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[
"man hasn't completely developed the riches of the sea",
"technology for exploring the sea has been solved",
"planting rice in the sea will be made possible in a short time",
"in the near future man can live on the ocean floor"
] | It can be inferred from the passage that _ . | In the modern technological world the sea offers many resources to help mankind survive. (82)Resources on land are beginning to grow less. The sea, however, still offers hope to supply many of man's needs.
The riches of the sea yet to be developed by man's technology are impressive. Oil and gas explorations have existe... | 2219.txt | 0 |
[
"evaluate",
"develop",
"gather",
"scatter"
] | The word ―exploit‖ in the last paragraph could best be replaced by_. | In the modern technological world the sea offers many resources to help mankind survive. (82)Resources on land are beginning to grow less. The sea, however, still offers hope to supply many of man's needs.
The riches of the sea yet to be developed by man's technology are impressive. Oil and gas explorations have existe... | 2219.txt | 1 |
[
"visits to the Nixon's Library",
"the Chinese students' visit to the US",
"a meeting discussing relations between China and the US",
"activities to strengthen the ties between the Chinese and Americans students"
] | The words "Youth Summit" refer to _ . | "As I stood in front of the grave (）of President Richard Nixon, I was thinking about the time 25 year ago when this president helped bring the United States and China closer together."
This remark was made by a Shanghai student when speaking to his fellow student at the Nixon library in California, USA. He was one of 8... | 3580.txt | 3 |
[
"died",
"visited China",
"became US president",
"started building the library in his name"
] | The students from Shanghai thought about the time 25 years ago because it was when Nixon _ . | "As I stood in front of the grave (）of President Richard Nixon, I was thinking about the time 25 year ago when this president helped bring the United States and China closer together."
This remark was made by a Shanghai student when speaking to his fellow student at the Nixon library in California, USA. He was one of 8... | 3580.txt | 1 |
[
"the China-US relations",
"the Nixon Library",
"President Nixon",
"the Youth Summit"
] | The test is mainly about _ . | "As I stood in front of the grave (）of President Richard Nixon, I was thinking about the time 25 year ago when this president helped bring the United States and China closer together."
This remark was made by a Shanghai student when speaking to his fellow student at the Nixon library in California, USA. He was one of 8... | 3580.txt | 3 |
[
"was strengthened",
"was not affected",
"was altered",
"was weakened"
] | Laudenslager's experiment showed that the immune system of those rats who could turn off the electricity ________. | We sometimes think humans are uniquely vulnerable to anxiety, but stress seems to affect the immune defenses of lower animals too. In one experiment, for example, behavioral immunologist Mark Laudenslager, at the University of Denver, gave mild electric shocks to 24 rats. Half the animals could switch off the current ... | 3453.txt | 1 |
[
"try to control unpleasant stimuli",
"turn off the electricity",
"behave passively in controllable situations",
"become abnormally suspicious"
] | According to the passage, the experience of helplessness causes rats to ________. | We sometimes think humans are uniquely vulnerable to anxiety, but stress seems to affect the immune defenses of lower animals too. In one experiment, for example, behavioral immunologist Mark Laudenslager, at the University of Denver, gave mild electric shocks to 24 rats. Half the animals could switch off the current ... | 3453.txt | 2 |
[
"they disliked its taste",
"it affected their immune systems",
"it led to stomach pains",
"they associated it with stomachaches"
] | The reason why the mice in Ader's experiment avoided saccharin was that ________. | We sometimes think humans are uniquely vulnerable to anxiety, but stress seems to affect the immune defenses of lower animals too. In one experiment, for example, behavioral immunologist Mark Laudenslager, at the University of Denver, gave mild electric shocks to 24 rats. Half the animals could switch off the current ... | 3453.txt | 3 |
[
"they had been weakened psychologically by the saccharin",
"the sweetener was poisonous to them",
"their immune systems had been altered by the mind",
"they had taken too much sweetener during earlier conditioning"
] | The passage tells us that the most probable reason for the death of the mice in Ader's experiment was that ________. | We sometimes think humans are uniquely vulnerable to anxiety, but stress seems to affect the immune defenses of lower animals too. In one experiment, for example, behavioral immunologist Mark Laudenslager, at the University of Denver, gave mild electric shocks to 24 rats. Half the animals could switch off the current ... | 3453.txt | 2 |
[
"can be weakened by conditioning",
"can be suppressed by drug injections",
"can be affected by frequent doses of saccharin",
"can be altered by electric shocks"
] | It can be concluded from the passage that the immune systems of animals ________. | We sometimes think humans are uniquely vulnerable to anxiety, but stress seems to affect the immune defenses of lower animals too. In one experiment, for example, behavioral immunologist Mark Laudenslager, at the University of Denver, gave mild electric shocks to 24 rats. Half the animals could switch off the current ... | 3453.txt | 0 |
[
"computer monitoring.",
"work efficiency.",
"high productivity.",
"value on ethics."
] | What characterizes Singapore's advancement is its _ . | Computers monitor everything in Singapore from soil composition to location of manholes.At the airport, it took just 15 seconds for the computerized immigration system to scan and approve my passport.It takes only one minute to be checked into a public hospital.
By 1998, almost every household will be wired for interac... | 62.txt | 3 |
[
"almost as great as Churchill.",
"not as great as Churchill.",
"only second to Churchill in being a leader.",
"just as great as Churchill."
] | From Nixon's perspective, Lee is _ . | Computers monitor everything in Singapore from soil composition to location of manholes.At the airport, it took just 15 seconds for the computerized immigration system to scan and approve my passport.It takes only one minute to be checked into a public hospital.
By 1998, almost every household will be wired for interac... | 62.txt | 3 |
[
"become impatient.",
"failed to find the right position.",
"lost its foundation.",
"grown band-mannered."
] | In the last paragraph, "lost its bearings" may mean _ . | Computers monitor everything in Singapore from soil composition to location of manholes.At the airport, it took just 15 seconds for the computerized immigration system to scan and approve my passport.It takes only one minute to be checked into a public hospital.
