The New New Thing. Clark saw in primitive computer graphics chips the potential for powerful new workstations built by Silicon Graphics. He look... | 461.txt | 3 |
[
"how much money they can earn from their products",
"whether to plant a certain kind of crop",
"what livestock to raise",
"when to sell their products"
] | According to the passage, computers can not help farmers decide _ . | Today just as technology changed the face of industry, farms have experienced an "agricultural revolution". On the farm of today, machines provide almost all the power.
One of the most important benefits will be the farm computer. A few forward-looking farmers are already using computers to help them run their farms mo... | 3139.txt | 2 |
[
"Farmers in the future will depend totally on computers.",
"Farmers mainly use machines on their farms at present.",
"Both computers and robots have been in use on today's farms.",
"Students at agricultural colleges needn't take their normal agricultural courses."
] | Which of the following statements is true? | Today just as technology changed the face of industry, farms have experienced an "agricultural revolution". On the farm of today, machines provide almost all the power.
One of the most important benefits will be the farm computer. A few forward-looking farmers are already using computers to help them run their farms mo... | 3139.txt | 1 |
[
"Computer, Farmers' Best Friend",
"Farmers in The Future",
"The Agricultural Revolution",
"Computers and Robots"
] | What is the best title for the whole passage? | Today just as technology changed the face of industry, farms have experienced an "agricultural revolution". On the farm of today, machines provide almost all the power.
One of the most important benefits will be the farm computer. A few forward-looking farmers are already using computers to help them run their farms mo... | 3139.txt | 2 |
[
"Their lives are brief.",
"They feed on plant and animal organisms.",
"Their eggs can survive years of drought.",
"They lay their eggs in the mud."
] | Which of the following is the MOST distinctive feature of Mojave shrimps? | There are desert plants which survive the dry season in the form of inactive seeds. There are also desert insects which survive as inactive larvae . In addition, difficult as it is to believe, there are desert fish which can survive through years of drought in the form of inactive eggs. These are the shrimps that liv... | 1828.txt | 2 |
[
"they have to swim fast to avoid danger in the rapidly evaporating lake",
"they have to swim fast to catch the animal organisms on which they survive",
"they have to multiply as many as possible within thirteen days",
"they have to complete their life cycle within a short span of time permitted by the environ... | By saying "for the shrimps it is a race against time" (Para. 3, line 2) the author means ________. | There are desert plants which survive the dry season in the form of inactive seeds. There are also desert insects which survive as inactive larvae . In addition, difficult as it is to believe, there are desert fish which can survive through years of drought in the form of inactive eggs. These are the shrimps that liv... | 1828.txt | 3 |
[
"the life span of the Mojave shrimps",
"the survival of desert shrimps",
"the importance of water to life",
"life in the Mojave Desert"
] | The passage mainly deals with ________. | There are desert plants which survive the dry season in the form of inactive seeds. There are also desert insects which survive as inactive larvae . In addition, difficult as it is to believe, there are desert fish which can survive through years of drought in the form of inactive eggs. These are the shrimps that liv... | 1828.txt | 1 |
[
"inactive",
"strong",
"alert",
"soft"
] | The word "dormant" (Para. 4, Line 3) most probably means ________. | There are desert plants which survive the dry season in the form of inactive seeds. There are also desert insects which survive as inactive larvae . In addition, difficult as it is to believe, there are desert fish which can survive through years of drought in the form of inactive eggs. These are the shrimps that liv... | 1828.txt | 0 |
[
"appearance and size are most important for life to survive in the desert",
"a species must be able to multiply quickly in order to survive",
"for some species one life cycle in a year is enough to survive the desert drought",
"some species develop a unique life pattern to survive in extremely harsh condition... | It may be inferred from the passage that ________. | There are desert plants which survive the dry season in the form of inactive seeds. There are also desert insects which survive as inactive larvae . In addition, difficult as it is to believe, there are desert fish which can survive through years of drought in the form of inactive eggs. These are the shrimps that liv... | 1828.txt | 3 |
[
