Three Central Texas men were honored with the Texas Department of Public Safety's Director's Award in a Tuesday morning ceremony for their heroism in saving the victims of a fiery two car accident.
The accident occurred on March 25 when a vehicle lost control while traveling on a rain-soaked State Highway 6 near Baylor Camp Road. It ran into an oncoming vehicle, leaving the occupants trapped inside as both vehicles burst into flames.
Bonge was the first on the scene and heard children screaming. He broke through a back window and pulled Mallory Smith, 10, and her sister, Megan Smith,9,from the wreckage.
The girls' mother, Beckie Smith, was not with them at the time of the wreck, as they were traveling with their baby sitter, Lisa Bow bin.
Beckie Smith still remembers the sickening feeling she had up on receiving the call informing her of the wreck and the despair as she drove to the scene.
Bozeman and Clemmons arrived shortly after Bonge and helped rescue the other victims and attempted to put out the fires.
"I was nervous," Bozeman said." I don't feel like I'm a hero. I was just doing what anyone should do in that situation. I hope someone would do the same for me."
Everyone at the accident made it out alive, with the victims suffering from nonlife-threatening injuries. Mallory Smith broke both femurs, and Megan had neck and back injuries. Bowbin is still recovering from a broken pelvis, ankle and foot.
The rescuers also were taken to the hospital and treated for cuts and smoke breathing, Bonge said.
In addition, Bozeman not to meet accident victim Anthony Rus so in the hospital after the accident, where Russo presented him with a glass frame inscribed with" Thank you," Bozeman said. Those involved in that fateful encounter on Highway 6 credited God blessing for bringing them together.
"Whatever the circumstances, Tuesday's ceremony provided a time to be grateful for those who put their lives on the line for the lives of complete strangers," Beckie Smith said," We're calling it The Miracle on Highway 6."

Question: Which of the following can be used to describe Bozeman?

Choices:
- Kind.
- Modest.
- Excited.
- Smart.

Question: Who saved Megan Smith from the damaged car?

Choices:
- Clemmons.
- Anthony Russo.
- Bozeman.
- Bonge.

Question: What's the main idea of the passage?

Choices:
- Three persons were awarded for rescuing victims in a car accident.
- Three ordinary people were regarded as great heroes.
- Several victims were carried to safety from the burning cars.
- A car accident occurred on a rain-soaked State Highway 6.

Question: It can be inferred from what Beckie Smith said that   _  .

Choices:
- she regarded the accident as a wonder
- she was frightened by the serious accident
- she thought highly of the rescuers
- she called on others to learn from the rescuers

Question: Which of the following is true according to the passage?

Choices:
- Luckily, no one received too serious injuries in the accident.
- All the victims received slight injuries in the accident.
- The rescuers were taken to the hospital to visit the victims.
- The injured will soon recover from their injuries.


This girl is almost without shelter. She may not realize it, but she's more exposed to the world than she's ever likely to be again. And it isn't because she's a girl. It could be a boy. It could be you.
But why is she 'shelter less ? She s got a place to live in quite a pleasant place by the look of it and if shelter .
Doesn't' t mean a house, then what does it mean? When we say someone "lives a sheltered life" , we don't only mean that their house is comfortable. We mean that they're protected from too many worries and troubles, that they live in a settled home, probably surrounded by friends and family, and that they don't have to cope with the difficulties the world is full of alone.
Certainly no one would say that this girl was leading a sheltered life; she's leaving home to earn her living in a strange city and live by herself in a bed sitter. She may be just as well protected physically as a "sheltered life" person, but she's lost all the other shelters in her life--family, friends, the home she grew up in, school, the groups she belonged to. She s on her own now and unless she's very self-reliant , she's likely to feel unhappy and insecure at times.
A young person setting out on her own like this is between the two main kinds of shelter most of us spend our lives in. One is our parents home where we grow up, and the other is the home we make ourselves and where we bring up our own children. For most people the time they spend between or outside these two shelters is only a small part of their lives.

