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"moderate cost.",
"local sight-seeing is investigated by the tourist organization.",
"people enjoy the first-rate comforts.",
"everybody can enjoy the ‘grand tour'."
] | What is ‘grand tour' now? | The Tourist Trade Contributes Absolutely Nothing to Increasing Understanding between Nations
The tourist trade is booming. With all this coming andgoing, you'd expect greater understanding to develop betweenthe nations of the world. Not a bit of it! Superb systems ofcommunication by air, sea and land make it possible f... | 231.txt | 3 |
[
"He made good use of ideas from others.",
"He produced the first car in the world.",
"He knew how to improve auto parts.",
"He invented the production line."
] | What do we know about Henry Ford from Paragraph 1 ? | Many people believe Henry Ford invented the automobile . But Henry Ford did not start to build his first car until 1896. That was eleven years after two Germans developed the world's first automobile. Many people believe Henry Ford invented the production line that moved a car's parts to the worker, instead of making t... | 3065.txt | 0 |
[
"To show off his driving skills.",
"To draw public attention.",
"To learn about new technology.",
"To raise money for his new company."
] | Why did Henry Ford take part in the 1901 car race? | Many people believe Henry Ford invented the automobile . But Henry Ford did not start to build his first car until 1896. That was eleven years after two Germans developed the world's first automobile. Many people believe Henry Ford invented the production line that moved a car's parts to the worker, instead of making t... | 3065.txt | 1 |
[
"the selling of Ford cars at reduced prices",
"the sale of Model T to the mass of people",
"the selling of a car to a Detroit doctor",
"the sales target for the Ford Company"
] | "That sale" in Paragraph 4 refers to _ . | Many people believe Henry Ford invented the automobile . But Henry Ford did not start to build his first car until 1896. That was eleven years after two Germans developed the world's first automobile. Many people believe Henry Ford invented the production line that moved a car's parts to the worker, instead of making t... | 3065.txt | 2 |
[
"Producing cars for average customers.",
"Building racing cars of simple design.",
"Designing more car models.",
"Starting more companies."
] | What was Henry Ford's dream according to the text? | Many people believe Henry Ford invented the automobile . But Henry Ford did not start to build his first car until 1896. That was eleven years after two Germans developed the world's first automobile. Many people believe Henry Ford invented the production line that moved a car's parts to the worker, instead of making t... | 3065.txt | 0 |
[
"the fact that people of different racial groups reside in different places",
"what types of people move frequently and why they keep changing their places.",
"why people of one type prefer to isolate themselves from those of another type",
"peculiar characteristics of people from different countries in choos... | Geographers who study mobility are most likely to be interested in _ . | Each for its own reason, the study of residential mobility has been a concern of three disciplines: sociology, economics, and geography. For the economist, residential shifts provide a means for studying the housing and land markets. Geographers study mobility to understand the spatial distributions of population types... | 2671.txt | 0 |
[
"the only way to discern the discipline he or she applies",
"not an ideal way to identify his or her disciplinary origins",
"easier than noting the methods used and the concepts employed",
"too difficult to be used in finding out his or her disciplinary origins"
] | Examining the kinds of questions a researcher raised about mobility is _ . | Each for its own reason, the study of residential mobility has been a concern of three disciplines: sociology, economics, and geography. For the economist, residential shifts provide a means for studying the housing and land markets. Geographers study mobility to understand the spatial distributions of population types... | 2671.txt | 1 |
[
"cannot be relieved from urban dwellers",
"produces attraction to rural dwellers",
"produces the dullness and oppression of rural existence",
"is responsible for some evil characters of urban dwellers"
] | Some sociologists believe that "sensory overload" _ . | Each for its own reason, the study of residential mobility has been a concern of three disciplines: sociology, economics, and geography. For the economist, residential shifts provide a means for studying the housing and land markets. Geographers study mobility to understand the spatial distributions of population types... | 2671.txt | 3 |
[
"hold hostile views to others",
"are willing to help each other",
"tend to pick up others' shortcomings but ignore their own",
"take advantage of others to fulfill their own goals"
] | According to the passage, in a society where there is anomie and alienation, people _ . | Each for its own reason, the study of residential mobility has been a concern of three disciplines: sociology, economics, and geography. For the economist, residential shifts provide a means for studying the housing and land markets. Geographers study mobility to understand the spatial distributions of population types... | 2671.txt | 3 |
[
"urban life is stimulating and rewarding",
"urban people are cleverer than rural people",
"urban people lack creativity and originality",
"urban existence is full of change and stimulation"
] | The words "spontaneous" and "natural" (para2) indicate that _ . | Each for its own reason, the study of residential mobility has been a concern of three disciplines: sociology, economics, and geography. For the economist, residential shifts provide a means for studying the housing and land markets. Geographers study mobility to understand the spatial distributions of population types... | 2671.txt | 2 |
[
"The content of modern advertising.",
"The skills of modern advertising.",
"The results of modern advertising.",
"The writing of modern advertising."
] | What is discussed in this passage? | Advertising gives useful information about which products to buy.But modern advertising does more than gives news about products and services.Today's advertisements,or ads,try to get consumersto buy certain brands.Writers of advertising are so skillful that they can sometimes persuade a consumer to wear acertain kind o... | 3517.txt | 1 |
[
"be both persuasive and effective",
"give people useful information",
"show people a product",
"show people a new idea of a product"
] | According to the passage,a good advertisement should _ | Advertising gives useful information about which products to buy.But modern advertising does more than gives news about products and services.Today's advertisements,or ads,try to get consumersto buy certain brands.Writers of advertising are so skillful that they can sometimes persuade a consumer to wear acertain kind o... | 3517.txt | 0 |
[
"modern advertising has less effect on customers",
"once customers s ee ads about a new cereal,they are sure to buy it",
"cereal can make people strong",
"cereal is a kind of food which is popular among people"
] | From the passage,we can infer that _ | Advertising gives useful information about which products to buy.But modern advertising does more than gives news about products and services.Today's advertisements,or ads,try to get consumersto buy certain brands.Writers of advertising are so skillful that they can sometimes persuade a consumer to wear acertain kind o... | 3517.txt | 3 |
[
"Customers can easily be persuaded by advertisements.",
"Custo mers should be persuaded by advertisements.",
"It's impossible for customers to buy a product without advertisements.",
"Customers buy products according to their demands rather than the advertisements."
