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"No one can stay on the same job for long.",
"No prescription is effective in relieving stress.",
"People have to get married someday.",
"You could be missing opportunities as well."
] | Why is "such simplistic advice" (Line 1, Para. 3) impossible to follow? | In the 1960s, medical researchers Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe developed a checklist of stressful events. They appreciated the tricky point that any major change can be stressful. Negative events like "serious illness of a family member" were high on the list, but so were some positive life-changing events, like marr... | 1059.txt | 3 |
[
"nervous when faced with difficulties",
"physically and mentally strained",
"more capable of coping with adversity",
"indifferent toward what happens to them"
] | According to the passage people who have experienced ups and downs may become _ . | In the 1960s, medical researchers Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe developed a checklist of stressful events. They appreciated the tricky point that any major change can be stressful. Negative events like "serious illness of a family member" were high on the list, but so were some positive life-changing events, like marr... | 1059.txt | 2 |
[
"They will not survive for very long without the nutrients brought In by fast-moving waters.",
"They tend to form beds covering large areas along the ocean floor.",
"They usually are arranged in separate mounds.",
"They grow more slowly than do seagrasses in fast-moving waters."
] | According to paragraph 1, which of the following is true about seagrasses in calm ocean waters? | Many areas of the shallow sea bottom are covered with a lush growth of aquatic flowering plants adapted to live submerged in seawater. These plants are collectively called seagrasses. Seagrass beds are strongly influenced by several physical factors. The most significant is water motion: currents and waves. Since seagr... | 2644.txt | 1 |
[
"The water is almost completely still.",
"The bed often has major damage from strong waves or currents.",
"The bed is generally no more than one square meter in size.",
"Grasses form a mosaic of individual mounds."
] | According to paragraph 1, which of the following is MOST likely to describe a bed in which seagrasses reach the surface of the water? | Many areas of the shallow sea bottom are covered with a lush growth of aquatic flowering plants adapted to live submerged in seawater. These plants are collectively called seagrasses. Seagrass beds are strongly influenced by several physical factors. The most significant is water motion: currents and waves. Since seagr... | 2644.txt | 0 |
[
"maintain",
"expel",
"obtain",
"enrich"
] | The word "derive" in the passage is closest in meaning to | Many areas of the shallow sea bottom are covered with a lush growth of aquatic flowering plants adapted to live submerged in seawater. These plants are collectively called seagrasses. Seagrass beds are strongly influenced by several physical factors. The most significant is water motion: currents and waves. Since seagr... | 2644.txt | 2 |
[
"Fine-grained",
"Only a few millimeters deep",
"Low in oxygen",
"Rich in organic matter"
] | According to paragraph 3, which of the following does NOT accurately describe the sediments that collect in seagrass beds? | Many areas of the shallow sea bottom are covered with a lush growth of aquatic flowering plants adapted to live submerged in seawater. These plants are collectively called seagrasses. Seagrass beds are strongly influenced by several physical factors. The most significant is water motion: currents and waves. Since seagr... | 2644.txt | 1 |
[
"related",
"limited",
"relevant",
"helpful"
] | The word "confined" in the passage is closest in meaning to | Many areas of the shallow sea bottom are covered with a lush growth of aquatic flowering plants adapted to live submerged in seawater. These plants are collectively called seagrasses. Seagrass beds are strongly influenced by several physical factors. The most significant is water motion: currents and waves. Since seagr... | 2644.txt | 1 |
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"Because of their high rate of metabolism, they consume a large percentage of the available nutrients.",
"They attract various species of algae and bacteria that produce high nutrient concentrations in the water column.",
"They take up carbon and other nutrients trapped on the sea bottom and bring them back int... | According to paragraph 3, how do seagrasses affect the nutrient supply in the ecosystem? | Many areas of the shallow sea bottom are covered with a lush growth of aquatic flowering plants adapted to live submerged in seawater. These plants are collectively called seagrasses. Seagrass beds are strongly influenced by several physical factors. The most significant is water motion: currents and waves. Since seagr... | 2644.txt | 2 |
[
"they cannot handle intense water pressure",
"deep water is too cold",
"they would not get enough light",
"deep water is too salty"
] | It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that the reason seagrasses do not grow in very deep water is that | Many areas of the shallow sea bottom are covered with a lush growth of aquatic flowering plants adapted to live submerged in seawater. These plants are collectively called seagrasses. Seagrass beds are strongly influenced by several physical factors. The most significant is water motion: currents and waves. Since seagr... | 2644.txt | 2 |
[
"To show that environments with extreme temperatures rarely have any effect on eelgrass",
"To identify the northern and southern limits of the range where eelgrass is found",
"To support the author's statement that eelgrass is a particularly widespread kind of seagrass",
"To cite evidence tending to disprove ... | In paragraph 4, why does the author mention that eelgrass thrives in both the Arctic and in the northeastern United States? | Many areas of the shallow sea bottom are covered with a lush growth of aquatic flowering plants adapted to live submerged in seawater. These plants are collectively called seagrasses. Seagrass beds are strongly influenced by several physical factors. The most significant is water motion: currents and waves. Since seagr... | 2644.txt | 3 |
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"harmful",
"significant",
"unexpected",
"distinct"
] | The word "detrimental" in the passage is closest in meaning to | Many areas of the shallow sea bottom are covered with a lush growth of aquatic flowering plants adapted to live submerged in seawater. These plants are collectively called seagrasses. Seagrass beds are strongly influenced by several physical factors. The most significant is water motion: currents and waves. Since seagr... | 2644.txt | 0 |
[
"Factors related to extreme temperatures",
"Exposure to air",
"Major changes in salinity",
"The movement of ice on the seafloor"
] | Paragraph 4 suggests that which of the following would be the LEAST likely to cause major damage to eelgrass and other common seagrasses? | Many areas of the shallow sea bottom are covered with a lush growth of aquatic flowering plants adapted to live submerged in seawater. These plants are collectively called seagrasses. Seagrass beds are strongly influenced by several physical factors. The most significant is water motion: currents and waves. Since seagr... | 2644.txt | 2 |
[
"unused to",
"strongly affected by",
"protected from",
"able to withstand"