Question: It can be inferred from the passage that this girl   _  .

Choices:
- has nowhere to live
- will have problems because she's a girl
- is probably going to feel lonely
- wants to live in her home again

Question: When we say someone "lives a sheltered life", we mean they   _   .

Choices:
- live in the country
- have a comfortable house
- don t have any worries
- have a secure home life and don t have to face problems alone

Question: What would be best title for the passage?

Choices:
- Leaving Home
- Finding a House
- Living with the Family
- Making a Better Shelter


A 16-year-old South Dakota boy who became lost while hunting and spent 16 hours alone in the Black Hills National Forest says he was scared but still managed to make a survival plan.
Austin DuVall, of Rapid City, became lost on Nov.3 while hunting with his father. He ran after a deer, and soon found himself alone. "I ran after a deer, but I didn't get it," he said. "Then I was really lost."
He had only his hunting rifle  and the clothes he was wearing. He had no food or water and had nothing that could help him find his way to safety. "I knew that no one could hear me. I decided to just sleep and get up in the morning and find safety," he said.
Austin climbed up on a rock and slept through the night. Then he awoke and relied on skills he learned in a hunter safety course. He followed a stream to an occupied cabin. The couple there called his parents and cooked him a breakfast. " It's probably one meal I'll never forget for the rest of my life," he said.
After DuVall's disappearance, a lot of emergency officials and more than 100 volunteers went searching for him. "He wasn't sitting there waiting for someone to come and find him," said his father, Steve DuVall. "We didn't find him; he found himself."
Mike Kintigh, regional supervisor for the Game, Fish & Parks Department, said one or two hunters will go missing each year, but rarely for more than 24 hours. "We're a little bit unique in the Black Hills as it's hard to get lost for a very long time. That's because we've got so many roads here compared to the Rocky Mountains," Kintigh said. "You can certainly spend a very uncomfortable night in the woods like Austin did."

Question: After Austin realized he lost his way, he   _  .

Choices:
- was very nervous but excited
- cried aloud for help
- tried to find a safe place
- decided to sleep in the wild

Question: Who saved Austin according to his father?

Choices:
- The couple in the cabin.
- Emergency officials.
- Volunteers.
- Himself.

Question: From what Mike Kintigh said, we learn that   _  .

Choices:
- if someone gets lost in the Rocky Mountains, it is hard to find a way out
- too many people go missing in the Black Hills every year
- the rescue team is skillful enough to find the lost people in less than 24 hours
- people who are lost in the Black Hills have to spend a night in the woods


Dear Earthmen ,
I have enjoyed my stay on your interesting unusual planet. I think I understand the life on earth now and I would like to give you my impressions.
First of all you live in boxes. Every morning you leave your big boxes and get into smaller boxes on wheels. All these small boxes race around and around, and finally stop to rest. You then leave these boxes on wheels and go to very large tall boxes.
After testing all days you get back in your little boxes and return to your big boxes. There you sit and stare at tiny glowing boxes with moving pictures on the front.
Only one thing puzzles me. One day I went to a football game. A bunch of angry boys fought over a little round ball. Everyone yelled for them to stop but they kept on fighting. They were angry, I suppose, about being cooped up  in boxes all day.
Thank you earthmen for this chance to get to know you.
 Gratefully,
The man from the Mars

Question: The small boxes on wheels are  _  .

Choices:
- toys
- ears
- houses that can be moved
- boxes in which there are wheels

Question: The tiny glowing boxes with moving pictures on the front are  _  .

Choices:
- cameras
- cinema screens
- TV sets
- telescopes

Question: In the football game  _  .

Choices:
- the players were very angry because there was only one ball on the playground
- the man from the Mars thought the players were fighting
- the man from the Mars saw a fighting among the angry boys
- the players were very angry because everyone yelled at them

Question: The best title of this passage is  _  .