] | What can we infer from the passage? | Advertising gives useful information about which products to buy.But modern advertising does more than gives news about products and services.Today's advertisements,or ads,try to get consumersto buy certain brands.Writers of advertising are so skillful that they can sometimes persuade a consumer to wear acertain kind o... | 3517.txt | 0 |
[
"The definition of technology",
"Modern technology",
"The application of technology",
"The development of technology"
] | What is the best title for the passage? | Technology is the application of knowledge to production. Thanks to modern technology, we have been able to increase greatly the efficiency of our work force. New machines and new methods have helped cut down time and expense while increasing overall output. This has meant more production and a higher standard of livin... | 2842.txt | 1 |
[
"Modern technology is the key to the improvement of standard of living.",
"The three major factors of production (land, labor and capital) are all influenced by technology.",
"Technology is the response to our needs.",
"The United States is making great efforts to advance its technology."
] | Which is the main idea of the passage? | Technology is the application of knowledge to production. Thanks to modern technology, we have been able to increase greatly the efficiency of our work force. New machines and new methods have helped cut down time and expense while increasing overall output. This has meant more production and a higher standard of livin... | 2842.txt | 0 |
[
"higher quality of life",
"medical technology",
"modern farming machinery",
"technological substitute"
] | According to the passage, people can live a long life with the help of _ . | Technology is the application of knowledge to production. Thanks to modern technology, we have been able to increase greatly the efficiency of our work force. New machines and new methods have helped cut down time and expense while increasing overall output. This has meant more production and a higher standard of livin... | 2842.txt | 1 |
[
"the school servers are unwieldy and unreliable.",
"the information-technology director is not the expert in providing IT-related assistance.",
"the internal E-mail systems are much more backward than those commercially successful email systems.",
"there are no collaboration tools in the internal E-mail syste... | The number of student complaints has grown exponentially because _ | Maintaining internal E-mail systems has long been the bane of the university information-technology director. Servers are unwieldy and unreliable, and in the past several years, the number of student complaints has grown exponentially as forward-moving providers like YahooMail, Hotmail, and Gmail have increased expecta... | 3465.txt | 2 |
[
"they want to cater to the requirements of their clients.",
"they are sponsored by schools and do not need the revenue from ads.",
"they want to build up a unique community with life-long loyalty.",
"they want to maintain the stability of the systems at the present."
] | Microsoft and Google do not run ads on the E-mail systems for schools because _ | Maintaining internal E-mail systems has long been the bane of the university information-technology director. Servers are unwieldy and unreliable, and in the past several years, the number of student complaints has grown exponentially as forward-moving providers like YahooMail, Hotmail, and Gmail have increased expecta... | 3465.txt | 0 |
[
"that they can reserve every account with minimum charge.",
"that they can retain every account at customers' wish.",
"that they can maintain every account as long as the customers want.",
"that they can keep every account fro free in a long term."
] | Compared with the universities, the advantage of Goole and Microsoft in hosting accounts of alumni is _ | Maintaining internal E-mail systems has long been the bane of the university information-technology director. Servers are unwieldy and unreliable, and in the past several years, the number of student complaints has grown exponentially as forward-moving providers like YahooMail, Hotmail, and Gmail have increased expecta... | 3465.txt | 2 |
[
"they believe they will have good returns from the would-be lifelong users in the future.",
"it is part of their social commitment to return the society through contributing to education.",
"their strategy is to make profit through advertisement to university alumni.",
"they want the students to propagandize ... | The two giants persist in providing the E-mail services though they run at a loss because _ | Maintaining internal E-mail systems has long been the bane of the university information-technology director. Servers are unwieldy and unreliable, and in the past several years, the number of student complaints has grown exponentially as forward-moving providers like YahooMail, Hotmail, and Gmail have increased expecta... | 3465.txt | 0 |
[
"lose.",
"abandon.",
"exchange.",
"waste."
] | The word "relinquish" (Line 3, Paragraph 4)most probably means _ | Maintaining internal E-mail systems has long been the bane of the university information-technology director. Servers are unwieldy and unreliable, and in the past several years, the number of student complaints has grown exponentially as forward-moving providers like YahooMail, Hotmail, and Gmail have increased expecta... | 3465.txt | 1 |
[
"people can learn to recognize faces",
"people have different personalities",
"people have difficulty in describing the features of finger prints",
"people differ from each other in facial features"
] | By using the example of finger prints, the author tells us that ________. | Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people. Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child-or even an animal, such as a pigeon-can learn to recognize faces, we all take this... | 3974.txt | 3 |
[
"telling people apart by how they behave",
"typing each other",
"telling good people from had people",
"recognizing human faces"
] | According to this passage, some animals have the gift of ________. | Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people. Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child-or even an animal, such as a pigeon-can learn to recognize faces, we all take this... | 3974.txt | 3 |
[
"The ancient Greek audience",
"The movie actors",
"Psychologists",
"The modern TV audience"
] | Who most probably knows best how to describe people's personality? | Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people. Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child-or even an animal, such as a pigeon-can learn to recognize faces, we all take this... | 3974.txt | 2 |
[
"people differ in their behavioral and physical characteristics",
"human fingerprints provide unique information",
"people's behavior can be easily described in words",
"human faces have complex features"
] | According to the passage, it is possible for us tell one type of person from another because ________. | Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people. Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child-or even an animal, such as a pigeon-can learn to recognize faces, we all take this... | 3974.txt | 0 |
[
"Why it is necessary to identify people's personality",
"Why it is possible to describe people",
"How to get to know people",
"How best to recognize people"
] | Which of the following is the major point of the passage? | Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people. Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child-or even an animal, such as a pigeon-can learn to recognize faces, we all take this... | 3974.txt | 1 |
[
"The interview with Iraqi scientists.",
"The warning towards Iraq.",
"The dou about Saddam's disarmament.",
"Sending 480,000 soldiers to Iraq."