By 1998, almost every household will be wired for interac... | 62.txt | 1 |
[
"You can hope for a very bright prospect.",
"You may be able to do anything needed.",
"You can choose any job as you like.",
"You will become an outstanding worker."
] | "You can be anything here"(Paragraph 5) may be paraphrased as _ . | Computers monitor everything in Singapore from soil composition to location of manholes.At the airport, it took just 15 seconds for the computerized immigration system to scan and approve my passport.It takes only one minute to be checked into a public hospital.
By 1998, almost every household will be wired for interac... | 62.txt | 0 |
[
"has been emphasized throughout the country.",
"has become an essential quality for citizens to aim at.",
"is brought forward by the government in order to compete with America.",
"is known as the basis for building the \"Intelligent Island.\""
] | In Singapore, the concept of efficiency _ . | Computers monitor everything in Singapore from soil composition to location of manholes.At the airport, it took just 15 seconds for the computerized immigration system to scan and approve my passport.It takes only one minute to be checked into a public hospital.
By 1998, almost every household will be wired for interac... | 62.txt | 1 |
[
"for a scientist to plagiarize in his paper",
"for a scientist to falsify data in his research",
"for Dr Hwang to claim his research result",
"for Science to publish Dr Hwan9's paper"
] | It is unforgivable_ .examda. | Well，he made it up.All of it，apparently.According to a report published on December 29th by Seoul National University in South Korea，its erstwhile employee Hwang W00-suk，who had tendered his resignation six days earlier，deliberately falsified his data in the paper on human embryonic stem cells that he and 24 colleagues... | 1214.txt | 1 |
[
"he had created 11 stem-cell lines genetically matched to specific patients",
"nine of the 11 colonies of human embryonic stem cells were false",
"all 11 stem-cell lines were tailored to specific patients,examda.",
"only 185 eggs were used to create the 11 stem-cell lines"
] | Dr Hwangs first fraud is his claim that_ | Well，he made it up.All of it，apparently.According to a report published on December 29th by Seoul National University in South Korea，its erstwhile employee Hwang W00-suk，who had tendered his resignation six days earlier，deliberately falsified his data in the paper on human embryonic stem cells that he and 24 colleagues... | 1214.txt | 0 |
[
"Stem cells could be used to treat various illnesses.",
"Stem cells might be able to fix spinal-cord injuries. examda.",
"Human embryonic stem-cell research has irrational expectations.",
"The expectations for human embryonic stem-cell research have been impaired."
] | Which of the following helps explain the serious impact of Dr Hwangs fraud? | Well，he made it up.All of it，apparently.According to a report published on December 29th by Seoul National University in South Korea，its erstwhile employee Hwang W00-suk，who had tendered his resignation six days earlier，deliberately falsified his data in the paper on human embryonic stem cells that he and 24 colleagues... | 1214.txt | 3 |
[
"his cloned dog examda.",
"his cloned human embryo",
"his using eggs donated by his colleagues",
"his extraction of stem cells from the cloned human embryo"
] | Dr Hwangs reputation suffers greatly partly owing t0_ | Well，he made it up.All of it，apparently.According to a report published on December 29th by Seoul National University in South Korea，its erstwhile employee Hwang W00-suk，who had tendered his resignation six days earlier，deliberately falsified his data in the paper on human embryonic stem cells that he and 24 colleagues... | 1214.txt | 2 |
[
"Dr Hwang Woo-suk and his research",
"South Korea cloning pioneer disgraced",
"plarism in scientific research",
"human embryonic stem-cell research"
] | The text is mainly about_ . | Well，he made it up.All of it，apparently.According to a report published on December 29th by Seoul National University in South Korea，its erstwhile employee Hwang W00-suk，who had tendered his resignation six days earlier，deliberately falsified his data in the paper on human embryonic stem cells that he and 24 colleagues... | 1214.txt | 1 |
[
"He got a baby brother",
"He got a Christmas gift",
"He became four years old",
"He received a doll"
] | what happened to the author on September 11 1958 ? | One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap.
On September 11th. 1958. Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying. "I promised you a gift, and here it is. " What an honor! I turned four a month earlier and none o... | 3740.txt | 0 |
[
"Excitement.",
"Happiness.",
"Sadness.",
"Disappointment."
] | Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming? | One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap.
On September 11th. 1958. Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying. "I promised you a gift, and here it is. " What an honor! I turned four a month earlier and none o... | 3740.txt | 2 |
[
"A sad Christmas day",
"Life with a lovely baby",
"A special Christmas gift.",
"Memories of a happy family"
] | What is the passage mainly about ? | One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap.
On September 11th. 1958. Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying. "I promised you a gift, and here it is. " What an honor! I turned four a month earlier and none o... | 3740.txt | 2 |
[
"the treatments should be paid for out of public funds.",
"the treatments are not so compulsory as they consume the limited public funds.",
"the treatments are not necessarily only paid for out of public funds.",
"the public is not obliged to pay for such treatments of no urgent nature."
] | According to the text, the public's opinion on the infertility treatments is that___ | Infertility is normally seen as a private matter. If a couple are infertile and wish theywere not, that is sad. But there is understandable resistance in many countries to the ideathat treatments intended to deal with this sadness-known collectively as assistedreproductive technologies, or ARTs-should be paid for out o... | 800.txt | 1 |
[
"ARTs have reversed the tendency of population decreasing in Denmark.",
"Danes's problem of low natural conception has been completely counterbalanced by the widely use of ARTs.",
"The population of Denmark is not decreasing after the adoption of ARTs.",
"IVF has played an essential role in Denmark in terms o... | According to the study conducted by Tina Jensen, which one of the following statements is true? | Infertility is normally seen as a private matter. If a couple are infertile and wish theywere not, that is sad. But there is understandable resistance in many countries to the ideathat treatments intended to deal with this sadness-known collectively as assistedreproductive technologies, or ARTs-should be paid for out o... | 800.txt | 3 |
[
"the cost of offering six cycles of IVF to couples is not high at all.",
"IVF treatment is an economical way of solving population shrinking.",
"Britain does not promote adopting IVF to boost the birth rate.",
"encouraging women to bear more babies by bonus is not so efficient to solve the problem of populati... | From the paper of Dr. Grant, it can be inferred that ______ | Infertility is normally seen as a private matter. If a couple are infertile and wish theywere not, that is sad. But there is understandable resistance in many countries to the ideathat treatments intended to deal with this sadness-known collectively as assistedreproductive technologies, or ARTs-should be paid for out o... | 800.txt | 0 |
[
"innate.",
"instinctive.",
"cerebral.",
"acquired."