] | The phrase "tolerant of' in the passage is closest in meaning to | Many areas of the shallow sea bottom are covered with a lush growth of aquatic flowering plants adapted to live submerged in seawater. These plants are collectively called seagrasses. Seagrass beds are strongly influenced by several physical factors. The most significant is water motion: currents and waves. Since seagr... | 2644.txt | 3 |
[
"the right place for all women, married or otherwise, is the home, not elsewhere",
"all married women should have some occupation outside the home",
"a married woman should give first priority to her duties as a mother",
"it is desirable for uneducated married women to stay at home and take care of the family... | The author holds that . | The traditional belief that a woman's place is in the home and that a woman ought not to go out to work can hardly be reasonably maintained in present conditions. It is said that it is a woman's task to care for the children, but families today tend to be small and with a year or two between children. Thus a woman's wh... | 1601.txt | 1 |
[
"would devote her whole life to her family",
"would take her own happiness and that of her family as her chief concern",
"would still need some special training at public expense to help her in her duties as a housewife",
"would take full advantage of modern household appliances"
] | A house-proud woman . | The traditional belief that a woman's place is in the home and that a woman ought not to go out to work can hardly be reasonably maintained in present conditions. It is said that it is a woman's task to care for the children, but families today tend to be small and with a year or two between children. Thus a woman's wh... | 1601.txt | 3 |
[
"can operate just as well even without women participation",
"has been greatly hampered in its development by the shortage of women nurses and women teachers",
"cannot operate properly without the contribution of women",
"will be seriously affected by the continuing shortage of working women in heavy industri... | According to the author, modern society . | The traditional belief that a woman's place is in the home and that a woman ought not to go out to work can hardly be reasonably maintained in present conditions. It is said that it is a woman's task to care for the children, but families today tend to be small and with a year or two between children. Thus a woman's wh... | 1601.txt | 2 |
[
"they couldn't understand why brush had to be burnt",
"BLM people knew little about controlled fires",
"it was easy to see that fires would break out easily in such weather conditions",
"BLM people had never done a burn before"
] | People wondered why BLM did a burn because _ | Controlled fires sometimes burn out of control.The fire in this story was in Northern California last July.A Bureau of Land Management crew started it.They wanted to burn brush,which might burn.The winds blew the fire out of control.About 2,000 acres and 23 homes burned.
People wondered why they did a burn in these kin... | 3862.txt | 2 |
[
"Controlled fires can be replaced by taking out brush.",
"Controlled fires are not as dangerous as doing nothing.",
"It is important to keep any fire from burning on public lands.",
"It is not dangerous even if controlled fires burn out of control."
] | What do fire scientists think about the controlled fires? | Controlled fires sometimes burn out of control.The fire in this story was in Northern California last July.A Bureau of Land Management crew started it.They wanted to burn brush,which might burn.The winds blew the fire out of control.About 2,000 acres and 23 homes burned.
People wondered why they did a burn in these kin... | 3862.txt | 1 |
[
"People from BLM refused to admit that the fire was their fault.",
"If the BLM had made a plan against any possible danger,there wouldn't have been so manyhomes burnt.",
"The main reason to burn brushes is that they grow too quickly.",
"A new machine began to be used to control the fire when burning brushes."... | Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text? | Controlled fires sometimes burn out of control.The fire in this story was in Northern California last July.A Bureau of Land Management crew started it.They wanted to burn brush,which might burn.The winds blew the fire out of control.About 2,000 acres and 23 homes burned.
People wondered why they did a burn in these kin... | 3862.txt | 1 |
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"research paper on controlled fire",
"government document which record all the big fires",
"news report",
"short story about a fire"
] | It can be concluded that the text is most probably part of a _ | Controlled fires sometimes burn out of control.The fire in this story was in Northern California last July.A Bureau of Land Management crew started it.They wanted to burn brush,which might burn.The winds blew the fire out of control.About 2,000 acres and 23 homes burned.
People wondered why they did a burn in these kin... | 3862.txt | 2 |
[
"Therefore",
"Additionally",
"Nevertheless",
"Moreover"
] | The word "Consequently"(Paragraph 1)in the passage is closest in meaning to | Survival and successful reproduction usually require the activities of animals to be coordinated with predictable events around them. Consequently, the timing and rhythms of biological functions must closely match periodic events like the solar day, the tides, the lunar cycle, and the seasons. The relations between ani... | 801.txt | 0 |
[
"the existence of weekly periods of activity as well as daily ones",
"the finding of evidence that organisms have internal clocks",
"the effect of space on the internal clocks of organisms",
"the isolation of one part of an organism's cycle for study"
] | In paragraph 1, the experiment on the fungus Neurosporais mentioned to illustrate | Survival and successful reproduction usually require the activities of animals to be coordinated with predictable events around them. Consequently, the timing and rhythms of biological functions must closely match periodic events like the solar day, the tides, the lunar cycle, and the seasons. The relations between ani... | 801.txt | 1 |
[
"It is important for animals' daily activities to be coordinated with recurring events in their environment.",
"Eukaryotes have internal clocks.",
"The relationship between biological function and environmental cycles is a topic of intense research.",
"Animals' daily rhythms are more dependent on external cue... | According to paragraph 1, all the following are generally assumed to be true EXCEPT: | Survival and successful reproduction usually require the activities of animals to be coordinated with predictable events around them. Consequently, the timing and rhythms of biological functions must closely match periodic events like the solar day, the tides, the lunar cycle, and the seasons. The relations between ani... | 801.txt | 3 |
[
"adjusted",
"strong",
"enduring",
"predicted"
] | The word "persistent" in the passage(Paragraph 2)is closest in meaning to | Survival and successful reproduction usually require the activities of animals to be coordinated with predictable events around them. Consequently, the timing and rhythms of biological functions must closely match periodic events like the solar day, the tides, the lunar cycle, and the seasons. The relations between ani... | 801.txt | 2 |
[
"They have the same length as the daily activity cycles of animals that are not deprived of such cues.",
"They can vary significantly from day to day.",
"They are not the same for all members of a single species.",
"They become longer over time."