] | What didn't President Bush talk about according to this news report? | United States President George W.Bush yesterday expressed dou on efforts by United Nations arms inspectors to get information from Iraqi scientists, adding the presence of Iraqiofficials as a reason for it. A US official said any interference by Iraq with the interview would be another sign that Iraqi President Saddam ... | 3456.txt | 3 |
[
"Because the scientists wouldn't like to tell the truth.",
"Because Bush never beli e ved anything the scientists said.",
"Because Iraqi officials were watching them during the interviews.",
"Because Saddam asked them to tell lies during the interviews."
] | Why didn't Bush believe what the Iraqi scientists said during the inerviews? | United States President George W.Bush yesterday expressed dou on efforts by United Nations arms inspectors to get information from Iraqi scientists, adding the presence of Iraqiofficials as a reason for it. A US official said any interference by Iraq with the interview would be another sign that Iraqi President Saddam ... | 3456.txt | 2 |
[
"The farm owned by Bush is in California.",
"11,000 US soldiers haven't got to the Middle East.",
"The nofly one is in the northern part of Iraq.",
"Bush thinks Saddam will disarm of himself."
] | Which of the following statements is true? | United States President George W.Bush yesterday expressed dou on efforts by United Nations arms inspectors to get information from Iraqi scientists, adding the presence of Iraqiofficials as a reason for it. A US official said any interference by Iraq with the interview would be another sign that Iraqi President Saddam ... | 3456.txt | 1 |
[
"an individual merchant no longer performed all aspects of trading operations",
"a company's home office declined in importance",
"merchants no longer had to transport their goods to distant places",
"the volume of trade declined in areas lacking silver mines"
] | According to paragraph 1, one effect of the increased use of cash was that | Beginning in the 1160s, the opening of new silver mines in northern Europe led to the minting and circulation of vast quantities of silver coins. The widespread use of cash greatly increased the volume of international trade. Business procedures changed radically. The individual traveling merchant who alone handled vir... | 2381.txt | 0 |
[
"fundamentally",
"quickly",
"unexpectedly",
"gradually"
] | The word "radically", in the passage is closest in meaning to | Beginning in the 1160s, the opening of new silver mines in northern Europe led to the minting and circulation of vast quantities of silver coins. The widespread use of cash greatly increased the volume of international trade. Business procedures changed radically. The individual traveling merchant who alone handled vir... | 2381.txt | 0 |
[
"understood",
"included",
"delivered",
"supervised"
] | The word "oversaw" in the passage is closest in meaning to | Beginning in the 1160s, the opening of new silver mines in northern Europe led to the minting and circulation of vast quantities of silver coins. The widespread use of cash greatly increased the volume of international trade. Business procedures changed radically. The individual traveling merchant who alone handled vir... | 2381.txt | 3 |
[
"An increase in credit sales",
"The use of courier services between cities",
"The adoption of simpler accounting procedures",
"The improvement of roads"
] | According to paragraph 2, which of the following was NOT an effect of the change in business procedures? | Beginning in the 1160s, the opening of new silver mines in northern Europe led to the minting and circulation of vast quantities of silver coins. The widespread use of cash greatly increased the volume of international trade. Business procedures changed radically. The individual traveling merchant who alone handled vir... | 2381.txt | 2 |
[
"the use of trading centers in distant cities",
"a new system of recording commercial transactions",
"the opening of overland trade routes across northern Europe",
"access to markets in about 200 cities"
] | According to paragraph 3, Hanseatic merchants benefited by all of the following EXCEPT | Beginning in the 1160s, the opening of new silver mines in northern Europe led to the minting and circulation of vast quantities of silver coins. The widespread use of cash greatly increased the volume of international trade. Business procedures changed radically. The individual traveling merchant who alone handled vir... | 2381.txt | 2 |
[
"probable",
"determining",
"helpful",
"limiting"
] | The word "decisive" in the passage is closest in meaning to | Beginning in the 1160s, the opening of new silver mines in northern Europe led to the minting and circulation of vast quantities of silver coins. The widespread use of cash greatly increased the volume of international trade. Business procedures changed radically. The individual traveling merchant who alone handled vir... | 2381.txt | 1 |
[
"To argue that the wealth created by the commercial revolution benefited only a small number of people",
"To challenge the view that the commercial classes made up a majority of the population of Europe",
"To suggest a reason that the commercial revolution ended around A. D. 1300",
"To emphasize the point tha... | Why does the author provide the information in paragraph 4 that the commercial classes never exceeded 10 percent of the population? | Beginning in the 1160s, the opening of new silver mines in northern Europe led to the minting and circulation of vast quantities of silver coins. The widespread use of cash greatly increased the volume of international trade. Business procedures changed radically. The individual traveling merchant who alone handled vir... | 2381.txt | 3 |
[
"Increased wealth for the ruling classes",
"The weakening of the aristocracy",
"The decline of the middle class",
"A reduction in taxes"
] | According to paragraph 4, which of the following was associated with the rise of modern states? | Beginning in the 1160s, the opening of new silver mines in northern Europe led to the minting and circulation of vast quantities of silver coins. The widespread use of cash greatly increased the volume of international trade. Business procedures changed radically. The individual traveling merchant who alone handled vir... | 2381.txt | 1 |
[
"transactions",
"communications",
"partnerships",
"conflicts"
] | The word "alliances" in the passage is closest in meaning to | Beginning in the 1160s, the opening of new silver mines in northern Europe led to the minting and circulation of vast quantities of silver coins. The widespread use of cash greatly increased the volume of international trade. Business procedures changed radically. The individual traveling merchant who alone handled vir... | 2381.txt | 2 |
[
"simplify the organization of European society",
"provide employment to agricultural workers",
"encourage merchants to become community leaders",
"change Europe from a rural to a more urban society"
] | According to paragraph 5, the most important result of the commercial revolution was to | Beginning in the 1160s, the opening of new silver mines in northern Europe led to the minting and circulation of vast quantities of silver coins. The widespread use of cash greatly increased the volume of international trade. Business procedures changed radically. The individual traveling merchant who alone handled vir... | 2381.txt | 3 |
[
"It had very little impact on social attitudes and values.",
"It brought about major political changes throughout Europe.",
"It lessened the influence of the church.",
"It increased the population of small towns."
