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"Drinking less tea in the future.",
"Drinking no tea at all.",
"Drinking tea that is not too hot.",
"Drinking green tea instead of black tea."
] | Which of the following instructions is encouraged to practice? | Recent reports suggest that tea can cause brittle bones-but you'll probably be safe if you drink less than a gallon a day.
Do you fancy a cup of tea? We drink, on average, three mugs a day. But you might want to try another strong alcohol after hearing the case of a 47-year-old woman, published in the New England Journ... | 893.txt | 2 |
[
"it contains antioxidants",
"it is made from plant",
"poly phenols are added to it",
"it helps one digest"
] | Black tea is considered as healthy drink because | Recent reports suggest that tea can cause brittle bones-but you'll probably be safe if you drink less than a gallon a day.
Do you fancy a cup of tea? We drink, on average, three mugs a day. But you might want to try another strong alcohol after hearing the case of a 47-year-old woman, published in the New England Journ... | 893.txt | 0 |
[
"Under no circumstance can you drink more than a gallon of tea a day.",
"Black tea can be seen as a cure for heart disease.",
"Drinking tea does no harm at all, regardless of how much you consume.",
"Tea Council's participation into the research may decrease its credibility."
] | What can be inferred from the last paragraph? | Recent reports suggest that tea can cause brittle bones-but you'll probably be safe if you drink less than a gallon a day.
Do you fancy a cup of tea? We drink, on average, three mugs a day. But you might want to try another strong alcohol after hearing the case of a 47-year-old woman, published in the New England Journ... | 893.txt | 3 |
[
"beneficial,because their inventors are famous",
"beneficial,though their inventors are less famous",
"not useful, because their inventors are less famous",
"not useful, though their inventors are famous"
] | By mentionong "traffic light"and "windshield wiper",the author indicates that countless inventions are. | We know the famous ones-the Thomas Edisons and the Alexander Graham Bells -but what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper?Shouldn't we know who they are?
Joan Mclean think so. In fact, Mclean, a professor of physics at Mountain University in Range... | 3298.txt | 1 |
[
"add colour and variety to students' campus life",
"inform students of the windshield wiper's invention",
"carry out the requirements by Mountain University",
"pre[are students to try theie own invention"
] | Professor Joan McLean's course aims to _ . | We know the famous ones-the Thomas Edisons and the Alexander Graham Bells -but what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper?Shouldn't we know who they are?
Joan Mclean think so. In fact, Mclean, a professor of physics at Mountain University in Range... | 3298.txt | 3 |
[
"not eventually accepted by the umbrella producer",
"inspired by the story behind the windshield wiper",
"due to his dream of being caught in a rainstorm",
"not related to Professor Joan McLean's lectures"
] | Tommy Lee's invention of the unbreakable umbrella was _ . | We know the famous ones-the Thomas Edisons and the Alexander Graham Bells -but what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper?Shouldn't we know who they are?
Joan Mclean think so. In fact, Mclean, a professor of physics at Mountain University in Range... | 3298.txt | 1 |
[
"How to Help Students to Sell Their Inventions to Producers",
"How to Design a Built-in Dervice for Cleaning the Window",
"Shouldn't We Know Who Inventd the Windshield Wiper",
"Shouldn't We Develop Invention Courses in Universities"
] | Which 0f the following can best serve as the title of this passage? | We know the famous ones-the Thomas Edisons and the Alexander Graham Bells -but what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper?Shouldn't we know who they are?
Joan Mclean think so. In fact, Mclean, a professor of physics at Mountain University in Range... | 3298.txt | 2 |
[
"Many children's books have been adapted from films.",
"Many high-quality children's books have been published.",
"The sales of classics have led to the popularity of films.",
"The sales of presents for children have increased."
] | Which of the following is true of Paragraph 1? | If you look for a book as a present for a child. You will be spoiled for choice even in a year when there is no new Harry Patten J.K Rowling's wizard is not alone: the past decade has been a harvest for good children's books ,which has set off a large quantity of films and in turn led to increased sales of classics suc... | 3705.txt | 1 |
[
"the number of top students increased with the use of computers",
"a decreasing number of children showed interest in reading",
"a minority of primacy school children read properly",
"a large percentage of children read regularly"
] | Statistics suggested that _ . | If you look for a book as a present for a child. You will be spoiled for choice even in a year when there is no new Harry Patten J.K Rowling's wizard is not alone: the past decade has been a harvest for good children's books ,which has set off a large quantity of films and in turn led to increased sales of classics suc... | 3705.txt | 1 |
[
"An evaluation of it will be made sometime this year.",
"Weak readers on the project were the most hardworking.",
"It aims to train special teachers to help children with reading.",
"Children on the project showed noticeable progress in reading."