Choices:
- The Man from the Mars
- Something about Boxes
- A Letter from the Mars
- A Football Game

Question: The man from the Mars thinks  _  .

Choices:
- it interesting to experience a lot on our unusual planet
- there are so many boxes on the earth
- the tiny glowing boxes are moving pictures
- the angry boys are too foolish to fight over a little round ball


In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an intemational festival of music,dance and theatre in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.
At the same time, the "Fringe" appeared as a challenge to the official festival.Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947,in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform,and they did so in a public house disused for years.
Soon,groups of studentsfirstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge,Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.
Today the "Fringe",once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre,music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959,with only 19 theatre groups performing,some said it was getting too big.
A paid administrator was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than 1,25 million tickets were sold.

Question: Point was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at he beginning?

Choices:
- To bring Europe together again.
- To honor heroes of World War 11.
- To introduce young theatre groups.
- To attract great artists from Europe.

Question: Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to  Edinburgh in 1947?

Choices:
- They owned a public house there.
- They came to take up a challenge.
- They thought they were also famous.
- They wanted to take part in the festival.

Question: Who joined the "Fringe" after it appeared?

Choices:
- they owned a public house there
- University students.
- rusts from around the world.
- Performers of music and dance.

Question: We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival.

Choices:
- has become a non-official event
- has gone beyond an art festival
- gives shows all year round
- keeps growing rapidly


Growing up in Philadelphia, Lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was seven. His food-loving family had two kitchens, and he quickly learned what was the best way to bake his cakes. Lieberman improved his kitchen skills during a year abroad beforo college, learning from a cook in Italy and study local specialties in Gerrnany, Spain and France. At Yale,he was known for throwing dinner parties, single-handedly frying and baking while mixing drinks for dozens offriends. Just for fun, he and some friends decided to tape a show named Campus Cuisine about his cooking. Lieberman  was a real  college student showing his classmate how to do things like making drinks out of dining-hall fruit. That helped the show become very popular among the students. They would stop Lieberman after classes to ask for his advice on cooking. Tapes of the show were passed around,with which his name went beyond the school and finally to the Food Network.
Food Network producer Flay hopes the young cook will find a place on the
network television. He says Lieberman's charisma is key."Food T-V isn't about
food anymore." says Flay, " It's about your personality and finding a way to keep
people's eyeballs on your show."
But Lieberman isn't putting all his eggs in one basket. After taping the first season of the new show, Lieberman was back in his own small kitchen preparing
sandwiches. An airline company was looking for someone to come up with a tasteful,
inexpensive and easy-to-make menu to serve on its flight. Lieberman got the job.

Question: We can learn from the text that Lieberman's family  _  .

Choices:
- have relatives in Europe
- love cooking at home
- often hold parties
- own a restaurant

Question: The Food Network got to know Lieberman  _  .

Choices:
- at one of his parties
- from his teacher
- through his taped show
- on a television program

Question: What does the word"charisma" underline in the text refer to ?

Choices:
- A natural ability to attract others.
- A way to show one's achievement.
- Lieberman's after-class interest
- Lieberman's fine cooking skill

Question: Why did the airline company give Lieberman the job?

Choices:
- He could prepare meals in a small kitchen.
- He was famous for his shows on Food TV.
- He was good at using eggs to make sandwiches.
- He could cook cheap, delicious and simple meals.

Question: What can we learn about Lieberman from the text?

Choices:
- He is clever but lonely.
- He is friendly and active.
- He enioys traveling around.
- He often changes his menus.