] | According to paragraph 2, which of the following is true about the circadian periods of animals deprived of environmental cues? | Survival and successful reproduction usually require the activities of animals to be coordinated with predictable events around them. Consequently, the timing and rhythms of biological functions must closely match periodic events like the solar day, the tides, the lunar cycle, and the seasons. The relations between ani... | 801.txt | 2 |
[
"Disorientation",
"Change in period of the internal rhythms",
"Reversal of day and night activities increased",
"Sensitivity to environmental factors"
] | According to paragraph 2, what will an animal experience when its internal rhythms no longer correspond with the daily cycle of the environment? | Survival and successful reproduction usually require the activities of animals to be coordinated with predictable events around them. Consequently, the timing and rhythms of biological functions must closely match periodic events like the solar day, the tides, the lunar cycle, and the seasons. The relations between ani... | 801.txt | 0 |
[
"listing the daily activities of an animal's cycle: sleeping, feeding, moving, reproducing, metabolizing, and producing enzymes and hormones",
"describing the process of establishing the period of a biological clock",
"presenting cases in which an animal's daily schedule remained stable despite lack of environm... | In paragraph 2, the author provides evidence for the role of biological clocks by | Survival and successful reproduction usually require the activities of animals to be coordinated with predictable events around them. Consequently, the timing and rhythms of biological functions must closely match periodic events like the solar day, the tides, the lunar cycle, and the seasons. The relations between ani... | 801.txt | 2 |
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"length",
"feature",
"process",
"repetition"
] | The word duration in the passage(paragraph 2)is closest in meaning to | Survival and successful reproduction usually require the activities of animals to be coordinated with predictable events around them. Consequently, the timing and rhythms of biological functions must closely match periodic events like the solar day, the tides, the lunar cycle, and the seasons. The relations between ani... | 801.txt | 0 |
[
"To illustrate that an animal's internal clock seldom has a 24-hour cycle",
"To argue that different horseshoe crabs will shift from daytime to nighttime vision at different times",
"To illustrate the approximate range of the circadian rhythm of all animals",
"To support the idea that external cues are the on... | In paragraph 2, why does the author mention that the period for different horseshoe crabs ranges from 22.2 to 25.5 hours? | Survival and successful reproduction usually require the activities of animals to be coordinated with predictable events around them. Consequently, the timing and rhythms of biological functions must closely match periodic events like the solar day, the tides, the lunar cycle, and the seasons. The relations between ani... | 801.txt | 0 |
[
"an external cue such as sunrise",
"the daily rhythm of an animal",
"the local solar day",
"a cycle whose period is precisely 24 hours"
] | The word "it" in the passage(Paragraph 3)refers to | Survival and successful reproduction usually require the activities of animals to be coordinated with predictable events around them. Consequently, the timing and rhythms of biological functions must closely match periodic events like the solar day, the tides, the lunar cycle, and the seasons. The relations between ani... | 801.txt | 0 |
[
"intense",
"uninterrupted",
"natural",
"periodic"
] | The word "sustained" in the passage(Paragraph 3)is closest in meaning to | Survival and successful reproduction usually require the activities of animals to be coordinated with predictable events around them. Consequently, the timing and rhythms of biological functions must closely match periodic events like the solar day, the tides, the lunar cycle, and the seasons. The relations between ani... | 801.txt | 1 |
[
"To explore newmeans of transport.",
"To design new types of cars.",
"To find out older driver`s problems.",
"To teach people traffic rules."
] | What is the purpose of the Drivel AB? | The Intelligent Transport team at Newcastle University have turned an electric car into a mobile laboratory named "DriveLAB" in order to understand the challenges faced by older drivers and to discover where the key stress points are.
Research shows that giving up driving is one of the key reasons for a fall in health ... | 3539.txt | 2 |
[
"It keeps them independent.",
"It helps them save time.",
"It builds up their strength.",
"It cures their mental illnesses."
] | Why is driving important for older people according to Phil Blythe? | The Intelligent Transport team at Newcastle University have turned an electric car into a mobile laboratory named "DriveLAB" in order to understand the challenges faced by older drivers and to discover where the key stress points are.
Research shows that giving up driving is one of the key reasons for a fall in health ... | 3539.txt | 0 |
[
"Improve their driving skills.",
"Develop driver-assist technologles.",
"Provide tips on repairing their cars.",
"Organize regular physical checkups."
] | What do researchers hope to do for older drivers? | The Intelligent Transport team at Newcastle University have turned an electric car into a mobile laboratory named "DriveLAB" in order to understand the challenges faced by older drivers and to discover where the key stress points are.
Research shows that giving up driving is one of the key reasons for a fall in health ... | 3539.txt | 1 |
[
"A new Model Electric Car",
"A Solution to Traffic Problem",
"Driving Service for elders",
"Keeping Older Drivers on the Road"
] | What is the best title for the text? | The Intelligent Transport team at Newcastle University have turned an electric car into a mobile laboratory named "DriveLAB" in order to understand the challenges faced by older drivers and to discover where the key stress points are.
Research shows that giving up driving is one of the key reasons for a fall in health ... | 3539.txt | 3 |
[
"the discovery of planets is as important as the launch of space shuttles",
"astronomers have been making a lot of discoveries of planets",
"the public have no interest in astronomical discoveries",
"there is little for astronomers to discover now"
] | The author believes that _ . | The discovery of planets around distant stars has become like space-shuttle launches-newsworthy but just barely. With some 50 extrasolar planets under their belt, astronomers have to announce something really strange to get anyone's attention.