] | What do we know about Reading Recovery? | If you look for a book as a present for a child. You will be spoiled for choice even in a year when there is no new Harry Patten J.K Rowling's wizard is not alone: the past decade has been a harvest for good children's books ,which has set off a large quantity of films and in turn led to increased sales of classics suc... | 3705.txt | 3 |
[
"take greater advantage of the project",
"show the potential to enjoy a long life",
"are likely to succeed in their education.",
"would make excellent future researchers"
] | Reading for fun is important because book-loving children _ . | If you look for a book as a present for a child. You will be spoiled for choice even in a year when there is no new Harry Patten J.K Rowling's wizard is not alone: the past decade has been a harvest for good children's books ,which has set off a large quantity of films and in turn led to increased sales of classics suc... | 3705.txt | 2 |
[
"to overcome primary school pupils reading difficulty.",
"to encourage the publication of more children's books",
"to remind children of the importance of reading for fun",
"to introduce a way to improve early childhood reading"
] | The aim of this text would probably be _ . | If you look for a book as a present for a child. You will be spoiled for choice even in a year when there is no new Harry Patten J.K Rowling's wizard is not alone: the past decade has been a harvest for good children's books ,which has set off a large quantity of films and in turn led to increased sales of classics suc... | 3705.txt | 3 |
[
"parents of teenagers",
"newspaper readers",
"those who give advice to teenagers",
"teenagers"
] | The author is primarily addressing ________. | It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant that they do not trust their children to... | 3749.txt | 0 |
[
"the teenagers' criticism of their parents",
"misunderstandings between teenagers and their parents",
"the dominance of the parents over their children",
"the teenagers' ability to deal with crises"
] | The first paragraph is mainly about ________. | It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant that they do not trust their children to... | 3749.txt | 1 |
[
"want to show their existence by creating a culture of their own",
"have a strong desire to be leaders in style and taste",
"have no other way to enjoy themselves better",
"want to irritate their parents"
] | Teenagers tend to have strange clothes and hairstyles because they ________. | It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant that they do not trust their children to... | 3749.txt | 0 |
[
"have already been accepted into the adult world",
"feel that they are superior in a small way to the adults",
"are not likely to win over the adults",
"have a desire to be independent"
] | Teenagers do not want their parents to approve of whatever they do because they ________. | It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant that they do not trust their children to... | 3749.txt | 3 |
[
"obedient",
"responsible",
"co-operative",
"independent"
] | To improve parent-child relationships, teenagers are advised to be ________. | It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant that they do not trust their children to... | 3749.txt | 2 |
[
"It is extremely important to develop tourism.",
"Building roads and hotels is essential.",
"Support facilities are highly necessary.",
"Planning is of great importance to tourism."
] | Which of the following do you think has been discussed in the part before this selection? | Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country's economy can suffer.
On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs. Businesses can also lose money. It costs a great deal o... | 3136.txt | 3 |
[
"a bad effect on other industries",
"a change of tourists' customs",
"over - crowdedness of places of interest",
"pressure on traffic"
] | Too much tourism can cause all these problems EXCEPT _ . | Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country's economy can suffer.
On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs. Businesses can also lose money. It costs a great deal o... | 3136.txt | 1 |
[
"the author doesn't like tourism developing so fast",
"local people will benefit from tourist attraction",
"other parts of a country's economy won't benefit from tourism much",
"we can't build too many support facilities"
] | It can be inferred from the text that _ . | Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country's economy can suffer.
On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs. Businesses can also lose money. It costs a great deal o... | 3136.txt | 1 |
[
"waste a lot of money",
"weaken their economy",
"help establish their customs",
"help improve their life"
] | The author thinks it is good for local people to know that tourism will _ . | Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country's economy can suffer.
On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs. Businesses can also lose money. It costs a great deal o... | 3136.txt | 3 |
[
"environment is crucial for wildlife",
"tour books are not always a reliable source of information",
"London is a city of fox",
"foxes are highly adaptable to environment"
] | The first paragraph suggests that _ . | One thing the tour books don't tell you about London is that 2,000 of its residents are foxes. As native as the royal family, they fled the city about centuries ago after developers and pollution moved in. But now that the environment is cleaner, the foxes have come home, one of the many wild animals that have moved in... | 2683.txt | 0 |
[
"wildlife of all kinds returning to large cities to live",
"falcons in New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Norfolk",
"moose stumbling into plate-glass storefronts",
"foxes returning to London"
] | The selection is primarily concerned with _ . | One thing the tour books don't tell you about London is that 2,000 of its residents are foxes. As native as the royal family, they fled the city about centuries ago after developers and pollution moved in. But now that the environment is cleaner, the foxes have come home, one of the many wild animals that have moved in... | 2683.txt | 0 |
[
"explain their living habit",
"make known their habitat",
"show the endeavors of Londoners to make the city habitable for wildlife",
"encourage volunteers to do something for the species"
] | In the 4th paragraph the pheasants, badgers, and martins etc. are mentioned to _ . | One thing the tour books don't tell you about London is that 2,000 of its residents are foxes. As native as the royal family, they fled the city about centuries ago after developers and pollution moved in. But now that the environment is cleaner, the foxes have come home, one of the many wild animals that have moved in... | 2683.txt | 2 |
[
"that air and water quality has improved in the cities",
"why wildlife likes the noise and commotion in the cities",
"that wildlife refuges have been built in the cities",
"why wildlife is returning to cities"
] | The main idea of paragraph 3 is _ . | One thing the tour books don't tell you about London is that 2,000 of its residents are foxes. As native as the royal family, they fled the city about centuries ago after developers and pollution moved in. But now that the environment is cleaner, the foxes have come home, one of the many wild animals that have moved in... | 2683.txt | 3 |
[
"bountiful nesting areas, abundant food, and rainwater control basins",
"abundant food, buildings that resemble cliffs, and no natural predators",
"large buildings with chimneys other wildlife, and well-lighted nesting areas",
"abundant food, chimneys, rubble, and window sills"
] | Cities make good homes for peregrine falcons because they provide _ . | One thing the tour books don't tell you about London is that 2,000 of its residents are foxes. As native as the royal family, they fled the city about centuries ago after developers and pollution moved in. But now that the environment is cleaner, the foxes have come home, one of the many wild animals that have moved in... | 2683.txt | 1 |
[
"produce a report on sexual discrimination",
"call for further improvement in their working conditions",
"spend their energies and time fighting against sexual discrimination",
"spend more time and energy doing scholarly activities"
] | According to Spirduso,women need to _ . | Women are also underrepresented in the administration and this is because there are so few women full professors. In 1985,Regent Beryl Milburn produced a report blasting the University of Texas System adminitration for not encouraging women.The University was rated among the lowest for the system.In a 1987 update ,Milb... | 1626.txt | 3 |
[
"there are many women full professors in the University of Texas",
"women play an important part in adminitrating the University",
"the weather on the campus is chilly",
"women make up a small percentage of the senior positions in the University"
] | From this passage ,we know that _ . | Women are also underrepresented in the administration and this is because there are so few women full professors. In 1985,Regent Beryl Milburn produced a report blasting the University of Texas System adminitration for not encouraging women.The University was rated among the lowest for the system.In a 1987 update ,Milb... | 1626.txt | 3 |
[
"the number of women professors in the University in 1987 was greater than that of 1985",
"the number of women professors in the University in 1987 was smaller than that of 1985",
"the number of women professors was the same as that of 1985",
"more and more women professors thought that sexual discrimination ... | Which of the following statements is true? | Women are also underrepresented in the administration and this is because there are so few women full professors. In 1985,Regent Beryl Milburn produced a report blasting the University of Texas System adminitration for not encouraging women.The University was rated among the lowest for the system.In a 1987 update ,Milb... | 1626.txt | 0 |
[
"women were told to con centrate on teir work",
"women were given information about available administrative jobs",
"women were encouraged to take on all the administrative jobs in the Unversity",
"women were encouraged to do more scholarly activities"
] | One of the positive results from Milburn's study was that _ . | Women are also underrepresented in the administration and this is because there are so few women full professors. In 1985,Regent Beryl Milburn produced a report blasting the University of Texas System adminitration for not encouraging women.The University was rated among the lowest for the system.In a 1987 update ,Milb... | 1626.txt | 1 |
[
"The University of Texas",
"Milburn's Report",
"Women Professors",
"Sexual Discrimination in Academia"
] | The title for this passage should be _ . | Women are also underrepresented in the administration and this is because there are so few women full professors. In 1985,Regent Beryl Milburn produced a report blasting the University of Texas System adminitration for not encouraging women.The University was rated among the lowest for the system.In a 1987 update ,Milb... | 1626.txt | 3 |
[
"The person who was well educated.",
"The person who had great abilities.",
"The person who was physically attractive.",
"The person who was appreciated by personnel officer in a certain aspect."