"People enjoy it all the more during a recession",
"Few people can afford it without working hard",
"It makes all the hard work worthwhile",
"It is the chief cause of family disputes"
] | What does the author say about vacationing? | It's an annual argument. Do we or do we not go on holiday? My partner says no because the boiler could go, or the roof fall off, and we have no savings to save us. I say that you only live once and we work hard and what's the point if you can't go on holiday. The joy of a recession means no argument next year - we just... | 2050.txt | 2 |
[
"Money is considered to be the root of all evils",
"Some people sacrifice their dignity for money",
"Few people can resist the temptation of money",
"Disputes over money may ruin a relationship"
] | What does the author mean by saying "money is known… to bring a relationship to its knees" (Line1 Para. 2)？ | It's an annual argument. Do we or do we not go on holiday? My partner says no because the boiler could go, or the roof fall off, and we have no savings to save us. I say that you only live once and we work hard and what's the point if you can't go on holiday. The joy of a recession means no argument next year - we just... | 2050.txt | 3 |
[
"conflicts between couples tend to rise",
"it is more expensive for couples to split up",
"couples show more concern for each other",
"divorce and separation rates increase"
] | The YouGov poll of 2000 people indicates that in a recession _ . | It's an annual argument. Do we or do we not go on holiday? My partner says no because the boiler could go, or the roof fall off, and we have no savings to save us. I say that you only live once and we work hard and what's the point if you can't go on holiday. The joy of a recession means no argument next year - we just... | 2050.txt | 0 |
[
"Money is often a symbol of a person's status",
"Money means a great deal to both men and women",
"Men and women spend money on different things",
"Men and women view money in different ways"
] | What does Kim Stephenson believe? | It's an annual argument. Do we or do we not go on holiday? My partner says no because the boiler could go, or the roof fall off, and we have no savings to save us. I say that you only live once and we work hard and what's the point if you can't go on holiday. The joy of a recession means no argument next year - we just... | 2050.txt | 3 |
[
"put their money together instead of keeping it separately",
"make efforts to reach agreement on their family budgets",
"discuss money matters to maintain a healthy relationship",
"avoid arguing about money matters to remain romantic"
] | The author suggests at the end of the passage that couples should _ | It's an annual argument. Do we or do we not go on holiday? My partner says no because the boiler could go, or the roof fall off, and we have no savings to save us. I say that you only live once and we work hard and what's the point if you can't go on holiday. The joy of a recession means no argument next year - we just... | 2050.txt | 2 |
[
"The Earth's axis does not exist in reality.",
"The Earth's axis is tilted about 23.5 degrees.",
"The earth's axis is east-west.",
"The tilt of the Earth causes seasons to take place."
] | Which of the following statements is NOT true? | The Earth's axis is an imaginary line that runs through the middle of the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole. The axis of the earth is tilted about 23.5 degrees. This tilt of the earth results in our seasons.
In June, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, so the people in the Northern Hemisphere ha... | 1017.txt | 2 |
[
"the Southern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun in June",
"June 21 is the longest day of a year in the Southern Hemisphere",
"December 21 is the coldest day of a year in the Northern Hemisphere",
"there is only one day in a year when daytime lasts exactly as long as nighttime"
] | According to the second paragraph, we can know that . | The Earth's axis is an imaginary line that runs through the middle of the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole. The axis of the earth is tilted about 23.5 degrees. This tilt of the earth results in our seasons.
In June, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, so the people in the Northern Hemisphere ha... | 1017.txt | 0 |
[
"in the Northern Hemisphere, the more northern, the longer daytime in summer",
"in the Southern Hemisphere, the more northern, the shorter daytime in winter",
"Florida is further to the equator than Vermont",
"In China, Changchun's daytime in winter is longer than that of Guangzhou"
] | According to the passage, we can infer that . | The Earth's axis is an imaginary line that runs through the middle of the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole. The axis of the earth is tilted about 23.5 degrees. This tilt of the earth results in our seasons.