Last week they did just that. Standing in front of colleagues and reporters ... | 778.txt | 1 |
[
"the planets are far from our solar system",
"the sizes of the planets are too huge",
"astronomers have never seen similar orbiting pattern and size before",
"scientists can not figure out what they can be"
] | The two finds are remarkable in that _ . | The discovery of planets around distant stars has become like space-shuttle launches-newsworthy but just barely. With some 50 extrasolar planets under their belt, astronomers have to announce something really strange to get anyone's attention.
Last week they did just that. Standing in front of colleagues and reporters ... | 778.txt | 2 |
[
"other stars have planets more or less like the one going around the sun",
"the orbits of extrasolar planets around their stars are elongated ones",
"the way planets orbiting around the sun in our solar system is quite unique",
"planets in other systems are generally huger than the ones in ours"
] | By saying that our solar system "may be a cosmic oddball", the author intends to render the idea that _ . | The discovery of planets around distant stars has become like space-shuttle launches-newsworthy but just barely. With some 50 extrasolar planets under their belt, astronomers have to announce something really strange to get anyone's attention.
Last week they did just that. Standing in front of colleagues and reporters ... | 778.txt | 2 |
[
"conventional theory can not explain such astronomical phenomenon satisfactorily",
"it is either a star or a planet",
"it was formed like a star and orbits like a planet",
"theorists give a wrong definition of \"planet\""
] | The case of the giant heavenly body demonstrates that _ . | The discovery of planets around distant stars has become like space-shuttle launches-newsworthy but just barely. With some 50 extrasolar planets under their belt, astronomers have to announce something really strange to get anyone's attention.
Last week they did just that. Standing in front of colleagues and reporters ... | 778.txt | 0 |
[
"New Planetary Puzzlers",
"Two Remarkable Finds",
"A Redefinition of \"Planet\"",
"\"Hot Jupiters\" Challenging Conventional Theory"
] | The best title for this passage could be _ . | The discovery of planets around distant stars has become like space-shuttle launches-newsworthy but just barely. With some 50 extrasolar planets under their belt, astronomers have to announce something really strange to get anyone's attention.
Last week they did just that. Standing in front of colleagues and reporters ... | 778.txt | 0 |
[
"A place where cars often break down.",
"A case where passing a law is impossible.",
"An area where no driving is permitted.",
"A situation where drivers' role is not clear."
] | What does the phrase "death valley" in Paragraph 2 refer to? | The proposal attempts to deal with what some call the "death valley" of autonomous vehicles: the grey area between semi-autonomous and fully driverless cars that could delay the driverless future.
Dobrindt wants three things: that a car always chooses property damage over personal injury; that it never distinguishes be... | 3876.txt | 3 |
[
"stop people from breaking traffic rules",
"help promote fully automatic driving",
"protect drivers of all ages and races",
"prevent serious property damage"
] | The proposal put forward by Dobrindt aims to _ . | The proposal attempts to deal with what some call the "death valley" of autonomous vehicles: the grey area between semi-autonomous and fully driverless cars that could delay the driverless future.
Dobrindt wants three things: that a car always chooses property damage over personal injury; that it never distinguishes be... | 3876.txt | 1 |
[
"It should get the attention of insurance companies.",
"It should be the main concern of law makers.",
"It should not cause deadly traffic accidents.",
"It should involve no human responsibility."
] | What do consumers think of the operation of driverless cars? | The proposal attempts to deal with what some call the "death valley" of autonomous vehicles: the grey area between semi-autonomous and fully driverless cars that could delay the driverless future.
Dobrindt wants three things: that a car always chooses property damage over personal injury; that it never distinguishes be... | 3876.txt | 3 |
[
"Singapore",
"the UK",
"the US",
"Germany"
] | Driverless vehicles in public transport see no bright future in _ . | The proposal attempts to deal with what some call the "death valley" of autonomous vehicles: the grey area between semi-autonomous and fully driverless cars that could delay the driverless future.
Dobrindt wants three things: that a car always chooses property damage over personal injury; that it never distinguishes be... | 3876.txt | 2 |
[
"Autonomous Driving: Whose Liability",
"Fully Automatic Cars: A New Breakthrough",
"Autonomous Vehicles: Driver Removed!",
"Driverless Cars: Root of Road Accidents"
] | What could be the best title for passage? | The proposal attempts to deal with what some call the "death valley" of autonomous vehicles: the grey area between semi-autonomous and fully driverless cars that could delay the driverless future.
Dobrindt wants three things: that a car always chooses property damage over personal injury; that it never distinguishes be... | 3876.txt | 0 |
[
"social media firms would conduct a survey on the kitemark scheme",
"people would pay as much attention to a kitemark as they think",
"a kitemark scheme would be workable on a nationwide scale",
"the kitemark would help companies develop their business models"
] | It can be inferred from the passage that Nigel Shadbolt doubts whether _ . | Enough "meaningless drivel". That's the message from a group of members of the UK government who have been examining how social media firms like LinkedIn gather and use social media data.
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee's report, released last week, has blamed firms for making people sign up to lo... | 573.txt | 1 |
[
"their users consist largely of kids under 20 years old",
"the language in their contracts is usually harder to understand",
"the information they collected could become more valuable in future",
"it remains unknown how users' data will be taken advantage of"
] | Andrew Miller thinks social media needs more attention than banks mainly because _ . | Enough "meaningless drivel". That's the message from a group of members of the UK government who have been examining how social media firms like LinkedIn gather and use social media data.
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee's report, released last week, has blamed firms for making people sign up to lo... | 573.txt | 3 |
[
"think carefully before posting anything onto such websites",
"read the terms and conditions even if there is a kitemark",
"take no further action if they can find a kitemark",
"avoid providing too much personal information"
] | The writer advises users of social media to _ . | Enough "meaningless drivel". That's the message from a group of members of the UK government who have been examining how social media firms like LinkedIn gather and use social media data.
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee's report, released last week, has blamed firms for making people sign up to lo... | 573.txt | 1 |
[
"Say no to social media",
"New security rules in operation",
"Accept without reading",
"Administration matters!"