As the train approached the seaside town where I was going to spend my holiday, I went into the corridor  to stretch  my legs.I stayed there for a short while,breathing in the fresh air and exchanging a few words with one of the passengers,whom I had met earlier on the station platform.
   When I turned to go back to my seat,I happened to glance into the compartment next to mine.Sitting there was a man who many years before had been my neighbor.He was a great talker, I remembered;it used to take hours to get away from him once he began talking.I was not at all sorry when he went to live in another part of London.We had not met since then,nor did I wish to meet him now, when my holiday was about to begin.
    Luckily at that moment he was much too busy talking to the man opposite him to have the chance to notice me.I slipped back into my compartment,took down my two suitcases and carried them to the far end of the corridor so as to be ready to get off the train as soon as it stopped.The moment the train came to a stop,I called a porter, who  _ carried my luggage out of the station and found a taxi for me.As I drove towards the small hotel on the other end of the town,I breathed a deep relief and felt happy that there was little chance that I should run into my boring ex-neighbor again.
    When I reached the hotel, I went straight to my room and rested there until it was time for dinner.Then I went to the lounge  and ordered a drink.I had hardly raised the glass to my lips when a too familiar voice greeted me.I had not escaped from my tiresome neighbor after all !

Question: The writer went into the corridor because   _  .

Choices:
- he wanted to take a rest
- he wanted to meet his friend
- he wanted to get off the train
- he wanted to have a walk

Question: Whom did the writer see in the compartment next to his?

Choices:
- One of his former neighbors.
- One of his old friends.
- One of his  s.
- One whom he wanted to see.

Question: "in no time" means_.

Choices:
- having no time
- very quickly
- in the near future
- sooner or later

Question: This story is about a man who_.

Choices:
- got off the train to avoid meeting an ex-neighbor.
- went with an ex-neighbor to spend holiday at the seaside*
- tried to get away from an ex-neighbor but did not succeed*
- was surprised to meet his ex--neighbor in a small hotel*


It is well known that Einstein was the father of the famous Theory of Relativity. But do you know it owes a great deal to Marits, Einstein's former wife?
In 1896, 17-year-old Einstein went to Zurich to study physics. There he met a girl from Hungary. They studied in the same class. The same interest brought the two together and the young man fell in love with Marits. In 1903, when Einstein was 24 years old, he married Marits, who was 4 years older than he.
After their marriage, Einstein devoted himself to the research of the great theory. To give her husband more help, Marits gave up her own work, and became a good wife and assistant. She tried her best to encourage him whenever possible and she was sure that her husband would succeed. They often discussed the theory while walking outside or sitting together in the room. They even discussed it in their letters when one of them was away from home.
In 1914, the Einstein moved to Berlin and settled there. At that time, Einstein's theory proved to be correct and he had become famous all over the world. Marits was very proud of him and his success. But it was not long before the First World War broke out. Marits as well as her two sons, who were all on holidays in Switzerland, couldn't come back to Berlin. The war not only stopped Einstein's work but broke up the warm, happy family. In 1919, Einstein and Marits had to get divorced.
Einstein himself, however, later said that Marits was really an outstanding woman.

Question: Einstein fell in love with Marits mainly because they   _  .

Choices:
- were in the same school
- wanted to do research together
- had the same interest
- came from different countries

Question: By the year of 1914, Einstein had   _  .

Choices:
- become famous all over the world
- been proud of his success
- suffered from the 1st World War
- lost touch with Marits

Question: Einstein and Marits got divorced because   _  .

Choices:
- they no longer loved each other
- the 1st World War broke out
- Marits went away with the children
- Einstein had become famous