] | The word "congenital" (Line 2, Paragraph 6) most probably means _____ | Infertility is normally seen as a private matter. If a couple are infertile and wish theywere not, that is sad. But there is understandable resistance in many countries to the ideathat treatments intended to deal with this sadness-known collectively as assistedreproductive technologies, or ARTs-should be paid for out o... | 800.txt | 0 |
[
"supportive.",
"opposing.",
"ambiguous.",
"objective."
] | According to the passage, the author's attitude towards promoting in-vitro fertilization can be said to be __ | Infertility is normally seen as a private matter. If a couple are infertile and wish theywere not, that is sad. But there is understandable resistance in many countries to the ideathat treatments intended to deal with this sadness-known collectively as assistedreproductive technologies, or ARTs-should be paid for out o... | 800.txt | 0 |
[
"the board's interference",
"the falling sales",
"the health problems of the chief executives",
"the constant change of its share price"
] | The main reason for the constant change at the top of McDonald is _ . | Another change at the top
CHARLIE BELL became chief executive of McDonald's in April. Within a month doctors told him that he had colorectal cancer. After stockmarket hours on Nove
mber 22nd, the fast-food firm said he had resigned; it would need a third boss in under a year. Yet when the market opened, its share price... | 1116.txt | 2 |
[
"the change of the chief executive",
"people's concern about junk food",
"dirty restaurant",
"indifferent service"
] | Which of the following was NOT a cause of the falling sales of McDonald? | Another change at the top
CHARLIE BELL became chief executive of McDonald's in April. Within a month doctors told him that he had colorectal cancer. After stockmarket hours on Nove
mber 22nd, the fast-food firm said he had resigned; it would need a third boss in under a year. Yet when the market opened, its share price... | 1116.txt | 0 |
[
"someone who has the same ideas, aims and style with a person",
"someone who has the unalienable right to receive the family title",
"someone who is appointed as a heir of a person",
"someone who is likely to take over a person's position when that person leaves"
] | The phrase ¡°heir apparent¡± (Line 7, Paragraph 2) in the article most probably means_ . | Another change at the top
CHARLIE BELL became chief executive of McDonald's in April. Within a month doctors told him that he had colorectal cancer. After stockmarket hours on Nove
mber 22nd, the fast-food firm said he had resigned; it would need a third boss in under a year. Yet when the market opened, its share price... | 1116.txt | 3 |
[
"has had to made rather hasty decisions",
"prefers to appoint a new boss from within",
"acts in a quick and unreasonable way",
"surprises all the people with its decisions"
] | In terms of succession at the top, McDonald_ . | Another change at the top
CHARLIE BELL became chief executive of McDonald's in April. Within a month doctors told him that he had colorectal cancer. After stockmarket hours on Nove
mber 22nd, the fast-food firm said he had resigned; it would need a third boss in under a year. Yet when the market opened, its share price... | 1116.txt | 1 |
[
"indifferent",
"doubtful",
"objective",
"praiseful"
] | Toward McDonald's reaction to emergencies at the top, the writer's attitude can be said to be_ . | Another change at the top
CHARLIE BELL became chief executive of McDonald's in April. Within a month doctors told him that he had colorectal cancer. After stockmarket hours on Nove
mber 22nd, the fast-food firm said he had resigned; it would need a third boss in under a year. Yet when the market opened, its share price... | 1116.txt | 3 |
[
"causing a lot of trouble",
"not as serious as it seems",
"felt only in America and Canada",
"what accounts for the high level of greenhouse gases"
] | According to the author， global warming is _ . | If you wanted to question whether global warming is indeed upon us， last week was not the time to do it. Two weeks before the official beginning of summer， a heat wave baked the eastern third of the U.S. and Canada， driving temperatures high into the 90s and even 100s. At the same time， a flurry of scientific papers wa... | 1079.txt | 0 |
[
"concerned",
"indifferent",
"worried",
"frightened"
] | Speaking of global warming， American public is _ . | If you wanted to question whether global warming is indeed upon us， last week was not the time to do it. Two weeks before the official beginning of summer， a heat wave baked the eastern third of the U.S. and Canada， driving temperatures high into the 90s and even 100s. At the same time， a flurry of scientific papers wa... | 1079.txt | 1 |
[
"their disbelief of the existence of such problem",
"the advertising campaign of industrial groups",
"the high cost of fixing the problem",
"American Senate‘s disapproval of Kyoto treaty"
] | The public‘s reaction to global warming is mainly a result of _ . | If you wanted to question whether global warming is indeed upon us， last week was not the time to do it. Two weeks before the official beginning of summer， a heat wave baked the eastern third of the U.S. and Canada， driving temperatures high into the 90s and even 100s. At the same time， a flurry of scientific papers wa... | 1079.txt | 1 |
[
"Environmentalists urge President Clinton administration to press the issue.",
"Kyoto treaty aims at curbing the global warming problem.",
"American government is partly responsible for the public‘s attitude toward global warming.",
"Industrial groups do not care about global warming."
] | Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? | If you wanted to question whether global warming is indeed upon us， last week was not the time to do it. Two weeks before the official beginning of summer， a heat wave baked the eastern third of the U.S. and Canada， driving temperatures high into the 90s and even 100s. At the same time， a flurry of scientific papers wa... | 1079.txt | 0 |
[
"environmentalists support the idea of solving global warming through pollution",
"the poor leadership of American President has produced a very bad influence",
"American economy will suffer if global warming is curbed",
"people have no confidence in solving problem of global warming"
] | It can be inferred from the passage that _ . | If you wanted to question whether global warming is indeed upon us， last week was not the time to do it. Two weeks before the official beginning of summer， a heat wave baked the eastern third of the U.S. and Canada， driving temperatures high into the 90s and even 100s. At the same time， a flurry of scientific papers wa... | 1079.txt | 1 |
[
"to outline different types of economic systems",
"to explain the science of economics",
"to argue that one economic system is better than the others",
"to compare barter and money-exchange markets"
] | The main purpose of the passage is _ . | There are various ways in which individual economic units can interact with one another. These basic ways may be described as the market system, the administered system, and the traditional system.
In a market system individual economic units are free to interact among each other in the marketplace. It is possible to b... | 911.txt | 0 |
[
"high quality",
"special",
"actual",
"exact"
] | In the second paragraph, the word "real" could best be replaced by _ . | There are various ways in which individual economic units can interact with one another. These basic ways may be described as the market system, the administered system, and the traditional system.
In a market system individual economic units are free to interact among each other in the marketplace. It is possible to b... | 911.txt | 2 |
[
"The author prefers the market system to either the administered system or the traditional system.",
"In an administered system only the government makes decision.",
"In a market economy services can be sold or bought.",
"The traditional system is good for a society which asks for little progress."
] | Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? | There are various ways in which individual economic units can interact with one another. These basic ways may be described as the market system, the administered system, and the traditional system.
In a market system individual economic units are free to interact among each other in the marketplace. It is possible to b... | 911.txt | 2 |
[
"rapid speed of transaction",
"misunderstanding",
"inflation",
"difficulties for traders"
] | According to the passage, a barter economy can lead to _ . | There are various ways in which individual economic units can interact with one another. These basic ways may be described as the market system, the administered system, and the traditional system.
In a market system individual economic units are free to interact among each other in the marketplace. It is possible to b... | 911.txt | 3 |
[
"Individual household.",
"Major corporations.",
"Small businesses.",
"The government."
] | According to the passage, who has the greatest degree of control in an administered system? | There are various ways in which individual economic units can interact with one another. These basic ways may be described as the market system, the administered system, and the traditional system.
In a market system individual economic units are free to interact among each other in the marketplace. It is possible to b... | 911.txt | 3 |
[
"The first sentence of the first paragraph.",
"The first sentence of the second paragraph.",
"The first sentence of the third paragraph.",
"The last sentence of the second paragraph."
] | Which sentence carried the main idea of the whole passage? | Today just as technology changed the face ofindustry, farms have undergone an "agriculturalrevolution". On the farm of today, machines providealmost all the power.
One of the most important benefits will be the farmcomputer. A few forward-looking farmers are alreadyusing computers to help them run their farms moreeffic... | 2386.txt | 0 |
[
"how much money they can earn from their products",
"whether to plant a certain kind of crop",
"what livestock to raise",
"when to sell their products"
] | according to the passage, computers can not help farmers decide _ . | Today just as technology changed the face ofindustry, farms have undergone an "agriculturalrevolution". On the farm of today, machines providealmost all the power.
One of the most important benefits will be the farmcomputer. A few forward-looking farmers are alreadyusing computers to help them run their farms moreeffic... | 2386.txt | 2 |
[
"Farmers in the future will depend totally on computers.",
"Both computers and robots have been in use on today's farms.",
"Farmers mainly use machines on their farms at present.",
"Students at agricultural colleges must take computer classes because they can do nothingwithout the help of computers on today's... | Which of the following statements is true? | Today just as technology changed the face ofindustry, farms have undergone an "agriculturalrevolution". On the farm of today, machines providealmost all the power.
One of the most important benefits will be the farmcomputer. A few forward-looking farmers are alreadyusing computers to help them run their farms moreeffic... | 2386.txt | 2 |
[
"all farm work",
"milking cows",
"most of the farm work",
"some farm work"
] | according to the engineers, _ will be done by robots in the near future. | Today just as technology changed the face ofindustry, farms have undergone an "agriculturalrevolution". On the farm of today, machines providealmost all the power.
One of the most important benefits will be the farmcomputer. A few forward-looking farmers are alreadyusing computers to help them run their farms moreeffic... | 2386.txt | 2 |
[
"Computer, Farmers' Best Friend",
"Farmers in The Future",
"The Agricultural Revolution",
"Computers and Robots"
] | What is the best title for the whole passage? | Today just as technology changed the face ofindustry, farms have undergone an "agriculturalrevolution". On the farm of today, machines providealmost all the power.
One of the most important benefits will be the farmcomputer. A few forward-looking farmers are alreadyusing computers to help them run their farms moreeffic... | 2386.txt | 2 |
[
"The Function of the Interpol.",
"The Quality of the Interpol.",
"The Organization of the Interpol.",
"The Rapid Development of the Interpol."
] | What is the best title for this passage? | The organization known to the world as Interpol has sometimes been described as an outfit of chisel-jawed gimlet-eyed crime fighters who put their lives in jeopardy every working hour.Less flatteringly, Interpol has also been described as a huge filing cabinet, stuffed with clerks choking on their own statistics.
As wi... | 256.txt | 2 |
[
"general to specific.",
"cause and effect.",
"comparison and contrast.",
"development."
] | The organization of this passage is _ . | The organization known to the world as Interpol has sometimes been described as an outfit of chisel-jawed gimlet-eyed crime fighters who put their lives in jeopardy every working hour.Less flatteringly, Interpol has also been described as a huge filing cabinet, stuffed with clerks choking on their own statistics.
As wi... | 256.txt | 0 |
[
"a lot of employees busying in their work.",
"many office workers busying with various documents.",
"crowded with office workers busying with their own collected data.",
"workers busying in their own information."