] | Paragraph 5 supports which of the following inferences about the commercial revolution between ad 1000 and 1300? | Beginning in the 1160s, the opening of new silver mines in northern Europe led to the minting and circulation of vast quantities of silver coins. The widespread use of cash greatly increased the volume of international trade. Business procedures changed radically. The individual traveling merchant who alone handled vir... | 2381.txt | 0 |
[
"Twelve months.",
"Eleven months.",
"Ten months.",
"Only one month."
] | How long did Bishop take flying lessons? | Why a 15yearold American boy wrote a suicide note and then crashed a small plane into a tall building is unknown.Charles Bishop wrote a suicide note expressing his support for Osama Bin Laden.Then the boy flew a small plane into the 42storey Bank of America building in Tampa,Florida.
Police chief Bennie Holder said tha... | 4166.txt | 2 |
[
"a very clever but lonely student",
"a student with depression",
"a favorite student in his class",
"a student with poor progress"
] | According to the passage,we can learn that Bishop was _ . | Why a 15yearold American boy wrote a suicide note and then crashed a small plane into a tall building is unknown.Charles Bishop wrote a suicide note expressing his support for Osama Bin Laden.Then the boy flew a small plane into the 42storey Bank of America building in Tampa,Florida.
Police chief Bennie Holder said tha... | 4166.txt | 2 |
[
"why Bishop could fly a plane into a building",
"when Bishop became very mad",
"what Bishop's suicide note was about",
"how Bishop crashed into a tall building"
] | The incident now made all the Americans wonder _ . | Why a 15yearold American boy wrote a suicide note and then crashed a small plane into a tall building is unknown.Charles Bishop wrote a suicide note expressing his support for Osama Bin Laden.Then the boy flew a small plane into the 42storey Bank of America building in Tampa,Florida.
Police chief Bennie Holder said tha... | 4166.txt | 0 |
[
"little students can not learn to fly a plane",
"Charles Bishop wanted to join the Air Force",
"a student at age 15 can take flying lessons",
"the plane crash frightened all the Bishop's classmates"
] | From the article,we can infer that _ . | Why a 15yearold American boy wrote a suicide note and then crashed a small plane into a tall building is unknown.Charles Bishop wrote a suicide note expressing his support for Osama Bin Laden.Then the boy flew a small plane into the 42storey Bank of America building in Tampa,Florida.
Police chief Bennie Holder said tha... | 4166.txt | 2 |
[
"rapidly changing",
"cyclically recurring",
"steadily growing",
"unimportant to the viewers of photographs"
] | According to the passage, interest among photographers in each of photography's two ideals can be described as | Picture-taking is a technique both for annexing the objective world and for expressing the singular self. Photographs depict objective realities that already exist, though only the camera can disclose them. And they depict an individual photographer's temperament discovering itself through the camera's cropping of real... | 1960.txt | 1 |
[
"establishing new technical standards for contemporary photography",
"analyzing the influence of photographic ideals on picture-taking",
"tracing the development of camera technology in the twentieth century",
"describing how photographers' individual temperaments are reflected in their work"
] | The author's is primarily concerned with | Picture-taking is a technique both for annexing the objective world and for expressing the singular self. Photographs depict objective realities that already exist, though only the camera can disclose them. And they depict an individual photographer's temperament discovering itself through the camera's cropping of real... | 1960.txt | 1 |
[
"They can display a cropped reality.",
"They can convey information",
"They can depict the photographer's temperament.",
"They can change the viewer's sensibilities."