] | In the past, who would be sure to be recruited after an interview? | Nowadays more and more foreign enterprises and companies are no longer relying on interviews for recruitment . Years of studying interviewing have made clear that it is not a very objective process. Personnel officers often hire the person they like best, or even the one they think most physically attractive. Looking g... | 1484.txt | 3 |
[
"good-looking",
"guarantee of doing the job well",
"not attractive judging from appearance",
"given the job of interviewing the candidates"
] | According to the passage, "those who are aesthetically challenged" refer to those who are _ . | Nowadays more and more foreign enterprises and companies are no longer relying on interviews for recruitment . Years of studying interviewing have made clear that it is not a very objective process. Personnel officers often hire the person they like best, or even the one they think most physically attractive. Looking g... | 1484.txt | 2 |
[
"to take the place of interviews",
"just to select common clerks",
"to make the recruitment more difficult for candidates",
"to get really reliable and fair information about candidates"
] | Many companies use psychological tests_ . | Nowadays more and more foreign enterprises and companies are no longer relying on interviews for recruitment . Years of studying interviewing have made clear that it is not a very objective process. Personnel officers often hire the person they like best, or even the one they think most physically attractive. Looking g... | 1484.txt | 3 |
[
"an interview",
"a serious test",
"a game-like test",
"an objective test"
] | "That kind of test" in the last paragraph refers to_ . | Nowadays more and more foreign enterprises and companies are no longer relying on interviews for recruitment . Years of studying interviewing have made clear that it is not a very objective process. Personnel officers often hire the person they like best, or even the one they think most physically attractive. Looking g... | 1484.txt | 2 |
[
"For a certain time, psychological tests and interviews will exist together.",
"Psychological tests have been recognized valuable more and more.",
"The employer will surely hire a person who does well in the interview but poorly in the psychological tests.",
"People seldom attend a serious test without enough... | Which of the. following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage? | Nowadays more and more foreign enterprises and companies are no longer relying on interviews for recruitment . Years of studying interviewing have made clear that it is not a very objective process. Personnel officers often hire the person they like best, or even the one they think most physically attractive. Looking g... | 1484.txt | 2 |
[
"he brought both positive and negative effect to the development of the Modernist movement.",
"he was both a poet and a person with mental problem.",
"he was politically a racist while he was also pro-Fascist.",
"he was a man of complex and unintelligible personality."
] | Pound was a divisive figure because _ | "WHANG-Boom-Boom-cast delicacy to the winds." Thus Ezra Pound in a letter to his father, urging the old man to help promote his first published collection. It might have been the poet's manifesto.
Pound is as divisive a figure today as he was in his own lifetime. For some he was the leading figure of the Modernist move... | 3531.txt | 3 |
[
"Italy was his hometown.",
"he was persecuted by Americans.",
"he disliked America.",
"he was out of his mind."
] | When Pound was released from hospital, he returned to Italy because _ | "WHANG-Boom-Boom-cast delicacy to the winds." Thus Ezra Pound in a letter to his father, urging the old man to help promote his first published collection. It might have been the poet's manifesto.
Pound is as divisive a figure today as he was in his own lifetime. For some he was the leading figure of the Modernist move... | 3531.txt | 2 |
[
"His literary approach is unlike that of Pound's, being less contradictory.",
"He focuses on Pound's poetry itself instead of his personality, attempting to keep objective",
"He traces the poet's life in time order to study Pound's achievement.",
"His study offers a fresh sight of Pound's work"
] | Which one of the following statements is NOT true of David Moody's study on Pound? | "WHANG-Boom-Boom-cast delicacy to the winds." Thus Ezra Pound in a letter to his father, urging the old man to help promote his first published collection. It might have been the poet's manifesto.
Pound is as divisive a figure today as he was in his own lifetime. For some he was the leading figure of the Modernist move... | 3531.txt | 0 |
[
"Pound was of exploding power in his literary creation.",
"Pound's achievement could hardly be reached by later poets.",
"Pound's excellence was unsurpassable in his time.",
"It would take a long time for Pound's generation to fully understand him."
] | From Keats's simple assessment, it can be inferred that _ | "WHANG-Boom-Boom-cast delicacy to the winds." Thus Ezra Pound in a letter to his father, urging the old man to help promote his first published collection. It might have been the poet's manifesto.