] | Which of the following is the best title of the passage? | Enough "meaningless drivel". That's the message from a group of members of the UK government who have been examining how social media firms like LinkedIn gather and use social media data.
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee's report, released last week, has blamed firms for making people sign up to lo... | 573.txt | 2 |
[
"numerous",
"important",
"unexplained",
"sudden"
] | The word "significant"in the passage(paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to | The geologic timescale is marked by significant geologic and biological events, including the origin of Earth about 4.6 billion years ago, the origin of life about 3.5 billion years ago, the origin of eukaryotic life-forms (living things that have cells with true nuclei) about 1.5 billion years ago, and the origin of a... | 1210.txt | 1 |
[
"surprisingly",
"collectively",
"comparatively",
"characteristically"
] | The word "relatively"in the passage(paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to | The geologic timescale is marked by significant geologic and biological events, including the origin of Earth about 4.6 billion years ago, the origin of life about 3.5 billion years ago, the origin of eukaryotic life-forms (living things that have cells with true nuclei) about 1.5 billion years ago, and the origin of a... | 1210.txt | 2 |
[
"emergence of many varieties",
"steady decline in number",
"gradual increase in body size",
"sudden disappearance"
] | The word "diversification"in the passage(paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to | The geologic timescale is marked by significant geologic and biological events, including the origin of Earth about 4.6 billion years ago, the origin of life about 3.5 billion years ago, the origin of eukaryotic life-forms (living things that have cells with true nuclei) about 1.5 billion years ago, and the origin of a... | 1210.txt | 0 |
[
"occurred 0.6 billion years ago, late inEarth's history",
"was characterized by the unusually fastevolution of many new life-forms",
"was characterized by widespread animalextinction",
"was characterized by violent volcaniceruptions"
] | The period discussed in the passage isreferred to as an "explosion" (paragraph 2) because it | The geologic timescale is marked by significant geologic and biological events, including the origin of Earth about 4.6 billion years ago, the origin of life about 3.5 billion years ago, the origin of eukaryotic life-forms (living things that have cells with true nuclei) about 1.5 billion years ago, and the origin of a... | 1210.txt | 1 |
[
"Why was the origin of life a simple stepin Earth's history",
"Why did it take so long for multicellularorganisms to develop",
"Why did animal life evolve so rapidly",
"Why does the fossil record lack evidenceof animal evolution during that time"
] | According to Paragraph2, which of the following is NOT a questionthat paleontologists asked about the Cambrianexplosion? | The geologic timescale is marked by significant geologic and biological events, including the origin of Earth about 4.6 billion years ago, the origin of life about 3.5 billion years ago, the origin of eukaryotic life-forms (living things that have cells with true nuclei) about 1.5 billion years ago, and the origin of a... | 1210.txt | 0 |
[
"Paragraph 2 puts forward severalscientific claims, one of which is rejected in paragraph 3.",
"Paragraph 2 poses several questions, andparagraph 3 offers a possible answer to one of them.",
"Paragraph 2 presents outdated traditionalviews, while paragraph 3 presents the current scientific conclusions.",
"Para... | Which of the following best describesthe relationship between paragraph 2 and paragraph 3? | The geologic timescale is marked by significant geologic and biological events, including the origin of Earth about 4.6 billion years ago, the origin of life about 3.5 billion years ago, the origin of eukaryotic life-forms (living things that have cells with true nuclei) about 1.5 billion years ago, and the origin of a... | 1210.txt | 1 |
[
"complicate",
"prevent",
"encourage",
"affect"
] | The word "promote"in the passage(paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to | The geologic timescale is marked by significant geologic and biological events, including the origin of Earth about 4.6 billion years ago, the origin of life about 3.5 billion years ago, the origin of eukaryotic life-forms (living things that have cells with true nuclei) about 1.5 billion years ago, and the origin of a... | 1210.txt | 2 |
[
"It contains fossils that date back to thePrecambrian period.",
"It contains only soft-bodied animalfossils.",
"It is located on a single site inAustralia.",
"It does not contain any fossils of theancestors of modern animals."
] | Which of the following is NOT mentionedin paragraph 4 asbeing true of the Ediacara formation? | The geologic timescale is marked by significant geologic and biological events, including the origin of Earth about 4.6 billion years ago, the origin of life about 3.5 billion years ago, the origin of eukaryotic life-forms (living things that have cells with true nuclei) about 1.5 billion years ago, and the origin of a... | 1210.txt | 2 |
[
"To contrast predators with animals thateat plants such as algae",
"To question the effects of rapid mudslides on fossilization",
"To suggest that much is still unknownabout animals found in the Burgess Shale",
"To provide examples of fossils that cannotbe assigned to a modern animal group"
] | Why does the author mention "Anomalocans" and "Wiwaxia"? (paragraph 6) | The geologic timescale is marked by significant geologic and biological events, including the origin of Earth about 4.6 billion years ago, the origin of life about 3.5 billion years ago, the origin of eukaryotic life-forms (living things that have cells with true nuclei) about 1.5 billion years ago, and the origin of a... | 1210.txt | 3 |
[
"a relative of Anomalocaris and Wiwaxia",
"a previously unknown Burgess Shale animal",
"an extinct member of a currently existingcategory of animals",
"an animal that cannot be assigned to anymodern animal group"
] | "Sidneyia" is an example of (paragraph6) | The geologic timescale is marked by significant geologic and biological events, including the origin of Earth about 4.6 billion years ago, the origin of life about 3.5 billion years ago, the origin of eukaryotic life-forms (living things that have cells with true nuclei) about 1.5 billion years ago, and the origin of a... | 1210.txt | 2 |
[
"It generated new ecological nichesthrough the extinction of many unique animals.",
"It was a period of rapid evolution, andevolution is often thought of as a slow process.",
"It is a period whose evolutionarysequences are clearly marked.",