] | The passage states all of the following about photographs EXCEPT: | Picture-taking is a technique both for annexing the objective world and for expressing the singular self. Photographs depict objective realities that already exist, though only the camera can disclose them. And they depict an individual photographer's temperament discovering itself through the camera's cropping of real... | 1960.txt | 3 |
[
"how a controlled ambivalence toward photography's means can produce outstanding pictures",
"how the content of photographs has changed from the nineteenth century to the twentieth",
"the popularity of high-speed photography in the twentieth century",
"the relationship between photographic originality and tec... | The author mentions the work of. Harold Edgerton in order to provide an example of | Picture-taking is a technique both for annexing the objective world and for expressing the singular self. Photographs depict objective realities that already exist, though only the camera can disclose them. And they depict an individual photographer's temperament discovering itself through the camera's cropping of real... | 1960.txt | 3 |
[
"admire instruments of fast seeing",
"need to feel armed by technology",
"strive for intense formal beauty in their photographs",
"dislike the dependence of photographic effectiveness on the powers of a machine"
] | The passage suggests that photographers such as Walker Evans prefer old-fashioned techniques and equipment because these photographers | Picture-taking is a technique both for annexing the objective world and for expressing the singular self. Photographs depict objective realities that already exist, though only the camera can disclose them. And they depict an individual photographer's temperament discovering itself through the camera's cropping of real... | 1960.txt | 3 |
[
"value that each places on the beauty of the finished product",
"emphasis that each places on the emotional impact of the finished product",
"degree of technical knowledge that each requires of the photographer",
"way in which each defines the role of the photographer"
] | According to the passage, the two antithetical ideals of photography differ primarily in the | Picture-taking is a technique both for annexing the objective world and for expressing the singular self. Photographs depict objective realities that already exist, though only the camera can disclose them. And they depict an individual photographer's temperament discovering itself through the camera's cropping of real... | 1960.txt | 3 |
[
"Photographers, as a result of their heightened awareness of time, are constantly trying to capture events and actions that are fleeting.",
"Thus the cult of the future, the worship of machines and spend, is firmly established in spite of efforts to the contrary by some photographers.",
"The rejection of techni... | Which of the following statements would be most likely to begin the paragraph immediately following the passage? | Picture-taking is a technique both for annexing the objective world and for expressing the singular self. Photographs depict objective realities that already exist, though only the camera can disclose them. And they depict an individual photographer's temperament discovering itself through the camera's cropping of real... | 1960.txt | 2 |
[
"hosts willing to receive foreign students",
"foreigners hoping to build British culture",
"travellers planning to visit families in London",
"English learners applying to live in English homes"
] | The passage is probably written for _ . | Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home.
What to Expect
The host will provide accommodation and meals.Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week.You will be given the house key and th... | 3096.txt | 3 |
[
"Room cleaning.",
"Medical care.",
"Free transport.",
"Physical training."
] | Which of the following will the host provide? | Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home.
What to Expect
The host will provide accommodation and meals.Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week.You will be given the house key and th... | 3096.txt | 0 |
[
"Zone 4 is more crowded than Zone 2.",
"The business centre of London is in Zone 1.",
"Hosts dislike travelling to the city centre.",
"Accommodation in the city centre is not provided."
] | What can be inferred from Paragraph 3? | Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home.
What to Expect
The host will provide accommodation and meals.Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week.You will be given the house key and th... | 3096.txt | 1 |
[
"Dessert and coffee.",
"Fruit and vegetables.",
"Bread and fruit juice.",
"Cereal and cold meat."
] | According to the passage, what does Continental Breakfast include? | Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home.
What to Expect
The host will provide accommodation and meals.Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week.You will be given the house key and th... | 3096.txt | 2 |
[
"To experience a warmer family atmosphere.",
"To enrich their knowledge of English.",
"To entertain friends as they like.",
"To enjoy much more freedom."
] | Why do some people choose self??catering accommodation? | Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home.
What to Expect
The host will provide accommodation and meals.Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week.You will be given the house key and th... | 3096.txt | 3 |
[
"was regarded as quite normal",
"used to be very low",
"remained a difficult problem for the federal government",
"reminded people of the principles laid down by Washington"
] | The U. S. government status in the public mind before the Great Depression _ . | The Reader's digest investigation asked Americans which was the biggest threat to the nation's future-big business, big labor or big government. A whopping 67 percent replied " big government"
Opinion researchers rarely see such a vast change in public attitude. When put in historical perspective, from the time of Fran... | 907.txt | 1 |
[
"accusers",
"younger respondents",
"college students",
"blue-collar workers"
] | " Xers" is repeated several times to refer to | The Reader's digest investigation asked Americans which was the biggest threat to the nation's future-big business, big labor or big government. A whopping 67 percent replied " big government"
Opinion researchers rarely see such a vast change in public attitude. When put in historical perspective, from the time of Fran... | 907.txt | 1 |
[
"the government has cheated her out of her money",
"it is hard for her to earn a living",
"even a retired nurse has lost faith in the government",
"the more the government does the greater stake tax - payers' money will be put at"
] | The 61-years-old nurse Norman is mentioned in the article to show that _ . | The Reader's digest investigation asked Americans which was the biggest threat to the nation's future-big business, big labor or big government. A whopping 67 percent replied " big government"
Opinion researchers rarely see such a vast change in public attitude. When put in historical perspective, from the time of Fran... | 907.txt | 3 |
[
"indecisive in making decisions",
"benefiting the nation in earnest",
"making a mess of everything",
"debating hotly"
] | " Screwing up " in paragraph 5 may be paraphrased as _ . | The Reader's digest investigation asked Americans which was the biggest threat to the nation's future-big business, big labor or big government. A whopping 67 percent replied " big government"
Opinion researchers rarely see such a vast change in public attitude. When put in historical perspective, from the time of Fran... | 907.txt | 2 |
[
"the future of the whole nation",
"people's well - being in the future",
"a position of higher rank",
"awareness of consistency in policies"