Pound is as divisive a figure today as he was in his own lifetime. For some he was the leading figure of the Modernist move... | 3531.txt | 2 |
[
"set up.",
"destroy.",
"struggle.",
"disturb."
] | The word "rattle"(Line 6, Paragraph 7) most probably means _ | "WHANG-Boom-Boom-cast delicacy to the winds." Thus Ezra Pound in a letter to his father, urging the old man to help promote his first published collection. It might have been the poet's manifesto.
Pound is as divisive a figure today as he was in his own lifetime. For some he was the leading figure of the Modernist move... | 3531.txt | 3 |
[
"global inflation",
"reduction in supply",
"fast growth in economy",
"Iraq's suspension of exports"
] | The main reason for the latest rise of oil price is _ . | Could the bad old days of economic decline be about to return? Since OPEC agreed to supply-cuts in March, the price of crude oil has jumped to almost $26 a barrel, up from less than $10 last December. This near-tripling of oil prices calls up scary memories of the 1973 oil shock, when prices quadrupled, and 1979-80, wh... | 3358.txt | 1 |
[
"price of crude rises",
"commodity prices rise",
"consumption rises",
"oil taxes rise"
] | It can be inferred from the text that the retail price of petrol will go up dramatically if _ . | Could the bad old days of economic decline be about to return? Since OPEC agreed to supply-cuts in March, the price of crude oil has jumped to almost $26 a barrel, up from less than $10 last December. This near-tripling of oil prices calls up scary memories of the 1973 oil shock, when prices quadrupled, and 1979-80, wh... | 3358.txt | 3 |
[
"heavy industry becomes more energy-intensive",
"income loss mainly results from fluctuating crude oil prices",
"manufacturing industry has been seriously squeezed",
"oil price changes have no significant impact on GDP"
] | The estimates in Economic Outlook show that in rich countries _ . | Could the bad old days of economic decline be about to return? Since OPEC agreed to supply-cuts in March, the price of crude oil has jumped to almost $26 a barrel, up from less than $10 last December. This near-tripling of oil prices calls up scary memories of the 1973 oil shock, when prices quadrupled, and 1979-80, wh... | 3358.txt | 3 |
[
"oil-price shocks are less shocking now",
"inflation seems irrelevant to oil-price shocks",
"energy conservation can keep down the oil prices",
"the price rise of crude leads to the shrinking of heavy industry"
] | We can draw a conclusion from the text that _ . | Could the bad old days of economic decline be about to return? Since OPEC agreed to supply-cuts in March, the price of crude oil has jumped to almost $26 a barrel, up from less than $10 last December. This near-tripling of oil prices calls up scary memories of the 1973 oil shock, when prices quadrupled, and 1979-80, wh... | 3358.txt | 0 |
[
"optimistic",
"sensitive",
"gloomy",
"scared"
] | From the text we can see that the writer seems _ . | Could the bad old days of economic decline be about to return? Since OPEC agreed to supply-cuts in March, the price of crude oil has jumped to almost $26 a barrel, up from less than $10 last December. This near-tripling of oil prices calls up scary memories of the 1973 oil shock, when prices quadrupled, and 1979-80, wh... | 3358.txt | 0 |
[
"Working at the office is safer than staying at home.",
"Traverlling to work on public transport is safer than working at the office.",
"Staying at home is safer than working in the chemical industry.",
"Working in the chemical industry is safer than traveling by air."
] | Which of the following statements is true? | Which is safer-staying at home, traveling to work on public transport, or working in the office? Surprisingly, each of these carries the same risk, which is very low. However, what about flying compared to working in the chemical industry? Unfortunately, the former is 65 times riskier than the latter! In fact, the acci... | 60.txt | 3 |
[
"they are very rare",
"they often cause loss of life",
"they always occur in big cities",
"they arouse the interest of all the readers"
] | Chemical accidents are usually important enough to be reported as news because _ . | Which is safer-staying at home, traveling to work on public transport, or working in the office? Surprisingly, each of these carries the same risk, which is very low. However, what about flying compared to working in the chemical industry? Unfortunately, the former is 65 times riskier than the latter! In fact, the acci... | 60.txt | 1 |
[
"Texas city",
"Flixborough",
"Seveso",
"Mexico City"
] | According to passage, the chemical accident that caused by the fault of management happened at _ . | Which is safer-staying at home, traveling to work on public transport, or working in the office? Surprisingly, each of these carries the same risk, which is very low. However, what about flying compared to working in the chemical industry? Unfortunately, the former is 65 times riskier than the latter! In fact, the acci... | 60.txt | 0 |
[
"natural gas, which can easily catch fire",
"fertilizer, which can't be stored in a great quantity",
"poisonous substance, which can't be used in overcrowded areas",
"fuel, which is stored in large tanks"
] | From the passage we know that ammonium nitrate is a kind of _ . | Which is safer-staying at home, traveling to work on public transport, or working in the office? Surprisingly, each of these carries the same risk, which is very low. However, what about flying compared to working in the chemical industry? Unfortunately, the former is 65 times riskier than the latter! In fact, the acci... | 60.txt | 1 |
[
"to avoid any accidents we should not repair the facilities in chemical industry",
"the local authorities should not be concerned with the production of the chemical industry",
"all these accidents could have been avoided or controlled if effective measure had been taken",
"natural gas stored in very large ta... | From the discussion among some experts we may coclude that _ . | Which is safer-staying at home, traveling to work on public transport, or working in the office? Surprisingly, each of these carries the same risk, which is very low. However, what about flying compared to working in the chemical industry? Unfortunately, the former is 65 times riskier than the latter! In fact, the acci... | 60.txt | 2 |
[
"the service industry is relying more and more on the female work force",
"manufacturing industries are steadily increasing",
"people find it harder and harder to earn a living by working in factories",
"most of the job opportunities can now be found in the service industry"
] | A characteristic of the information age is that ________. | A new era is upon us. Call it what you will: the service economy, the information age, the knowledge society. It all translates to a fundamental change in the way we work. Already we're partly there. The percentage of people who earn their living by making things has fallen dramatically in the Western World. Today the ... | 2340.txt | 3 |