] | The sentence "stuffed with clerks choking on their own statistics" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _ . | The organization known to the world as Interpol has sometimes been described as an outfit of chisel-jawed gimlet-eyed crime fighters who put their lives in jeopardy every working hour.Less flatteringly, Interpol has also been described as a huge filing cabinet, stuffed with clerks choking on their own statistics.
As wi... | 256.txt | 2 |
[
"Satellite.",
"Radio.",
"Teleprinter.",
"Phototelegraphy."
] | Which is the easiest tool to communicate? | The organization known to the world as Interpol has sometimes been described as an outfit of chisel-jawed gimlet-eyed crime fighters who put their lives in jeopardy every working hour.Less flatteringly, Interpol has also been described as a huge filing cabinet, stuffed with clerks choking on their own statistics.
As wi... | 256.txt | 1 |
[
"posing a contrast",
"justifying an assumption",
"explaining a phenomenon",
"making a comparison"
] | In the opening paragraph, the author introduces his topic by | As the number of home-schooled kids soars, districts are trying novel ways to lure them back to the fold
Largely for "spiritual reasons," Nancy Manos started home-schooling her ch
ildren five years ago and has studiously avoided public schools ever since. Yet last week, she was enthusiastically enrolling her 8-year-old... | 1111.txt | 2 |
[
"I wanted to eat something.",
"I was angry and dissatisfied.",
"I was in favor of what the public school had done.",
"I wanted not to bring my children to that school."
] | The statement "That makes my teeth grit,''(Line 4, Paragraph 3) implies that | As the number of home-schooled kids soars, districts are trying novel ways to lure them back to the fold
Largely for "spiritual reasons," Nancy Manos started home-schooling her ch
ildren five years ago and has studiously avoided public schools ever since. Yet last week, she was enthusiastically enrolling her 8-year-old... | 1111.txt | 1 |
[
"it does not want to lose much money from the increasing home-schoolers.",
"home-schoolers have some difficulty in getting some particular knowledge.",
"home-schoolers are eager to have a taste of what a real school is like.",
"it has the responsibility to help the home-schoolers."
] | The public school system wants to offer home-school families something, because | As the number of home-schooled kids soars, districts are trying novel ways to lure them back to the fold
Largely for "spiritual reasons," Nancy Manos started home-schooling her ch
ildren five years ago and has studiously avoided public schools ever since. Yet last week, she was enthusiastically enrolling her 8-year-old... | 1111.txt | 0 |
[
"economics is greatly influenced by so many home-schoolers.",
"the number of the home-schoolers is steadily increasing.",
"it is a great loss for the public school system to have so many home-schoolers.",
"home-schooling has an incomparable advantage over the public school system."
] | The statistics in Paragraph two helps us draw a conclusion that | As the number of home-schooled kids soars, districts are trying novel ways to lure them back to the fold
Largely for "spiritual reasons," Nancy Manos started home-schooling her ch
ildren five years ago and has studiously avoided public schools ever since. Yet last week, she was enthusiastically enrolling her 8-year-old... | 1111.txt | 2 |
[
"The tuition the home schoolers have to pay for the public school is very high.",
"Public school system gains much profit from the home schoolers.",
"Home schoolers do not want to receive education at home any more.",
"Public school system tries to attract the home schoolers back to school."
] | What can we infer from the last paragraph? | As the number of home-schooled kids soars, districts are trying novel ways to lure them back to the fold
Largely for "spiritual reasons," Nancy Manos started home-schooling her ch
ildren five years ago and has studiously avoided public schools ever since. Yet last week, she was enthusiastically enrolling her 8-year-old... | 1111.txt | 1 |
[
"the use of seat belts was not compulsory for the majority of the population",
"a new law requiring the use of seat belts had just been passed",
"people had to choose between the use of seat belts or the use of air bags",
"almost fifty percent of the people involved in car accidents were saved by seat Belts"
... | Before 1989, in the United States ________. | Last summer, Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole announced a new rule: Unless states representing two-thirds of the country's population pass compulsory seat-belt-use laws by April 1989, all new vehicles will have to be fitted with air bags or automatic seat belts.
The rule wouldn't have been necessary but for one... | 2975.txt | 0 |
[
"held up in a traffic jam",
"confined in the car",
"caught in an accident",
"pulled into a car"
] | The word "trapped" (Para. 3, Line 3) means to be ________. | Last summer, Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole announced a new rule: Unless states representing two-thirds of the country's population pass compulsory seat-belt-use laws by April 1989, all new vehicles will have to be fitted with air bags or automatic seat belts.
The rule wouldn't have been necessary but for one... | 2975.txt | 1 |
[
"they don't think that it is comfortable to wear seat belts",
"they don't believe that an accident involving a terrible driver is highly probable",
"they believe that no danger is involved in just driving a few blocks",
"they think that few drivers are willing to wear seat belts"
] | One of the reasons why many drivers refuse to wear seat belts is because ________. | Last summer, Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole announced a new rule: Unless states representing two-thirds of the country's population pass compulsory seat-belt-use laws by April 1989, all new vehicles will have to be fitted with air bags or automatic seat belts.
The rule wouldn't have been necessary but for one... | 2975.txt | 2 |
[
"seat belts should be replaced by air bags",
"eighty-five percent of all drivers are likely to Break traffic rules",
"all drivers, whether good or bad, are liable to have an accident at one time or another",
"wearing seat belts will get drivers out of dangerous situations"
] | It can be inferred from the passage that ________. | Last summer, Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole announced a new rule: Unless states representing two-thirds of the country's population pass compulsory seat-belt-use laws by April 1989, all new vehicles will have to be fitted with air bags or automatic seat belts.
The rule wouldn't have been necessary but for one... | 2975.txt | 2 |
[
"to urge the government to pass the law sooner",
"to tell how dangerous car-driving can be",
"to criticise those who refuse to use seat belts",
"to prove the necessity of the new rule"
] | The purpose of the writer in writing this passage is ________. | Last summer, Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole announced a new rule: Unless states representing two-thirds of the country's population pass compulsory seat-belt-use laws by April 1989, all new vehicles will have to be fitted with air bags or automatic seat belts.