In June, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, so the people in the Northern Hemisphere ha... | 1017.txt | 0 |
[
"it is always daytime during the summer months",
"it is located in the center of the Earth",
"it is located on the equator of the Earth",
"only at midnight can people there see the sun"
] | Northern Alaska gets the name "Land of the Midnight Sun" because _ . | The Earth's axis is an imaginary line that runs through the middle of the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole. The axis of the earth is tilted about 23.5 degrees. This tilt of the earth results in our seasons.
In June, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, so the people in the Northern Hemisphere ha... | 1017.txt | 0 |
[
"December",
"January",
"February",
"June"
] | If we want to make science research in Antarctica, we may choose the following months EXCEPT _ . | The Earth's axis is an imaginary line that runs through the middle of the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole. The axis of the earth is tilted about 23.5 degrees. This tilt of the earth results in our seasons.
In June, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, so the people in the Northern Hemisphere ha... | 1017.txt | 3 |
[
"Season and space",
"The change of daytime",
"Land of the Midnight Sun",
"Northern and Southern Hemisphere"
] | What might be the most suitable title for the text? | The Earth's axis is an imaginary line that runs through the middle of the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole. The axis of the earth is tilted about 23.5 degrees. This tilt of the earth results in our seasons.
In June, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, so the people in the Northern Hemisphere ha... | 1017.txt | 0 |
[
"these companies had not enough money to buy such expensive computers",
"these computers could not do the work that small computers can do today",
"these computers did not come onto the market",
"these companies did not need to use this new technology"
] | Ten years ago, smaller companies did not use large computers because _ . | Without most people realizing it, there has been a revolution in office work over the last ten years. Before that time, large computers were only used by large, rich companies that could afford the investment. With the advancement of technology, small computers have come onto the market which are capable of doing the w... | 756.txt | 0 |
[
"the saving of time and money",
"the use of computers in small companies",
"the wide use of word processors",
"the decreasing number of secretaries"
] | According to the writer, the main feature of the revolution in office work over the last ten years is _ . | Without most people realizing it, there has been a revolution in office work over the last ten years. Before that time, large computers were only used by large, rich companies that could afford the investment. With the advancement of technology, small computers have come onto the market which are capable of doing the w... | 756.txt | 2 |
[
"some secretaries will lose their jobs",
"routine jobs can be done automatically outside office hours",
"medical problems related to work with a VDU have increased",
"using word processors, secretaries can get more time to do more interesting work for their bosses"
] | It is implied but NOT directly stated in the passage that with the use of word processors _ . | Without most people realizing it, there has been a revolution in office work over the last ten years. Before that time, large computers were only used by large, rich companies that could afford the investment. With the advancement of technology, small computers have come onto the market which are capable of doing the w... | 756.txt | 0 |
[
"There are both advantages and disadvantages in using a word processor.",
"The British companies care much for the health of the people using word processors.",
"The technology in the field of computers has been greatly advanced over the last ten years.",
"Using world processors, secretaries can get more time... | Which of the following statements is NOT true? | Without most people realizing it, there has been a revolution in office work over the last ten years. Before that time, large computers were only used by large, rich companies that could afford the investment. With the advancement of technology, small computers have come onto the market which are capable of doing the w... | 756.txt | 1 |
[
"safety screens are of poor quality",
"working at a VDU for a long time is good for one's health",
"more and more British offices will use word processors",
"British companies will need fewer and fewer managers"
] | It can concluded from the passage that _ . | Without most people realizing it, there has been a revolution in office work over the last ten years. Before that time, large computers were only used by large, rich companies that could afford the investment. With the advancement of technology, small computers have come onto the market which are capable of doing the w... | 756.txt | 2 |
[
"Measuring Your Intelligence",
"Intelligence and Environment",
"The Case of Peter and Mark",
"How the Brain Influences Intelligence"