] | " Political future " in paragraph 5 may be paraphrased as _ . | The Reader's digest investigation asked Americans which was the biggest threat to the nation's future-big business, big labor or big government. A whopping 67 percent replied " big government"
Opinion researchers rarely see such a vast change in public attitude. When put in historical perspective, from the time of Fran... | 907.txt | 2 |
[
"Naturally occurring nitrogen oxides, as well as those introduced by humans, threaten to deplete the layer of ozone in the stratosphere.",
"A delicate but reasonably constant balance exists between the natural processes that produce and those that destroy ozone in the stratosphere.",
"There is little hope that ... | Which of the following best states the central idea of the passage? | The stratospheric ozone layer is not a completely uniform stratum, nor does it occur at the same altitude around the globe. It lies closest to the Earth over the poles and rises to maximum altitude over the equator. In the stratosphere, ozone is continuously being made and destroyed by natural processes. During the day... | 1974.txt | 1 |
[
"Automobile emissions and seasonal fog that create a layer of smog over a city",
"Planting and harvesting activities that produce a crop whose size is always about the same",
"Withdrawals and deposits made in a bank account whose average balance remains about the same",
"Assets and liabilities that determine ... | The processes that determine the amount of ozone in a given portion of the stratosphere most resemble which of the following? | The stratospheric ozone layer is not a completely uniform stratum, nor does it occur at the same altitude around the globe. It lies closest to the Earth over the poles and rises to maximum altitude over the equator. In the stratosphere, ozone is continuously being made and destroyed by natural processes. During the day... | 1974.txt | 2 |
[
"Latitude",
"Weather",
"Season",
"Ground-level ozone"
] | According to the passage, which of the following has the LEAST effect on the amount of ozone at a given location in the upper atmosphere? | The stratospheric ozone layer is not a completely uniform stratum, nor does it occur at the same altitude around the globe. It lies closest to the Earth over the poles and rises to maximum altitude over the equator. In the stratosphere, ozone is continuously being made and destroyed by natural processes. During the day... | 1974.txt | 3 |
[
"an interactive relationship",
"a reductive system",
"a linear progression",
"a set of randomly occurring phenomena"
] | In explaining what determines the amount of ozone in the stratosphere, the author describes natural processes that form | The stratospheric ozone layer is not a completely uniform stratum, nor does it occur at the same altitude around the globe. It lies closest to the Earth over the poles and rises to maximum altitude over the equator. In the stratosphere, ozone is continuously being made and destroyed by natural processes. During the day... | 1974.txt | 0 |
[
"they think it academically misleading",
"they have a lot of fun to expect in college",
"it feels strange to do differently from others",
"it seems worthless to take off-campus courses"
] | One of the reasons for high-school graduates not taking a gap year is that ______. | Today, widespread social pressure to immediately go to college in conjunction with increasingly high expectations in a fast-moving world often causes students to completely overlook the possibility of taking a gap year. After all, if everyone you know is going to college in the fall, it seems silly to stay back a year,... | 434.txt | 2 |
[
"keep students from being unrealistic",
"lower risks in choosing careers",
"ease freshmen's financial burdens",
"relieve freshmen of pressures"
] | Studies from the US and Australia imply that taking a gap year helps _______. | Today, widespread social pressure to immediately go to college in conjunction with increasingly high expectations in a fast-moving world often causes students to completely overlook the possibility of taking a gap year. After all, if everyone you know is going to college in the fall, it seems silly to stay back a year,... | 434.txt | 3 |
[
"adaptation",
"application",
"motivation",
"competition"
] | The word "acclimation"（Line 8, Para. 3）is closest in meaning to ________. | Today, widespread social pressure to immediately go to college in conjunction with increasingly high expectations in a fast-moving world often causes students to completely overlook the possibility of taking a gap year. After all, if everyone you know is going to college in the fall, it seems silly to stay back a year,... | 434.txt | 0 |
[
"avoid academic failures",
"establish long-term goals",
"switch to another college",
"decide on the right major"
] | A gap year may save money for students by helping them _______. | Today, widespread social pressure to immediately go to college in conjunction with increasingly high expectations in a fast-moving world often causes students to completely overlook the possibility of taking a gap year. After all, if everyone you know is going to college in the fall, it seems silly to stay back a year,... | 434.txt | 3 |
[
"In Favor of the Gap Year",
"The ABCs of the Gap Year",
"The Gap Year Comes Back",
"The Gap Year: A Dilemma"
] | The most suitable title for this text would be ________. | Today, widespread social pressure to immediately go to college in conjunction with increasingly high expectations in a fast-moving world often causes students to completely overlook the possibility of taking a gap year. After all, if everyone you know is going to college in the fall, it seems silly to stay back a year,... | 434.txt | 0 |
[
"What pets bring to their owners",
"How pets help people calm down",
"people's opinions of keeping pets",
"Pet's value in medical research"
] | What does the text mainly discuss? | Science can't explain the power of pets, but many studies have shown that the company of pets can help lower blood pressure and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack, reduce loneliness and spread all-round good cheer.
Any owner will tall you how much joy a pet brings. For some, an animal provides more comfor... | 3790.txt | 0 |
[
"he has a pet companion",
"he has less stress of work",
"he often dose mental arithmetic",
"he is taken care of by his family"
] | We learn from the text that a person with heart disease has a better chance of getting well if | Science can't explain the power of pets, but many studies have shown that the company of pets can help lower blood pressure and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack, reduce loneliness and spread all-round good cheer.
Any owner will tall you how much joy a pet brings. For some, an animal provides more comfor... | 3790.txt | 0 |
[
"They have lower blood pressure.",
"They become more patient.",
"They are less nervous.",
"They are in higher spirits."
] | According to Allen, why did the people do better with pets around when facing stressful tasks? | Science can't explain the power of pets, but many studies have shown that the company of pets can help lower blood pressure and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack, reduce loneliness and spread all-round good cheer.
Any owner will tall you how much joy a pet brings. For some, an animal provides more comfor... | 3790.txt | 2 |
[
"people with dogs did more exercise",
"dogs lost the same weight as people did",
"dogs liked exercise much more than people did",
"people without dogs found the program unhelpful"
] | The research mentioned in the last paragraph reports that | Science can't explain the power of pets, but many studies have shown that the company of pets can help lower blood pressure and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack, reduce loneliness and spread all-round good cheer.