The rule wouldn't have been necessary but for one... | 2975.txt | 3 |
[
"is used both as a cultural and a physical object",
"serves different purposes equally well",
"is utilized by man",
"can be of use to both man and animal"
] | A spear or a robot has the quality of technology only when it ________. | To live in the United States today is to gain an appreciation for Dahrendorf's assertion that social change exists everywhere. Technology, the application of knowledge for practical ends, is a major source of social change.
Yet we would do well to remind ourselves that technology is a human creation; it docs not exist ... | 2713.txt | 2 |
[
"if not given close examination, technology could be used to destroy our world",
"technology is a human creation, so we are responsible for it",
"technology usually goes wrong, if not controlled by man",
"being a human creation, technology is liable to error"
] | The examples of the Challenger and Chernobyl cited by the author serve to show that ________. | To live in the United States today is to gain an appreciation for Dahrendorf's assertion that social change exists everywhere. Technology, the application of knowledge for practical ends, is a major source of social change.
Yet we would do well to remind ourselves that technology is a human creation; it docs not exist ... | 2713.txt | 1 |
[
"the computer has revolutionized the workings of the human mind",
"the computer can do the tasks that could only be done by people before",
"it has helped to switch to an information technology",
"it has a great potential impact on society"
] | According to the author, the introduction of the computer is a revolution mainly because ________. | To live in the United States today is to gain an appreciation for Dahrendorf's assertion that social change exists everywhere. Technology, the application of knowledge for practical ends, is a major source of social change.
Yet we would do well to remind ourselves that technology is a human creation; it docs not exist ... | 2713.txt | 3 |
[
"has a great impact on human life",
"has some characteristics of human nature",
"can replace some aspects of the human mind",
"does not exist in the natural world"
] | By using the phrase "the human quality of technology", the author refers to, the fact that technology ________. | To live in the United States today is to gain an appreciation for Dahrendorf's assertion that social change exists everywhere. Technology, the application of knowledge for practical ends, is a major source of social change.
Yet we would do well to remind ourselves that technology is a human creation; it docs not exist ... | 2713.txt | 3 |
[
"keen insight into the nature of technology",
"prejudiced criticism of the role of the industrial Revolution",
"cautious analysis of the replacement of the human mind by computers",
"exaggerated description of the negative consequences of technology"
] | The passage is based on the author's ________. | To live in the United States today is to gain an appreciation for Dahrendorf's assertion that social change exists everywhere. Technology, the application of knowledge for practical ends, is a major source of social change.
Yet we would do well to remind ourselves that technology is a human creation; it docs not exist ... | 2713.txt | 0 |
[
"How sediments were built up in oceans during the Cretaceous period",
"How petroleum was formed in the Mesozoic era",
"The impact of changes in oceanic animal and plant life in the Mesozoic era",
"The differences between plankton found in the present era and Cretaceous plankton"
] | What does the passage mainly discuss? | Perhaps one of the most dramatic and important changes that took place in the Mesozoic era occurred late in that era, among the small organisms that populate the uppermost, sunlit portion of the oceans - the plankton. The term "plankton" is a broad one, designating all of the small plants and animals that float about o... | 404.txt | 2 |
[
"in the early part of the Mesozoic era",
"in the middle part of the Mesozoic era",
"in the later part of the Mesozoic era",
"after the Mesozoic era"
] | The passage indicates that the Cretaceous period occurred | Perhaps one of the most dramatic and important changes that took place in the Mesozoic era occurred late in that era, among the small organisms that populate the uppermost, sunlit portion of the oceans - the plankton. The term "plankton" is a broad one, designating all of the small plants and animals that float about o... | 404.txt | 2 |
[
"the length of their lives",
"the level of the ocean at which they are found",
"their movement",
"their size"
] | The passage mentions all of the following aspects of plankton EXCEPT | Perhaps one of the most dramatic and important changes that took place in the Mesozoic era occurred late in that era, among the small organisms that populate the uppermost, sunlit portion of the oceans - the plankton. The term "plankton" is a broad one, designating all of the small plants and animals that float about o... | 404.txt | 0 |
[
"depended",
"matured",
"dissolved",
"collected"
] | The word "accumulated" in line 8 is closest in meaning to | Perhaps one of the most dramatic and important changes that took place in the Mesozoic era occurred late in that era, among the small organisms that populate the uppermost, sunlit portion of the oceans - the plankton. The term "plankton" is a broad one, designating all of the small plants and animals that float about o... | 404.txt | 3 |
[
"the depth of the water",
"the makeup of the sediment on the ocean floor",
"the decrease in petroleum-producing sediment",
"a decline in the quantity of calcareous ooze on the seafloor"
] | According to the passage , the most dramatic change to the oceans caused by plankton during the Cretaceous period concerned | Perhaps one of the most dramatic and important changes that took place in the Mesozoic era occurred late in that era, among the small organisms that populate the uppermost, sunlit portion of the oceans - the plankton. The term "plankton" is a broad one, designating all of the small plants and animals that float about o... | 404.txt | 1 |
[
"show where the plankton sediment first began to build up",
"provide an example of a plankton buildup that scientists cannot explain",
"provide an example of the buildup of plankton sediment",
"indicate the largest single plankton buildup on Earth"
] | The "white chalk cliffs of Dover" are mentioned in line 14 of the passage to | Perhaps one of the most dramatic and important changes that took place in the Mesozoic era occurred late in that era, among the small organisms that populate the uppermost, sunlit portion of the oceans - the plankton. The term "plankton" is a broad one, designating all of the small plants and animals that float about o... | 404.txt | 2 |
[
"fruitful",
"distinct",
"determined",
"energetic"
] | The word "prolific" in line 17 is closest in meaning to | Perhaps one of the most dramatic and important changes that took place in the Mesozoic era occurred late in that era, among the small organisms that populate the uppermost, sunlit portion of the oceans - the plankton. The term "plankton" is a broad one, designating all of the small plants and animals that float about o... | 404.txt | 0 |
[
"common",