Golf in the USA was until quite recently the hobby of old,middle class white men.Not any more.The fact that the class,age and race barriers that existed in the sport have finally been  broken down is due almost entirely to two people.Tiger Woods and Michelle Wie.
Tiger Woods was born in California in 1975 and is one of the greatest golfers of all time.His ethnic background is marvelously rich and varied.His father Earl was of mixed of black,Chinese and Native American ancestry and his mother Kultida,who was originally from Thailand,also had Chinese and Dutch forefathers.
Woods became a professional golfer in 1996 and,less than a year later,astonished the world easily winning the prestigious Masters Colf Tournament,an annual event which takes place at the Augusta Golf Club in Georgia,USA.At 21,he was the youngest golfer ever to win the tournament,but much more important,he was also the first Asian American to do it.
Woods'amazing achievement is put into perspective when you realize that until 1990,no non-white American had ever been allowed to join Augusta Golf Club.Even in 2000,it only had two black members.In fact,in 1977,Clifford Roberts,the chairman of the club and founder of the Masters Tournament,proclaimed:"As long as 1 am alive,golfers will be white and caddies
 will be black."Roberts died not long after making this racist remark...
Fortunately,his views were not shared by his successors and the dramatic appearance of Tiger Woods on the Golf scene radically changed attitudes to the sport and prompted a major surge of interest in the game among ethnic minorities end young people in the USA.
Michelle Wie,a Korean American born in 1989 whose mother was an amateur golf champion in Korea,will probably became the greatest woman golfer of all time.She's 1.85 meters tall and she can play a golf ball further than most men.Like Woods,she has transformed the world of golf,and wants to do so in even more dramatic ways.She has expressed her determination to play on the men's tournament circuit,not just the women's,and has already appeared in several professional men's tournaments.
Thanks to Woods and Wie,golf in America will never be the same again.

Question: What is the text about?

Choices:
- Tiger Woods'life in playing golf.
- The achievements of two golf players from ethnic minorities.
- Michelle Wie's determination.
- Playing golf in USA was once the hobby of old,middle class while men.

Question: Less than a year after turning professional.Tiger Woods

Choices:
- easily won a major golf tournament.
- nearly won a major golf tournament.
- joined the Augusta Golf Club.
- won a completely new golf tournament.

Question: Which of the following sentences is true?

Choices:
- Tiger Woods was of mixed black,Chinese,and Native America.
- Tiger Woods was not the first Asian American to win the Tournament.
- Tiger Woods'achievement was amazing because he was the youngest golfer.
- Tiger Woods'dramatic appearance on the golf scene had the attitude to this sport in USA changed.

Question: Michelle Wie's ambition is to_.

Choices:
- play like Woods.
- play in a dramatic way
- compete on equal terms with male golfers.
- hit the golf ball further than most men.


There is no doubt about it.The best way to learn new words is to do it unconsciously.I don't mean while you're unconscious.I mean while you are unconscious of the fact that it is sinking in.
That is how I learnt the 30,000 words in my vocabulary by living in an English-speaking world, mother tongue.I just pick them up.But some of _ may be misunderstood.Now, to misunderstand does not mean not to understand.To misunderstand is to understand but incorrectly.
The 5 % mislearnt of all the words we "know" will be the least frequently used words, as the more frequently used words are less likely to be mislearnt.Some of the misunderstandings may live with all our lives, without knowing that we got them wrong.
Many English teachers think that this natural method of learning words in one's own mother tongue can be used for a second language learning.They teach their students how to play the Guessing Game."There is no time to look up in your dictionaries all the new words you come across," they will say."You have to practise guessing what the word means from the context."
This method of guessing in a second language learning does not work.It may succeed in many cases, but results in hundreds or thousands of wrongly-guessed meanings of words.
And what's more, there are more separate meanings than there are words themselves.Our learners' dictionaries usually have many meanings.A good dictionary is what makes self-learning possible.
Don't guess! Look it up!

Question: It is certain that the best way to learn new words is   _  .

Choices:
- to learn them by oneself
- to learn by living in an English-speaking world and using them frequently
- to guess them from the context
- to get more separate meanings of each word

Question: Which of the following is most likely NOT true?

Choices:
- Some of the words the writer knows must have been misunderstood.
- Most of the 30,000 words the writer learned are frequently used ones.
- How many words the writer got wrong are not known.
- All the words the writer knows were learned by reading them.

Question: It can be inferred that   _  .