Any owner will tall you how much joy a pet brings. For some, an animal provides more comfor... | 3790.txt | 0 |
[
"forests",
"rain",
"birds",
"fish"
] | In the past, the water in Lake Ponkapog was made clean by _ . | Thirty years ago, Lake Ponkapog in Hartwell, New Jersey, was full, of life. Many birds and animals lived beside the water, which was full of fish. Now there are few birds, animals, and fish. The lake water is polluted. It is in a colour of dirty brown, and it is filled with strange plants.
How did this happen? First,... | 742.txt | 0 |
[
"are always clean",
"can help the animals",
"are good for the lake",
"get into the rainwater"
] | Chemicals from homes and businesses _ . | Thirty years ago, Lake Ponkapog in Hartwell, New Jersey, was full, of life. Many birds and animals lived beside the water, which was full of fish. Now there are few birds, animals, and fish. The lake water is polluted. It is in a colour of dirty brown, and it is filled with strange plants.
How did this happen? First,... | 742.txt | 3 |
[
"more boats on the lake",
"more dirty things in the lake",
"a cleaner lake",
"a dirtier lake"
] | Cleaner rainwater will mean _ . | Thirty years ago, Lake Ponkapog in Hartwell, New Jersey, was full, of life. Many birds and animals lived beside the water, which was full of fish. Now there are few birds, animals, and fish. The lake water is polluted. It is in a colour of dirty brown, and it is filled with strange plants.
How did this happen? First,... | 742.txt | 2 |
[
"be more careful about chemicals",
"use less water",
"grow fewer plants in the gardens",
"use more motorboats on the lake"
] | To save Lake Ponkapog, people need to _ . | Thirty years ago, Lake Ponkapog in Hartwell, New Jersey, was full, of life. Many birds and animals lived beside the water, which was full of fish. Now there are few birds, animals, and fish. The lake water is polluted. It is in a colour of dirty brown, and it is filled with strange plants.
How did this happen? First,... | 742.txt | 0 |
[
"boats on Lake Pbnkapog",
"why the water is dirty in Lake Ponkapog",
"clean rainwater",
"dirty lakes"
] | The passage is about _ . | Thirty years ago, Lake Ponkapog in Hartwell, New Jersey, was full, of life. Many birds and animals lived beside the water, which was full of fish. Now there are few birds, animals, and fish. The lake water is polluted. It is in a colour of dirty brown, and it is filled with strange plants.
How did this happen? First,... | 742.txt | 1 |
[
"Most people in Africa examda.",
"Most people in Europe",
"Few people in Europe",
"Few people in the world"
] | _ believe that the future is brighter. | They may not be the richest， but Africans remain the world's staunchest optimists. An annual survey by Gallup International， a research outfit， shows that， when asked whether this year will be better than last，Africa once again comes out on top.0ut of 5 2，000 people interviewed all over the world。under half believe tha... | 1215.txt | 0 |
[
"South Africa is the economic powerhouse",
"the economy in Africa is prosperous examda.",
"there have been wars in both Sudan and Congo",
"Liberia is the first country to have a female head"
] | The Africans'optimism can be explained by the fact that_ | They may not be the richest， but Africans remain the world's staunchest optimists. An annual survey by Gallup International， a research outfit， shows that， when asked whether this year will be better than last，Africa once again comes out on top.0ut of 5 2，000 people interviewed all over the world。under half believe tha... | 1215.txt | 1 |
[
"the economy in South Africa keeps growing",
"there are less crises in Africa than ever before",
"Africa is still the poorest continent in the world",
"both Ethiopia and Uganda enjoy more democracy now"
] | The pessimism in Africa is rational because_ | They may not be the richest， but Africans remain the world's staunchest optimists. An annual survey by Gallup International， a research outfit， shows that， when asked whether this year will be better than last，Africa once again comes out on top.0ut of 5 2，000 people interviewed all over the world。under half believe tha... | 1215.txt | 2 |
[
"Europeans tend to be more pessimistic",
"optimism isn't necessarily related to people's real welfare",
"Nigerians are consistently the most upbeat",
"the lot of most Africans is better than Europeans"
] | The optimism in Africa isn't irrational because_ | They may not be the richest， but Africans remain the world's staunchest optimists. An annual survey by Gallup International， a research outfit， shows that， when asked whether this year will be better than last，Africa once again comes out on top.0ut of 5 2，000 people interviewed all over the world。under half believe tha... | 1215.txt | 1 |
[
"religion helps to develop one's optimism",
"2006 will be golden because things are looking up",
"the argument brought forward by the cynics is comprehensible",
"the proportion of people who believe in religion is highest in Africa"
] | The author thinks that_ | They may not be the richest， but Africans remain the world's staunchest optimists. An annual survey by Gallup International， a research outfit， shows that， when asked whether this year will be better than last，Africa once again comes out on top.0ut of 5 2，000 people interviewed all over the world。under half believe tha... | 1215.txt | 2 |
[
"arning better at school shows power in your job",
"e better you are at school subjects, the more helpful they are in your career.",
"arning each subject well is an ability in many jobs.",
"should think about how to find our career"
] | We can infer from the first paragraph that _ . | What should you think about when trying to find your career? You are probably better at some school subjects than others. These may show strengths that you can use in your work. A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in an engineering career. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work. S... | 3157.txt | 1 |
[
"have no hope in his future work",
"be hopeful to find a suitable job",
"regret not having worked harder at school",
"have an opportunity of a new beginning in his future work"
] | From the passage we learn that if a student's school performance is not good, he will _ . | What should you think about when trying to find your career? You are probably better at some school subjects than others. These may show strengths that you can use in your work. A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in an engineering career. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work. S... | 3157.txt | 3 |
[
"mathematics",
"English",
"history",
"technical drawing"
] | All the subjects may have direct value for job hunting except _ . | What should you think about when trying to find your career? You are probably better at some school subjects than others. These may show strengths that you can use in your work. A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in an engineering career. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work. S... | 3157.txt | 2 |
[
"The relationship between school performance and career",
"how to get a job",
"How to show strengths in your work",
"working experience and knowledge at school"
] | The passage mainly discusses _ . | What should you think about when trying to find your career? You are probably better at some school subjects than others. These may show strengths that you can use in your work. A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in an engineering career. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work. S... | 3157.txt | 0 |
[
"a job description and a job specification",
"what is taught and how it is taught",
"learning about skills and training in using them",
"the savings in time and the savings in cost"
] | To be successful in our training programmes, we must understand the difference between _ . | As we know, it is very important that a firm should pay attention to the training of its staff as there exist many weak parts in its various departments. Staff training must have a purpose, which is defined when a firm considers its training needs, which are in turn based on job descriptions and job specifications.