"It generated a very large number ofancient fossil beds containing so... | What can be inferred from paragraph7about why the Cambrian explosion isso unusual? | The geologic timescale is marked by significant geologic and biological events, including the origin of Earth about 4.6 billion years ago, the origin of life about 3.5 billion years ago, the origin of eukaryotic life-forms (living things that have cells with true nuclei) about 1.5 billion years ago, and the origin of a... | 1210.txt | 1 |
[
"How is the rain forest different from other habitats",
"How does an animal's body size influence an animal's need for food",
"Why does the rain forest provide an unusual variety of food for animals",
"Why do large animals tend to dominate the upper canopy of the rain forest"
] | The passage answers which of the following questions? | The canopy, the upper level of the trees in the rain forest, holds a plethora of climbing mammals of moderately large size, which may include monkeys, cats, civets, and porcupines. Smaller species, including such rodents as mice and small squirrels, are not as prevalent overall in high tropical canopies as they are in ... | 2106.txt | 3 |
[
"Monkeys",
"Cats",
"Porcupines",
"Mice"
] | Which of the following animals is less common in the upper canopy than in other environments? | The canopy, the upper level of the trees in the rain forest, holds a plethora of climbing mammals of moderately large size, which may include monkeys, cats, civets, and porcupines. Smaller species, including such rodents as mice and small squirrels, are not as prevalent overall in high tropical canopies as they are in ... | 2106.txt | 3 |
[
"trees",
"climbing mammals of moderately large size",
"smaller species",
"high tropical canopies"
] | The word "they" in line 4 refers to | The canopy, the upper level of the trees in the rain forest, holds a plethora of climbing mammals of moderately large size, which may include monkeys, cats, civets, and porcupines. Smaller species, including such rodents as mice and small squirrels, are not as prevalent overall in high tropical canopies as they are in ... | 2106.txt | 2 |
[
"They have body shapes that are adapted to live in the canopy.",
"They prefer the temperature and climate of the canopy to that of other environments.",
"They have difficulty with the changing conditions in the canopy.",
"They use the trees of the canopy for shelter from heat and cold."
] | According to paragraph 2, which of the following is true about the small mammals in the rain forest? | The canopy, the upper level of the trees in the rain forest, holds a plethora of climbing mammals of moderately large size, which may include monkeys, cats, civets, and porcupines. Smaller species, including such rodents as mice and small squirrels, are not as prevalent overall in high tropical canopies as they are in ... | 2106.txt | 2 |
[
"small animals require proportionately more food than larger animals do",
"a large animal's size is an advantage in obtaining food in the canopy",
"small animals are often attacked by large animals in the rain forest",
"small animals and large animals are equally adept at obtaining food in the canopy"
] | In discussing animal size in paragraph 3, the author indicates that | The canopy, the upper level of the trees in the rain forest, holds a plethora of climbing mammals of moderately large size, which may include monkeys, cats, civets, and porcupines. Smaller species, including such rodents as mice and small squirrels, are not as prevalent overall in high tropical canopies as they are in ... | 2106.txt | 1 |
[
"resemble",
"protect",
"characterize",
"divide"
] | The word "typify" in line 19 is closest in meaning to | The canopy, the upper level of the trees in the rain forest, holds a plethora of climbing mammals of moderately large size, which may include monkeys, cats, civets, and porcupines. Smaller species, including such rodents as mice and small squirrels, are not as prevalent overall in high tropical canopies as they are in ... | 2106.txt | 2 |
[
"Air friction against the body surface",
"The thickness of the branches",
"The dense leaves of the tree crown",
"The inability to use the front feet as hands"
] | According to paragraph 4, what makes jumping from one tree crown to another difficult for small mammals? | The canopy, the upper level of the trees in the rain forest, holds a plethora of climbing mammals of moderately large size, which may include monkeys, cats, civets, and porcupines. Smaller species, including such rodents as mice and small squirrels, are not as prevalent overall in high tropical canopies as they are in ... | 2106.txt | 0 |
[
"control",
"replace",
"look for",
"add to"
] | The word "supplement" in line 24 is closest in meaning to | The canopy, the upper level of the trees in the rain forest, holds a plethora of climbing mammals of moderately large size, which may include monkeys, cats, civets, and porcupines. Smaller species, including such rodents as mice and small squirrels, are not as prevalent overall in high tropical canopies as they are in ... | 2106.txt | 3 |
[
"canopy (line 1)",
"warm blooded (line 5)",
"terminal leaves (line 13)",
"springboard (line 21)"
] | Which of the following terms is defined in the passage ? | The canopy, the upper level of the trees in the rain forest, holds a plethora of climbing mammals of moderately large size, which may include monkeys, cats, civets, and porcupines. Smaller species, including such rodents as mice and small squirrels, are not as prevalent overall in high tropical canopies as they are in ... | 2106.txt | 0 |
[
"generally possess certain inspiring characteristics",
"probably share some weaknesses of ordinary people",
"are often influenced by previous generations",
"all unknowingly attract a large number of fans"
] | Although heroes may come from different cultures, they _. | Like many of my generation, I have a weakness for hero worship. At some point, however, we all begin to question our heroes and our need for them. This leads us to ask: What is a hero?
Despite immense differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics that instruct and inspire ... | 687.txt | 1 |
[
"they have a vision from the mountaintop",
"they have warm feelings and emotions",
"they can serve as concrete examples of noble principles",
"they can make people feel stronger and more confident"
] | According to the passage, heroes are compared to high-voltage transformers in that _. | Like many of my generation, I have a weakness for hero worship. At some point, however, we all begin to question our heroes and our need for them. This leads us to ask: What is a hero?
Despite immense differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics that instruct and inspire ... | 687.txt | 1 |
[
"they are popular only among certain groups of people",
"their performances do not improve their fans morally",
"their primary concern is their own financial interests",
"they are not clear about the principles they should follow"
] | Madonna and Michael Jackson are not considered heroes because _. | Like many of my generation, I have a weakness for hero worship. At some point, however, we all begin to question our heroes and our need for them. This leads us to ask: What is a hero?