"clear",
"perfect",
"immediate"
] | The word "ideal" in line 20 is closest in meaning to | Perhaps one of the most dramatic and important changes that took place in the Mesozoic era occurred late in that era, among the small organisms that populate the uppermost, sunlit portion of the oceans - the plankton. The term "plankton" is a broad one, designating all of the small plants and animals that float about o... | 404.txt | 2 |
[
"biological productivity",
"oil",
"organic material",
"petroleum"
] | The word "it" in line 22 refers to | Perhaps one of the most dramatic and important changes that took place in the Mesozoic era occurred late in that era, among the small organisms that populate the uppermost, sunlit portion of the oceans - the plankton. The term "plankton" is a broad one, designating all of the small plants and animals that float about o... | 404.txt | 2 |
[
"no one can be both creative and critical",
"they cannot be regarded as equally important",
"they are in constant conflict with each other",
"one cannot use them at the same time"
] | When the author says the creative mind and the critical mind "cannot work in parallel" (Line 4, Para. 1) in the writing process, he means _ . | I've been writing for most of my life. The book Writing Without Teachers introduced me to one distinction and one practice that has helped my writing processes tremendously. The distinction is between the creative mind and the critical mind. While you need to employ both to get to a finished result, they cannot work in... | 1501.txt | 3 |
[
"putting their ideas in raw form",
"attempting to edit as they write",
"ignoring grammatical soundness",
"trying to capture fleeting thoughts"
] | What prevents people from writing on is _ . | I've been writing for most of my life. The book Writing Without Teachers introduced me to one distinction and one practice that has helped my writing processes tremendously. The distinction is between the creative mind and the critical mind. While you need to employ both to get to a finished result, they cannot work in... | 1501.txt | 1 |
[
"To organize one's thoughts logically.",
"To choose an appropriate topic.",
"To get one's ideas down.",
"To collect raw materials."
] | What is the chief objective of the first stage of writing? | I've been writing for most of my life. The book Writing Without Teachers introduced me to one distinction and one practice that has helped my writing processes tremendously. The distinction is between the creative mind and the critical mind. While you need to employ both to get to a finished result, they cannot work in... | 1501.txt | 2 |
[
"it overstresses the role of the creative mind",
"it takes too much time to edit afterwards",
"it may bring about too much criticism",
"it does not help them to think clearly"
] | One common concern of writers about "free writing" is that _ . | I've been writing for most of my life. The book Writing Without Teachers introduced me to one distinction and one practice that has helped my writing processes tremendously. The distinction is between the creative mind and the critical mind. While you need to employ both to get to a finished result, they cannot work in... | 1501.txt | 1 |
[
"It refines his writing into better shape.",
"It helps him to come up with new ideas.",
"It saves the writing time available to him.",
"It allows him to sit on the side and observe."
] | In what way does the critical mind help the writer in the writing process? | I've been writing for most of my life. The book Writing Without Teachers introduced me to one distinction and one practice that has helped my writing processes tremendously. The distinction is between the creative mind and the critical mind. While you need to employ both to get to a finished result, they cannot work in... | 1501.txt | 0 |
[
"who are physically weak or crippled",
"who once lived in a prison-camp during the War",
"who live in big modern cities",
"who live only in metropolitan cities"
] | From what you have read, would you expect manners to improve among people ? | Manners nowadays in metropolitan cities like London are practically non-existent. It is nothing for a big, strong schoolboy to elbow an elderly woman aside in the dash for the last remaining seat on the tube or bus, much less stand up and offer his seat to her, as he ought. In fact, it is saddening to note that if a ma... | 1482.txt | 2 |
[
"Now that women have claimed equality, they no longer need to be treated differently from men.",
"It is generally considered old-fashioned for young men to give up their seats to young women.",
"\"Lady First\" should be universally practiced.",
"Special consideration ought to be shown them."
] | What is the writer's opinion concerning courteous manners towards women? | Manners nowadays in metropolitan cities like London are practically non-existent. It is nothing for a big, strong schoolboy to elbow an elderly woman aside in the dash for the last remaining seat on the tube or bus, much less stand up and offer his seat to her, as he ought. In fact, it is saddening to note that if a ma... | 1482.txt | 3 |
[
"people were more considerate towards each other",
"people were not so tired and irritable",
"women were treated with more courtesy",
"public transport could be improved"
] | According to the author communication between human beings would be smoother if . | Manners nowadays in metropolitan cities like London are practically non-existent. It is nothing for a big, strong schoolboy to elbow an elderly woman aside in the dash for the last remaining seat on the tube or bus, much less stand up and offer his seat to her, as he ought. In fact, it is saddening to note that if a ma... | 1482.txt | 0 |
[
"worsening of general situation",
"lowering of moral standards",
"declining of physical constitution",
"spreading of evil conduct"
] | What is the possible meaning of the word "deterioration" in the last paragraph? | Manners nowadays in metropolitan cities like London are practically non-existent. It is nothing for a big, strong schoolboy to elbow an elderly woman aside in the dash for the last remaining seat on the tube or bus, much less stand up and offer his seat to her, as he ought. In fact, it is saddening to note that if a ma... | 1482.txt | 1 |
[
"parents take good care of them both at home and in society",
"the whole society care for children as well as their parents",
"Schools and teachers pay much attention to the growth of children",
"Chinese people always give special attention to children who are in special need"
] | Children can grow healthily and happily as long as _ . | A senior United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF) official on May 29 praised China for its remarkable achievements in children's welfare.
A. H. M. Farook, UNICEF's operations area officer for China and Mongolia said that China "can be very satisfied to tell the whole world what can be done with limited resources to help ... | 2958.txt | 1 |
[
"1, 920, 000 yuan",
"2, 160, 000 yuan",
"Over 2, 400, 000 yuan",
"2, 200, 000 yuan or so"
] | Every year the Beijing Children's Welfare Home spends _ on the orphans | A senior United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF) official on May 29 praised China for its remarkable achievements in children's welfare.