[
"the difference between the employee and the employer has become insignificant",
"people's traditional concepts about work no longer hold true",
"most people have to take part-time jobs",
"people have to change their jobs from time to time"
] | One of the great changes brought about by the knowledge society is that ________. | A new era is upon us. Call it what you will: the service economy, the information age, the knowledge society. It all translates to a fundamental change in the way we work. Already we're partly there. The percentage of people who earn their living by making things has fallen dramatically in the Western World. Today the ... | 2340.txt | 1 |
[
"people should be able to respond quickly to the advancement of technology",
"future achievements in technology will bring about inconceivable dramatic changes",
"the importance of high technology has been overlooked",
"computer science will play a leading role in the future information services"
] | By referring to computers and other inventions, the author means to say that ________. | A new era is upon us. Call it what you will: the service economy, the information age, the knowledge society. It all translates to a fundamental change in the way we work. Already we're partly there. The percentage of people who earn their living by making things has fallen dramatically in the Western World. Today the ... | 2340.txt | 1 |
[
"possess and know how to make use of information",
"give full play to their brain potential",
"involve themselves in service industries",
"cast their minds ahead instead of looking back"
] | The future will probably belong to those who ________. | A new era is upon us. Call it what you will: the service economy, the information age, the knowledge society. It all translates to a fundamental change in the way we work. Already we're partly there. The percentage of people who earn their living by making things has fallen dramatically in the Western World. Today the ... | 2340.txt | 0 |
[
"Computers and the Knowledge Society",
"Service Industries in Modern Society",
"Features and Implications of the New Era",
"Rapid Advancement of Information Technology"
] | Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? | A new era is upon us. Call it what you will: the service economy, the information age, the knowledge society. It all translates to a fundamental change in the way we work. Already we're partly there. The percentage of people who earn their living by making things has fallen dramatically in the Western World. Today the ... | 2340.txt | 2 |
[
"they look down upon",
"that can be exchanged in the market",
"worth people's reverence",
"that should be replaced by other forms of money"
] | In economists' eyes, gold is something _ . | Most economists hate gold. Not, you understand, that they would turn up their noses at a bar or two. But they find the reverence in which many hold the metal almost irrational. That it was used as money for millennia is irrelevant: it isn't any more. Modern money takes the form of paper or, more often, electronic data.... | 429.txt | 1 |
[
"the increasing demand for gold",
"the depreciation of the euro",
"the link between the dollar and gold",
"the increment of the value of the dollar"
] | According to the author, one of the reasons for the rising of gold price is _ . | Most economists hate gold. Not, you understand, that they would turn up their noses at a bar or two. But they find the reverence in which many hold the metal almost irrational. That it was used as money for millennia is irrelevant: it isn't any more. Modern money takes the form of paper or, more often, electronic data.... | 429.txt | 0 |
[
"the decline of the dollar is inevitable",
"America benefits from the depreciation of the dollar",
"the depreciation of the dollar is good news to other currencies",
"investment in the dollar yields more returns than that in gold"
] | We can infer from the third Paragraph that _ . | Most economists hate gold. Not, you understand, that they would turn up their noses at a bar or two. But they find the reverence in which many hold the metal almost irrational. That it was used as money for millennia is irrelevant: it isn't any more. Modern money takes the form of paper or, more often, electronic data.... | 429.txt | 1 |
[
"strengthened",
"broadened",
"renegotiated",
"torn up"
] | The phrase" ripped up" (Line 1, Paragraph 5. most probably means _ . | Most economists hate gold. Not, you understand, that they would turn up their noses at a bar or two. But they find the reverence in which many hold the metal almost irrational. That it was used as money for millennia is irrelevant: it isn't any more. Modern money takes the form of paper or, more often, electronic data.... | 429.txt | 3 |
[
"will not last long",
"will attract some central banks to sell gold",
"will impel central banks to switch into paper money",
"will lead to a dollar crisis"
] | According to the passage, the rise of gold price _ . | Most economists hate gold. Not, you understand, that they would turn up their noses at a bar or two. But they find the reverence in which many hold the metal almost irrational. That it was used as money for millennia is irrelevant: it isn't any more. Modern money takes the form of paper or, more often, electronic data.... | 429.txt | 1 |
[
"believe the world's environment is in an undesirable condition",
"agree that the environment of the world is not as bad as it is thought to be",
"get high marks for their good knowledge of the world's environment",
"appear somewhat unconcerned about the state of the world's environment"
] | According to the author, most students ________. | "The world's environment is surprisingly healthy. Discuss." If that were an examination topic, most students would tear it apart, offering a long list of complaints: from local smog to global climate change, from the felling of forests to the extinction of species. The list would largely be accurate, the concern legi... | 3945.txt | 0 |
[
"has made the world a worse place to live in",
"has had a positive influence on the environment",
"has not significantly affected the environment",
"has made the world a dangerous place to live in"
] | The huge increase in world production and population ________. | "The world's environment is surprisingly healthy. Discuss." If that were an examination topic, most students would tear it apart, offering a long list of complaints: from local smog to global climate change, from the felling of forests to the extinction of species. The list would largely be accurate, the concern legi... | 3945.txt | 2 |
[
"technological innovation can promote social stability",