Despite immense differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics that instruct and inspire ... | 687.txt | 2 |
[
"are good at demonstrating their charming characters",
"can move the masses with their forceful speeches",
"are capable of meeting all challenges and hardships",
"can provide an answer to the problems of their people"
] | Gandhi and Martin Luther King are typical examples of outstanding leaders who _. | Like many of my generation, I have a weakness for hero worship. At some point, however, we all begin to question our heroes and our need for them. This leads us to ask: What is a hero?
Despite immense differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics that instruct and inspire ... | 687.txt | 0 |
[
"be delayed without leaders with inspiring personal qualities",
"not happen without heroes making the necessary sacrifices",
"take place ff there were heroes to lead the people",
"produce leaders with attractive personalities"
] | The author concludes that historical changes would _. | Like many of my generation, I have a weakness for hero worship. At some point, however, we all begin to question our heroes and our need for them. This leads us to ask: What is a hero?
Despite immense differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics that instruct and inspire ... | 687.txt | 2 |
[
"casual",
"familiar",
"mechanical",
"changeable"
] | The view of Wordsworth habit is claimed by being . | Habits are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on auto-pilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine. "Not choice, but habit rules
the unreflecting herd," William Wordsworth said in the 19th century. In the ever-changing 21st century, even the word "habit" carries a neg... | 2417.txt | 2 |
[
"predicted",
"regulated",
"traced",
"guided"
] | The researchers have discovered that the formation of habit can be | Habits are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on auto-pilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine. "Not choice, but habit rules
the unreflecting herd," William Wordsworth said in the 19th century. In the ever-changing 21st century, even the word "habit" carries a neg... | 2417.txt | 3 |
[
"tracks",
"series",
"characteristics",
"connections"
] | "ruts"(in line one, paragraph 3) has closest meaning to | Habits are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on auto-pilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine. "Not choice, but habit rules
the unreflecting herd," William Wordsworth said in the 19th century. In the ever-changing 21st century, even the word "habit" carries a neg... | 2417.txt | 0 |
[
"prevents new habits form being formed",
"no longer emphasizes commonness",
"maintains the inherent American thinking model",
"complies with the American belief system"
] | Ms. Markova's comments suggest that the practice of standard testing ? | Habits are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on auto-pilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine. "Not choice, but habit rules
the unreflecting herd," William Wordsworth said in the 19th century. In the ever-changing 21st century, even the word "habit" carries a neg... | 2417.txt | 3 |
[
"ideas are born of a relaxing mind",
"innovativeness could be taught",
"decisiveness derives from fantastic ideas",
"curiosity activates creative minds"
] | Ryan most probably agree that | Habits are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on auto-pilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine. "Not choice, but habit rules
the unreflecting herd," William Wordsworth said in the 19th century. In the ever-changing 21st century, even the word "habit" carries a neg... | 2417.txt | 0 |
[
"always consider things differently from others",
"usually are affected by the results of certain things",
"usually misunderstand what others think or say",
"always discover the unpleasant side of certain things"
] | People who are unhappy _ . | There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy and the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.
People who are to b... | 2877.txt | 3 |
[
"have a good taste with social life",
"make others unhappy",
"tend so scold others openly",
"enjoy the pleasure of life"
] | The phrase "sour the pleasure of society" most nearly means " _ ". | There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy and the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.
People who are to b... | 2877.txt | 1 |
[
"we should pity all such unhappy people",
"such unhappy people are dangerous to social life",
"people can get rid of the habit of unhappiness",
"unhappy people can not understand happy persons"
] | We can conclude from the passage that _ . | There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy and the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.
People who are to b... | 2877.txt | 2 |
[
"prevent any communication with them",
"show no respect and politeness to them",
"persuade them to recognize the bad effects",
"quarrel with them until they realize the mistakes"
] | If such unhappy persons insist on keeping the habit, the author suggests that people should _ . | There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy and the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.
People who are to b... | 2877.txt | 0 |
[
"describes two types of people",
"laughs at the unhappy people",
"suggests the unhappy people should get rid of the habits of unhappiness",
"tells people how to be happy in life"
] | In this passage, the writer mainly _ . | There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy and the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.
People who are to b... | 2877.txt | 2 |
[
"describe that animals can make different sounds",
"prove that animals' voices can play practical roles",
"inspire the readers to make more inventions",
"startle the readers with some shocking facts"
] | The main purpose of this passage is to _ . | Not all sounds made by animals serve as language, and we have only to turn to that extraordinary discovery of echolocation in bats to see a case in which the voice plays a strictly practical role.
To get a full appreciation of what this means we must turn first to some recent human inventions. Everyoneknows that if he... | 1167.txt | 1 |
[
"measuring the depth of the sea",
"distinguishing different kinds of fish",
"improving the functions of radar",
"varying the size and nature of an object"
] | The discovery of echolocation may help with all of the following EXCEPT | Not all sounds made by animals serve as language, and we have only to turn to that extraordinary discovery of echolocation in bats to see a case in which the voice plays a strictly practical role.
To get a full appreciation of what this means we must turn first to some recent human inventions. Everyoneknows that if he... | 1167.txt | 2 |
[
"only one special kind of fish can reflect sounds",
"only one special kind of fish can be used to help locate a ship",
"a large group of fish can reflect sounds",
"a large group of fish can be used to help locate a ship"
] | By saying "A shoal of fish will do this"(Lines 6-7, Para. 2), the author means _ . | Not all sounds made by animals serve as language, and we have only to turn to that extraordinary discovery of echolocation in bats to see a case in which the voice plays a strictly practical role.
To get a full appreciation of what this means we must turn first to some recent human inventions. Everyoneknows that if he... | 1167.txt | 2 |
[
"human languages",
"a mountainside",
"a shoal of fish",
"taps on a ship"
] | As it is discussed in the passage, the squeaks of bats can be functionally compared with _ . | Not all sounds made by animals serve as language, and we have only to turn to that extraordinary discovery of echolocation in bats to see a case in which the voice plays a strictly practical role.