A. H. M. Farook, UNICEF's operations area officer for China and Mongolia said that China "can be very satisfied to tell the whole world what can be done with limited resources to help ... | 2958.txt | 3 |
[
"reducing dropouts",
"helping homeless orphans",
"supporting the Chinese Team for the coming Atlanta Olympic Games",
"establishing 2, 074 Hope primary schools all over the country"
] | CYDF collected 700 million yuan with the purpose of _ . | A senior United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF) official on May 29 praised China for its remarkable achievements in children's welfare.
A. H. M. Farook, UNICEF's operations area officer for China and Mongolia said that China "can be very satisfied to tell the whole world what can be done with limited resources to help ... | 2958.txt | 0 |
[
"Every Chinese child has its own special need, so we should pay special attention to each.",
"All the children in the poverty-stricken regions of China are too poor to go to school.",
"Ever since liberation. the Chinese Communist Party has been concerned about the growth of the younger generation.",
"With th... | We can infer from the text that _ . | A senior United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF) official on May 29 praised China for its remarkable achievements in children's welfare.
A. H. M. Farook, UNICEF's operations area officer for China and Mongolia said that China "can be very satisfied to tell the whole world what can be done with limited resources to help ... | 2958.txt | 2 |
[
"1992",
"1996",
"1998",
"2000"
] | It is possible that this passage was written in _ . | A senior United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF) official on May 29 praised China for its remarkable achievements in children's welfare.
A. H. M. Farook, UNICEF's operations area officer for China and Mongolia said that China "can be very satisfied to tell the whole world what can be done with limited resources to help ... | 2958.txt | 1 |
[
"It sounds very attractive.",
"It will bring oil prices down.",
"It ensures national security.",
"It has long been everyone's dream."
] | What does the author say about energy independence for America? | Energy independence. It has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? If you think so, you're not alone, because energy independence has been the dream of American presidents for decades, and never more so than in the past few years, when the most recent oil price shock has been partly responsible for kicking off the great recess... | 2172.txt | 0 |
[
"They keep America's economy running healthily.",
"They prove to be a good alternative to petroleum.",
"They do not provide a sustainable energy supply.",
"They cause serious damage to the environment."
] | What does the author think of biofuels? | Energy independence. It has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? If you think so, you're not alone, because energy independence has been the dream of American presidents for decades, and never more so than in the past few years, when the most recent oil price shock has been partly responsible for kicking off the great recess... | 2172.txt | 3 |
[
"It wants to expand its storage of crude oil.",
"Its own oil reserves are quickly running out.",
"It wants to keep its own environment intact.",
"Its own oil production falls short of demand."
] | Why does America rely heavily on oil imports? | Energy independence. It has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? If you think so, you're not alone, because energy independence has been the dream of American presidents for decades, and never more so than in the past few years, when the most recent oil price shock has been partly responsible for kicking off the great recess... | 2172.txt | 2 |
[
"It proves profitable to both sides.",
"It makes for economic prosperity.",
"It improves economic efficiency.",
"It saves the cost of oil exploration."
] | What does the author say about oil trade? | Energy independence. It has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? If you think so, you're not alone, because energy independence has been the dream of American presidents for decades, and never more so than in the past few years, when the most recent oil price shock has been partly responsible for kicking off the great recess... | 2172.txt | 1 |
[
"To justify America's dependence on oil imports.",
"To arouse Americans' awareness of the energy crisis.",
"To stress the importance of energy conservation.",
"To explain the increase of international oil trade."
] | What is the author's purpose in writing the passage? | Energy independence. It has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? If you think so, you're not alone, because energy independence has been the dream of American presidents for decades, and never more so than in the past few years, when the most recent oil price shock has been partly responsible for kicking off the great recess... | 2172.txt | 0 |
[
"Colonial marriages.",
"The Puritan religion.",
"Colonial women's employment.",
"Education in the colonies."
] | What does the passage mainly discuss? | The status of women in colonial North America has been well studied and describe d and can be briefly summarized. Throughout the colonial period there was a mark ed shortage of women, which varied with the regions and was always greatest in t he frontier areas. This favorable ratio enhanced women's status and position ... | 14.txt | 2 |
[
"Puritan communities.",
"Seaports.",
"Frontier settlements.",
"Capital cities."
] | According to the passage, where in colonial North America were there the fewest women? | The status of women in colonial North America has been well studied and describe d and can be briefly summarized. Throughout the colonial period there was a mark ed shortage of women, which varied with the regions and was always greatest in t he frontier areas. This favorable ratio enhanced women's status and position ... | 14.txt | 2 |
[
"uneducated",
"hardworking",
"generous",
"wealthy"
] | It can be inferred from the passage that the Puritans were _ . | The status of women in colonial North America has been well studied and describe d and can be briefly summarized. Throughout the colonial period there was a mark ed shortage of women, which varied with the regions and was always greatest in t he frontier areas. This favorable ratio enhanced women's status and position ... | 14.txt | 1 |
[
"financially responsible for herself",
"returned to England",
"supported by her family",
"trained to be a nurse"
] | According to the passage, Puritans believed that an unmarried adult w oman should be _ . | The status of women in colonial North America has been well studied and describe d and can be briefly summarized. Throughout the colonial period there was a mark ed shortage of women, which varied with the regions and was always greatest in t he frontier areas. This favorable ratio enhanced women's status and position ... | 14.txt | 0 |
[
"They should adopt needy children.",
"They should assist in their husbands' trade or business.",
"They should work only within their own homes.",
"They should be apprenticed."
] | According to the passage, what did the Puritans expect from married women? | The status of women in colonial North America has been well studied and describe d and can be briefly summarized. Throughout the colonial period there was a mark ed shortage of women, which varied with the regions and was always greatest in t he frontier areas. This favorable ratio enhanced women's status and position ... | 14.txt | 1 |
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