"political instability will cause consumption to drop",
"new farming and crop technology can lead to overproduction",
"new sources are always becoming available"
] | One of the reasons why the long-term trend of prices has been downwards is that ________. | "The world's environment is surprisingly healthy. Discuss." If that were an examination topic, most students would tear it apart, offering a long list of complaints: from local smog to global climate change, from the felling of forests to the extinction of species. The list would largely be accurate, the concern legi... | 3945.txt | 3 |
[
"no new substitutes can be found in large quantities",
"they are not owned by any particular entity",
"improper methods of fishing have mined the fishing grounds",
"water pollution is extremely serious"
] | Fish resources are diminishing because ________. | "The world's environment is surprisingly healthy. Discuss." If that were an examination topic, most students would tear it apart, offering a long list of complaints: from local smog to global climate change, from the felling of forests to the extinction of species. The list would largely be accurate, the concern legi... | 3945.txt | 1 |
[
"to allow market forces to operate properly",
"to curb consumption of natural resources",
"to limit the growth of the world population",
"to avoid fluctuations in prices"
] | The primary solution to environmental problems is ________. | "The world's environment is surprisingly healthy. Discuss." If that were an examination topic, most students would tear it apart, offering a long list of complaints: from local smog to global climate change, from the felling of forests to the extinction of species. The list would largely be accurate, the concern legi... | 3945.txt | 0 |
[
"emerged",
"was understood",
"spread",
"developed"
] | The word "diffused"in the passage(paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to | There is evidence of agriculture in Africa prior to 3000 B.C. It may have developed independently, but many scholars believe that the spread of agriculture and iron throughout Africa linked it to the major centers of the Near East and Mediterranean world. The drying up of what is now the Sahara desert had pushed many p... | 1108.txt | 2 |
[
"African lakes and rivers already providedenough food for people to survive without agriculture.",
"The earliest examples of cultivatedplants discovered in Africa are native to Asia.",
"Africa's native plants are very difficultto domesticate.",
"African communities were not large enoughto support agriculture.... | According to paragraph 1, why doresearchers doubt that agriculturedeveloped independently in Africa? | There is evidence of agriculture in Africa prior to 3000 B.C. It may have developed independently, but many scholars believe that the spread of agriculture and iron throughout Africa linked it to the major centers of the Near East and Mediterranean world. The drying up of what is now the Sahara desert had pushed many p... | 1108.txt | 1 |
[
"The climate was becoming milder, allowingfor a greater variety of crops to be grown.",
"Although periods of drying forced peoplesouth, they returned once their food supply was secure.",
"Population growth along rivers and lakeswas dramatically decreasing the availability of fish.",
"A region that had once su... | In paragraph 1, what does the authorimply about changes in the African environment during this time period? | There is evidence of agriculture in Africa prior to 3000 B.C. It may have developed independently, but many scholars believe that the spread of agriculture and iron throughout Africa linked it to the major centers of the Near East and Mediterranean world. The drying up of what is now the Sahara desert had pushed many p... | 1108.txt | 3 |
[
"were the first domesticated animal to beintroduced to Africa",
"allowed the people of the West Africansavannahs to carve out large empires",
"helped African peoples defend themselvesagainst Egyptian invaders",
"made it cheaper and easier to cross theSahara"
] | According to paragraph 2, camels wereimportant because they | There is evidence of agriculture in Africa prior to 3000 B.C. It may have developed independently, but many scholars believe that the spread of agriculture and iron throughout Africa linked it to the major centers of the Near East and Mediterranean world. The drying up of what is now the Sahara desert had pushed many p... | 1108.txt | 3 |
[
"Horses and chariots",
"Sheep and goats",
"Hyksos invaders from Egypt",
"Camels and cattle"
] | According to paragraph 2, which of the following were subjects of rockpaintings in the Sahara? | There is evidence of agriculture in Africa prior to 3000 B.C. It may have developed independently, but many scholars believe that the spread of agriculture and iron throughout Africa linked it to the major centers of the Near East and Mediterranean world. The drying up of what is now the Sahara desert had pushed many p... | 1108.txt | 0 |
[
"It contrasts the development of irontechnology in West Asia and West Africa.",
"It discusses a non-agricultural contribution to Africa from Asia.",
"It introduces evidence that a knowledgeof copper working reached Africa and Europe at the same time.",
"It compares the rates at which irontechnology developed ... | What function does paragraph 3 serve inthe organization of the passageas a whole? | There is evidence of agriculture in Africa prior to 3000 B.C. It may have developed independently, but many scholars believe that the spread of agriculture and iron throughout Africa linked it to the major centers of the Near East and Mediterranean world. The drying up of what is now the Sahara desert had pushed many p... | 1108.txt | 1 |
[
"fascinating",
"far-reaching",
"necessary",
"temporary"
] | The word "profound"in the passage(paragraph 4) is closest in meaning to | There is evidence of agriculture in Africa prior to 3000 B.C. It may have developed independently, but many scholars believe that the spread of agriculture and iron throughout Africa linked it to the major centers of the Near East and Mediterranean world. The drying up of what is now the Sahara desert had pushed many p... | 1108.txt | 1 |
[
"military",
"physical",
"ceremonial",
"permanent"
] | The word "ritual"in the passage(paragraph 4) is closest in meaning to | There is evidence of agriculture in Africa prior to 3000 B.C. It may have developed independently, but many scholars believe that the spread of agriculture and iron throughout Africa linked it to the major centers of the Near East and Mediterranean world. The drying up of what is now the Sahara desert had pushed many p... | 1108.txt | 2 |
[
"Access to metal tools and weapons createdgreater social equality.",
"Metal weapons increased the power ofwarriors.",
"Iron tools helped increase the foodsupply.",
"Technical knowledge gave religious powerto its holders."