A j... | 148.txt | 2 |
[
"the places where the training takes place",
"the correct evaluation of the costs and savings of the programme",
"the performance of the workers and technicians trained in the programme",
"the training methods and the quality of the training staff"
] | The success of a training programme depends on _ . | As we know, it is very important that a firm should pay attention to the training of its staff as there exist many weak parts in its various departments. Staff training must have a purpose, which is defined when a firm considers its training needs, which are in turn based on job descriptions and job specifications.
A j... | 148.txt | 3 |
[
"the performance required for a certain job",
"the behavior, knowledge, and skills expected of an employee",
"the training contents and methods",
"the costs and savings of the programme"
] | A training specification specifies _ . | As we know, it is very important that a firm should pay attention to the training of its staff as there exist many weak parts in its various departments. Staff training must have a purpose, which is defined when a firm considers its training needs, which are in turn based on job descriptions and job specifications.
A j... | 148.txt | 2 |
[
"As there exist weak parts in different departments of a firm, the training of its staff is highly necessary.",
"A training specification is based on the information collected from a job description and a job specification.",
"Training in using skills and learning about skills usually do not happen at the same ... | According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true | As we know, it is very important that a firm should pay attention to the training of its staff as there exist many weak parts in its various departments. Staff training must have a purpose, which is defined when a firm considers its training needs, which are in turn based on job descriptions and job specifications.
A j... | 148.txt | 3 |
[
"A Successful Training Programme",
"How to Describe and Specify a Job",
"Staff Training",
"The Importance of Training Workers and Technicians"
] | The best title for this passage might be _ . | As we know, it is very important that a firm should pay attention to the training of its staff as there exist many weak parts in its various departments. Staff training must have a purpose, which is defined when a firm considers its training needs, which are in turn based on job descriptions and job specifications.
A j... | 148.txt | 2 |
[
"by 1930 Olivetti produced 13,000 typewriters a year",
"Olivetti earned more in the 1960s than in the 1950s",
"some of Olivetti,s 700 staff regularly visited customers in Italy",
"Olivetti set up offices in other countries from the very beginning"
] | From the text we learn that _ . | The engineer Camillo Olivetti was 40 years old when he started the company in 1908. At his factory in lvera, he designed and produced the first Italian typewriter. Today the company's head office is still in Ivrea, near Turin, but the company is much lareer than it was in those days and there are offices all around the... | 2317.txt | 0 |
[
"A dtiano's death.",
"A period of financial problem",
"its faster progress",
"Its agreements with other companies"
] | What was probably the direct result of Olivetti,s falling behind in electronic technology? | The engineer Camillo Olivetti was 40 years old when he started the company in 1908. At his factory in lvera, he designed and produced the first Italian typewriter. Today the company's head office is still in Ivrea, near Turin, but the company is much lareer than it was in those days and there are offices all around the... | 2317.txt | 1 |
[
"It produced the best typewriter in the word.",
"It designed the word's first mainframe computer.",
"It exported more typewriter than other computer.",
"It has five independent companies with its head office in lvrea."
] | What do we know about Olivetti ? | The engineer Camillo Olivetti was 40 years old when he started the company in 1908. At his factory in lvera, he designed and produced the first Italian typewriter. Today the company's head office is still in Ivrea, near Turin, but the company is much lareer than it was in those days and there are offices all around the... | 2317.txt | 3 |
[
"The Origin of Olivetti",
"The Success of Olivetti",
"The History of Olivetti",
"The Producich of Olivetti"
] | The best title for the text would be _ . | The engineer Camillo Olivetti was 40 years old when he started the company in 1908. At his factory in lvera, he designed and produced the first Italian typewriter. Today the company's head office is still in Ivrea, near Turin, but the company is much lareer than it was in those days and there are offices all around the... | 2317.txt | 2 |
[
"pay back",
"pay off",
"pay out",
"pay up"
] | In the eyes of the public , higher education can _ in terms of obtaining a decent job. | Is Education A Robbery?
One of our expectations about education is that it will pay off in terms of upward mobility. Historically, the correlation between education and income has been strong. But in the early 1970 s a contradiction developed between education and the economy. Our value of education and our average edu... | 202.txt | 1 |
[
"turned up",
"turned on",
"turned out",
"turned over"
] | Things _ to be exactly as the professor had foreseen. | Is Education A Robbery?
One of our expectations about education is that it will pay off in terms of upward mobility. Historically, the correlation between education and income has been strong. But in the early 1970 s a contradiction developed between education and the economy. Our value of education and our average edu... | 202.txt | 2 |
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