To get a full appreciation of what this means we must turn first to some recent human inventions. Everyoneknows that if he... | 1167.txt | 3 |
[
"Animals are more intelligent than humans.",
"Humans are more intelligent than animals.",
"Animals are often compared with human inventions.",
"Humans are often inspired by animals."
] | Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage? | Not all sounds made by animals serve as language, and we have only to turn to that extraordinary discovery of echolocation in bats to see a case in which the voice plays a strictly practical role.
To get a full appreciation of what this means we must turn first to some recent human inventions. Everyoneknows that if he... | 1167.txt | 3 |
[
"It is certainly the world's most beautiful bridge.",
"It is far from San Francisco.",
"It is a feat neither architecturally nor engineeringly before 1960.",
"It was the world longest bridge."
] | What is TURE of the Golden Gate Bridge? | The orange towers of the Golden Gate Bridge-probably the most beautiful, certainly the most photographed bridge in the world-are visible from almost every point of elevation in San Francisco. The only cleft in Northern California's 600-mile continental wall, for years this mile-wide strait was considered unbridgeable. ... | 3967.txt | 3 |
[
"It is over a strait where no bridge could have been built before the 1930s.",
"It is the first massive bridge designed by Joseph Strauss.",
"It appears while in the thick white fogs.",
"It connects Marin Country with Northern California."
] | What do you know further about the Golden Gate Bridge? | The orange towers of the Golden Gate Bridge-probably the most beautiful, certainly the most photographed bridge in the world-are visible from almost every point of elevation in San Francisco. The only cleft in Northern California's 600-mile continental wall, for years this mile-wide strait was considered unbridgeable. ... | 3967.txt | 0 |
[
"interesting",
"fascinating",
"inviting",
"exciting"
] | Of the two exercises, the drive over the bridge is more _ . | The orange towers of the Golden Gate Bridge-probably the most beautiful, certainly the most photographed bridge in the world-are visible from almost every point of elevation in San Francisco. The only cleft in Northern California's 600-mile continental wall, for years this mile-wide strait was considered unbridgeable. ... | 3967.txt | 3 |
[
"they want to die quietly",
"they want to die quickly",
"they want to take a glance at the bridge's towers",
"they want to take a glance at San Francisco"
] | Those who attempt to suicide often jump from the midway point of the bridge probably because _ . | The orange towers of the Golden Gate Bridge-probably the most beautiful, certainly the most photographed bridge in the world-are visible from almost every point of elevation in San Francisco. The only cleft in Northern California's 600-mile continental wall, for years this mile-wide strait was considered unbridgeable. ... | 3967.txt | 3 |
[
"The World's Most Beautiful Bridge",
"The World's Most Photographed Bridge",
"The World's First Suspension Bridge",
"The Golden Gate Bridge"
] | What would be the best title for the text? | The orange towers of the Golden Gate Bridge-probably the most beautiful, certainly the most photographed bridge in the world-are visible from almost every point of elevation in San Francisco. The only cleft in Northern California's 600-mile continental wall, for years this mile-wide strait was considered unbridgeable. ... | 3967.txt | 3 |
[
"Consumers' complaints about the changes in the package size.",
"Expensive packaging for poor quality products.",
"A senator's discovery of the tricks in packaging.",
"The rise in the unit price for many products."
] | What started the public and Congressional concern about deceptive packaging rumpus? | It is said that the public and Congressional concern about deceptive packaging rumpus started because Senator Hart discovered that the boxes of cereals consumed by him, Mrs. Hart, and their children were becoming higher and narrower, with a decline of net weight from 12 to 10.5 ounces, without any reduction in price. T... | 2941.txt | 2 |
[
"improper",
"adequate",
"unexpected",
"excessive"
] | The word "undue" (Para. 2) means "________". | It is said that the public and Congressional concern about deceptive packaging rumpus started because Senator Hart discovered that the boxes of cereals consumed by him, Mrs. Hart, and their children were becoming higher and narrower, with a decline of net weight from 12 to 10.5 ounces, without any reduction in price. T... | 2941.txt | 3 |
[
"they hate to see any changes in things they are familiar with",
"they unit price for a product often rises as a result",
"they have to pay for the cost of changing package sizes",
"this entails an increase in the cost of packaging"
] | Consumers are concerned about the changes in the package size, mainly because ________. | It is said that the public and Congressional concern about deceptive packaging rumpus started because Senator Hart discovered that the boxes of cereals consumed by him, Mrs. Hart, and their children were becoming higher and narrower, with a decline of net weight from 12 to 10.5 ounces, without any reduction in price. T... | 2941.txt | 1 |
[
"meet the needs of consumers",
"suit all kinds of products",
"enhance the market position of products",
"introduce new products"
] | According to this passage, various types of packaging come into existence to ________. | It is said that the public and Congressional concern about deceptive packaging rumpus started because Senator Hart discovered that the boxes of cereals consumed by him, Mrs. Hart, and their children were becoming higher and narrower, with a decline of net weight from 12 to 10.5 ounces, without any reduction in price. T... | 2941.txt | 2 |
[
"dishonest packaging",
"inferior packaging",
"the changes in package size",
"exaggerated illustrations on packages"
] | The author is critical mainly of ________. | It is said that the public and Congressional concern about deceptive packaging rumpus started because Senator Hart discovered that the boxes of cereals consumed by him, Mrs. Hart, and their children were becoming higher and narrower, with a decline of net weight from 12 to 10.5 ounces, without any reduction in price. T... | 2941.txt | 0 |
[
"complaining customers are hard to satisfy",
"unsatisfied customers receive better service",
"Satisfied customers catch more attention",
"well-treated customers promote business"
] | We can learn from Paragraph 2 that _ . | In the more and more competitive service industry , it is no longer enough to promise customrr satisfaction. Today , customer "delighi" is what companies are trying to achieve in or order to keep and increase market share.
It is accepted in the marketing industry , and confirmed by a number of researches, that customer... | 2823.txt | 3 |
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