] | According to paragraph 4, all of the following were social effects of thenew metal technology in Africa EXCEPT: | There is evidence of agriculture in Africa prior to 3000 B.C. It may have developed independently, but many scholars believe that the spread of agriculture and iron throughout Africa linked it to the major centers of the Near East and Mediterranean world. The drying up of what is now the Sahara desert had pushed many p... | 1108.txt | 0 |
[
"afraid of",
"displaced by",
"running away from",
"responding to"
] | The word "fleeing" in the passage(paragraph 6) is closest in meaning to | There is evidence of agriculture in Africa prior to 3000 B.C. It may have developed independently, but many scholars believe that the spread of agriculture and iron throughout Africa linked it to the major centers of the Near East and Mediterranean world. The drying up of what is now the Sahara desert had pushed many p... | 1108.txt | 2 |
[
"superior weapons",
"better hunting skills",
"peaceful migration",
"increased population"
] | Paragraph 6 mentions all of the following as possible causes of the "Bantu explosion" EXCEPT | There is evidence of agriculture in Africa prior to 3000 B.C. It may have developed independently, but many scholars believe that the spread of agriculture and iron throughout Africa linked it to the major centers of the Near East and Mediterranean world. The drying up of what is now the Sahara desert had pushed many p... | 1108.txt | 1 |
[
"an ideal egg donor",
"not necessarily an intelligent person",
"more influenced by her parents than by anything else",
"more likely to carry smart-kid genes"
] | In the author‘s eyes, a female student from an Ivy League college is _ . | Plowing through the New York Times on a recent Sunday， I read in the Metro Section that infertile couples in the market for smart-kid genes regularly place advertisements in the newspapers of their own Ivy League alma maters offering female undergraduates $7，500 for a donated egg. Before I could get that news comfortab... | 1072.txt | 1 |
[
"her own merits",
"the affirmative action",
"her smart-kid genes",
"her parents‘ efforts"
] | According to the author， what may chiefly be the reason for the donor‘s admission in an Ivy League college? | Plowing through the New York Times on a recent Sunday， I read in the Metro Section that infertile couples in the market for smart-kid genes regularly place advertisements in the newspapers of their own Ivy League alma maters offering female undergraduates $7，500 for a donated egg. Before I could get that news comfortab... | 1072.txt | 3 |
[
"American parents would send their children into an Ivy League college at any cost",
"Ivy Leaguecolleges used to admit students who showed no sign of intelligence",
"alumni children stand a better chance to be admitted than other applicants",
"egg-seekers care nothing about the pushy-parents genes"
] | Which of the following is true according to the author? | Plowing through the New York Times on a recent Sunday， I read in the Metro Section that infertile couples in the market for smart-kid genes regularly place advertisements in the newspapers of their own Ivy League alma maters offering female undergraduates $7，500 for a donated egg. Before I could get that news comfortab... | 1072.txt | 2 |
[
"approving",
"objective",
"indifferent",
"ironic"
] | The author‘s attitude towards the issue seems to be _ . | Plowing through the New York Times on a recent Sunday， I read in the Metro Section that infertile couples in the market for smart-kid genes regularly place advertisements in the newspapers of their own Ivy League alma maters offering female undergraduates $7，500 for a donated egg. Before I could get that news comfortab... | 1072.txt | 3 |
[
"wealth is more important than intelligence in application for Ivy League colleges",
"Ivy League colleges are increasingly expensive",
"egg-seekers can get better genes from millionaires",
"the prospects of college-admission are gloomy"
] | It could be inferred from the text that _ . | Plowing through the New York Times on a recent Sunday， I read in the Metro Section that infertile couples in the market for smart-kid genes regularly place advertisements in the newspapers of their own Ivy League alma maters offering female undergraduates $7，500 for a donated egg. Before I could get that news comfortab... | 1072.txt | 0 |
[
"free education can do nothing to help the world",
"free education will provide us a perfect world",
"all the problems of society can't be solved by education",
"farmers are more important than professors"
] | From the passage we can conclude that _ . | Education is not an end,but a means to an end.In other words,we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them.Our purpose is to fit them for life.
In some modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all-whether rich or poor,clever or stupid-one can solve a... | 4028.txt | 2 |
[
"our society need different kinds of people doing all kinds of work",
"work with hands is the most valuable in the world",
"we should respect farmers,for we can't live without them",
"farmers and dustmen do not need education as their jobs are very simple"
] | It is suggested in this passage that _ . | Education is not an end,but a means to an end.In other words,we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them.Our purpose is to fit them for life.
In some modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all-whether rich or poor,clever or stupid-one can solve a... | 4028.txt | 0 |
[
"to let everyone get free education",
"to let people not think it is ashamed of one's own work with hands",
"to make children get ready for their future work",
"to choose a system education"
] | According to the writer,the purpose of education is _ . | Education is not an end,but a means to an end.In other words,we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them.Our purpose is to fit them for life.
In some modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all-whether rich or poor,clever or stupid-one can solve a... | 4028.txt | 2 |
[
"the means of education",
"the value of education",
"the work children should do in the future",
"the advantage of education"
] | The passage mainly tells us about _ . | Education is not an end,but a means to an end.In other words,we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them.Our purpose is to fit them for life.
In some modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all-whether rich or poor,clever or stupid-one can solve a... | 4028.txt | 1 |
[
"To emphasize the variety of environments in which people used sun and water clocks to tell time.",
"To illustrate the disadvantage of sun and water clocks.",
"To provide an example of an area where water clocks have an advantage over sun clocks.",
"To counter the claim that sun and water clocks were used all... | Why does the author provide the information that "in northern Europe the sun may be hidden by clouds for weeks at a time, while temperatures vary not only seasonally but from day to night"? | In Europe, before the introduction of the mechanical clock, people told time by sun (using, for example, shadow sticks or sun dials) and water clocks. Sun clocks worked, of course, only on clear days; water clocks misbehaved when the temperature fell toward freezing, to say nothing of long-run drift as the result of se... | 3894.txt | 1 |
[
"the need of different towns to coordinate timekeeping with each other.",
"the setting of specific times for the opening and closing of markets.",
"the setting of specific time for the start and finish of the working day.",
"the regulation of the performance of daily church rituals."
] | According to paragraph 2, all of the following are examples of the importance of timekeeping to medieval European society EXCEPT | In Europe, before the introduction of the mechanical clock, people told time by sun (using, for example, shadow sticks or sun dials) and water clocks. Sun clocks worked, of course, only on clear days; water clocks misbehaved when the temperature fell toward freezing, to say nothing of long-run drift as the result of se... | 3894.txt | 0 |
[
"The alarm warned the monks of discord or strife in the town.",
"The church was responsible for regulating working hours and market hours.",
"The alarm was needed in case fires were not put out each night.",
"One of the church's daily rituals occurred during the night."