] | This selection can best be titled _ . | There are two factors which determine an individual's intelligence. The first is the sort of brain he is born with. Human brains differ considerably , some being more capable than others. But no matter how good a brain he has to begin with, an individual will have a low order of intelligence unless he has opportunities... | 1508.txt | 1 |
[
"human brains differ considerably",
"the brain a person is born with is important in determining his intelligence",
"environment is crucial in determining a person's intelligence",
"persons having identical brains will have roughly the same intelligence"
] | The best statement of the main idea of this passage is that _ . | There are two factors which determine an individual's intelligence. The first is the sort of brain he is born with. Human brains differ considerably , some being more capable than others. But no matter how good a brain he has to begin with, an individual will have a low order of intelligence unless he has opportunities... | 1508.txt | 2 |
[
"85 .",
"100",
"110",
"125"
] | According to the passage, the average I. Q. is _ . | There are two factors which determine an individual's intelligence. The first is the sort of brain he is born with. Human brains differ considerably , some being more capable than others. But no matter how good a brain he has to begin with, an individual will have a low order of intelligence unless he has opportunities... | 1508.txt | 1 |
[
"individuals with identical brains seldom test at the same level",
"an individual's intelligence is determined only by his environment",
"lack of opportunity blocks the growth of intelligence",
"changes of environment produce changes in the structure of the brain"
] | The case history of the twins appears to support the conclusion that _ . | There are two factors which determine an individual's intelligence. The first is the sort of brain he is born with. Human brains differ considerably , some being more capable than others. But no matter how good a brain he has to begin with, an individual will have a low order of intelligence unless he has opportunities... | 1508.txt | 2 |
[
"can be predicted at birth",
"stays the same throughout his life",
"can be increased by education",
"is determined by his childhood"
] | This passage suggests that an individual's I. Q. _ . | There are two factors which determine an individual's intelligence. The first is the sort of brain he is born with. Human brains differ considerably , some being more capable than others. But no matter how good a brain he has to begin with, an individual will have a low order of intelligence unless he has opportunities... | 1508.txt | 2 |
[
"They are heavenly bodies different in composition.",
"They are heavenly bodies similar in nature.",
"There are more asteroids than meteoroids.",
"Asteroids are more mysterious than meteoroids."
] | What does the passage say about asteroids and meteoroids? | Unless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids now, one might crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it, say some scientists.
Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteoroids that race across the night sky. Most orbit the sun far from Earth and don't threaten us. But there are also thousands of asteroids wh... | 797.txt | 1 |
[
"It is very unlikely but the danger exists.",
"Such a collision might occur once every 25 years.",
"Collisions of smaller asteroids with Earth occur more often than expected.",
"It's still too early to say whether such a collision might occur."
] | What do scientists say about the collision of an asteroid with Earth? | Unless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids now, one might crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it, say some scientists.
Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteoroids that race across the night sky. Most orbit the sun far from Earth and don't threaten us. But there are also thousands of asteroids wh... | 797.txt | 0 |
[
"It sounds practical but it may not solve the problem.",
"It may create more problems than it might solve.",
"It is a waste of money because a collision of asteroids with Earth is very unlikely.",
"Further research should be done before it is proved applicable."
] | What do people think of the suggestion of using nuclear weapons to alter the courses of asteroids? | Unless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids now, one might crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it, say some scientists.
Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteoroids that race across the night sky. Most orbit the sun far from Earth and don't threaten us. But there are also thousands of asteroids wh... | 797.txt | 1 |
[
"while pushing asteroids off course nuclear weapons would destroy the world",
"asteroids racing across the night sky are likely to hit Earth in the near future",
"the worry about asteroids can be left to future generations since it is unlikely to happen in our lifetime",
"workable solutions still have to be f... | We can conclude from the passage that _ . | Unless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids now, one might crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it, say some scientists.
Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteoroids that race across the night sky. Most orbit the sun far from Earth and don't threaten us. But there are also thousands of asteroids wh... | 797.txt | 3 |
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