] | According to paragraph 2, why did the medieval church need an alarm arrangement? | In Europe, before the introduction of the mechanical clock, people told time by sun (using, for example, shadow sticks or sun dials) and water clocks. Sun clocks worked, of course, only on clear days; water clocks misbehaved when the temperature fell toward freezing, to say nothing of long-run drift as the result of se... | 3894.txt | 3 |
[
"actual.",
"important.",
"official.",
"effective."
] | The word "authoritative" in the passage(paragraph 2)is closest in meaning to | In Europe, before the introduction of the mechanical clock, people told time by sun (using, for example, shadow sticks or sun dials) and water clocks. Sun clocks worked, of course, only on clear days; water clocks misbehaved when the temperature fell toward freezing, to say nothing of long-run drift as the result of se... | 3894.txt | 2 |
[
"water clocks.",
"the sun.",
"mechanical clocks.",
"the church."
] | The author uses the phrase "the timekeeper of last resort" to refer to | In Europe, before the introduction of the mechanical clock, people told time by sun (using, for example, shadow sticks or sun dials) and water clocks. Sun clocks worked, of course, only on clear days; water clocks misbehaved when the temperature fell toward freezing, to say nothing of long-run drift as the result of se... | 3894.txt | 1 |
[
"rare.",
"small.",
"impractical.",
"basic."
] | The word "rudimentary" in the passage(paragraph 3)is closest in meaning to | In Europe, before the introduction of the mechanical clock, people told time by sun (using, for example, shadow sticks or sun dials) and water clocks. Sun clocks worked, of course, only on clear days; water clocks misbehaved when the temperature fell toward freezing, to say nothing of long-run drift as the result of se... | 3894.txt | 3 |
[
"Its used mechanical clocks through the period of urban collapse.",
"It used clocks to better understand natural phenomena, like equinoxes.",
"It tried to preserve its own method of keeping time, which was different from mechanical-clock time.",
"It used mechanical clocks to challenge secular, town authoritie... | According to paragraph 4, how did the Catholic Church react to the introduction of mechanical clocks? | In Europe, before the introduction of the mechanical clock, people told time by sun (using, for example, shadow sticks or sun dials) and water clocks. Sun clocks worked, of course, only on clear days; water clocks misbehaved when the temperature fell toward freezing, to say nothing of long-run drift as the result of se... | 3894.txt | 2 |
[
"required.",
"expected by the majority of people.",
"standardized.",
"put in place."
] | The word "installed" in the passage(paragraph 4)is closest in meaning to | In Europe, before the introduction of the mechanical clock, people told time by sun (using, for example, shadow sticks or sun dials) and water clocks. Sun clocks worked, of course, only on clear days; water clocks misbehaved when the temperature fell toward freezing, to say nothing of long-run drift as the result of se... | 3894.txt | 3 |
[
"were able to continually make improvements in the accuracy of mechanical clocks.",
"were sometimes not well respected by other engineers.",
"sometimes made claims about the accuracy of mechanical clocks that were not true.",
"rarely shared their expertise with other engineers."
] | It can be inferred from paragraph 5 that medieval clockmakers | In Europe, before the introduction of the mechanical clock, people told time by sun (using, for example, shadow sticks or sun dials) and water clocks. Sun clocks worked, of course, only on clear days; water clocks misbehaved when the temperature fell toward freezing, to say nothing of long-run drift as the result of se... | 3894.txt | 0 |
[
"How did early mechanical clocks work",
"Why did the design of mechanical clocks affect engineering in general",
"How were mechanical clocks made",
"What influenced the design of the first mechanical clock"
] | Paragraph 5 answers which of the following questions about mechanical clocks. | In Europe, before the introduction of the mechanical clock, people told time by sun (using, for example, shadow sticks or sun dials) and water clocks. Sun clocks worked, of course, only on clear days; water clocks misbehaved when the temperature fell toward freezing, to say nothing of long-run drift as the result of se... | 3894.txt | 1 |
[
"leaders.",
"opponents.",
"employers.",
"guardians."
] | The word "pioneers" in the passage isclosest in meaning to | In Europe, before the introduction of the mechanical clock, people told time by sun (using, for example, shadow sticks or sun dials) and water clocks. Sun clocks worked, of course, only on clear days; water clocks misbehaved when the temperature fell toward freezing, to say nothing of long-run drift as the result of se... | 3894.txt | 0 |
[
"It encouraged workers to do more time-filling busywork.",
"It enabled workers to be more task oriented.",
"It pushed workers to work more hours every day.",
"It led to a focus on productivity."
] | According to paragraph 6, how did the mechanical clock affect labor? | In Europe, before the introduction of the mechanical clock, people told time by sun (using, for example, shadow sticks or sun dials) and water clocks. Sun clocks worked, of course, only on clear days; water clocks misbehaved when the temperature fell toward freezing, to say nothing of long-run drift as the result of se... | 3894.txt | 3 |
[
"types of natural selection.",
"dangers of natural selection.",
"problems natural selection solves.",
"ways natural selection works."
] | The phrase "mechanisms of natural selection" in the passage(paragraph 1)is closest in meaning to | When several individuals of the same species or of several different species depend on the same limited resource, a situation may arise that is referred to as competition. The existence of competition has been long known to naturalists; its effects were described by Darwin in considerable detail. Competition among indi... | 3924.txt | 3 |
[
"It results in the eventual elimination of the resource for which they are competing.",
"It leads to competition among individuals of the same species.",
"It encourages new species to immigrate to an area.",
"It controls the number of individuals in the competing populations."
] | According to paragraph 1, what is one effect of competition among individuals of different species? | When several individuals of the same species or of several different species depend on the same limited resource, a situation may arise that is referred to as competition. The existence of competition has been long known to naturalists; its effects were described by Darwin in considerable detail. Competition among indi... | 3924.txt | 3 |
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