Choices:
- when somebody is conscious, he or she usually can't learn new words by heart
- we must use the words as often as possible in order to master them
- it's the best way to learn new words that one should only guess their meanings from the context
- only dictionaries can help us learn language well


If you had a strange sound in your ear, what would you do? One man in Wales who thought he had a fly in his ear called 999, the emergency services number in Britain. And so did a woman who was worried about her green potatoes. Could she make chips with them? Were they poisonous? She didn't hesitate about calling the local ambulance service to ask. According to a recent report, more than 31,000 non-urgent calls were made to the Welsh Ambulance Service in the last year.
Inappropriate calls are a headache for health professionals everywhere. In the US, prank calls to 911 happen on a daily basis. Many callers use apps which hide their identity. But those who try to be funny shouldn't be surprised if the police _ . One man from Colorado was arrested for making more than 1,200 prank calls, according to a report on the US television station KOAA--TV.
People who take these calls are trained to stay calm and keep a straight face, no matter how strange the call sounds. "There's no way for us to know whether the call is real, accidental or a prank call," said a public safety worker interviewed by the American TV channel.
The Head of Clinical Services at the Welsh Ambulance Service, Richard Lee, has a warning for prank callers. He says:" When people misuse the service it means our precious time is being taken away from someone who really does need our help." Indeed, these hotlines are supposed to help the seriously ill or those with a life-threatening injury. You never know, one day, the person who needs assistance could be you or someone in your family.

Question: How does the author introduce the topic of the text?

Choices:
- By giving examples.
- By telling a story.
- By listing figures.
- By making a comparison.

Question: According to the text, prank calls are usually  _  .

Choices:
- meant to be helpful
- dealt with in time
- thought highly of
- made to play tricks

Question: What does the author intend to suggest in the text?

Choices:
- Prank calls are usually easy to identify.
- Operators feel annoyed by strange callers.
- Prank calls may cause serious results.
- Prank callers should be punished by law.


Directions: Read the following passage. The passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

It may be open to discussion which city is the most beautiful in the world. But in terms of " the most livable", Melbourne has ranked top in a survey done by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in August. In fact, four cities Down Under are among the top ten most livable cities.
The climate in Australia is warm and mild, particularly in major coastal cities. As a result, people spend much time outdoors. They go to the beach, to the countryside, or play sports outdoors in fields.
Take Melbourne for example. The city features many open green spaces and beautiful long beaches. Melburnians
(people from Melbourne) have a strong love for sports. The city hosts the annual Australia Open,
the Formula One Grand Prix, cricket, rugby and homegrown football. It is also home to museums, art exhibitions and drama festivals.
The comfortable environment has encouraged many people to migrate  to the country and Australia is known for being very multicultural or its cultural diversity .
"We have tried to introduce a sense of belonging in Australia," said Chris Bowen, the Australian Minister for Immigration . "Multiculturalism is about inviting every individual member of society to be everything they can be ... to develop as individuals."
This could be the reason behind another Australia quality that Guardian reporter Stephen Brook has noticed: Australians do patriotism  much better than the Brits.
"I once witnessed two Australian viewers at a tennis tournament show more support for the Aussie player than the rest of the British arena," he wrote.
It is also an Australian tradition to stand up for the  _ . In the 2000 Olympic Games, the Sydney public watches an African swimmer who was barely able to swim 50 meters. Even though most people in the stands knew that even they could have swum better than him at that point, they cheered his every stroke  as if he were on his way to a good medal. During the 2003 Rugby World Cup, the level of support they showed for the Japanese team surprised viewers since Japan had little hope of winning.
"Australians don't need to be victorious in order to feel like a worthy person. When they cheer for the underdog, seeing other human beings having the courage to take on hardship, they get the emotional satisfaction they need," wrote a blogger on convictcreations.com, a website dedicated to Australian culture.

Question: What is the article mainly about?

Choices:
- Multiculturalism in Australia.
- Qualities that make Australia stand out as "the most livable" place in the world.
- The comfortable environment and lifestyle in Australia.
- The world's most livable city, Melbourne.

Question: What can be concluded from the article?

Choices:
- Melbourne is the most culturally diverse city in the world.
- The majority of Australians are fascinated with sports and art.
- The Australian government tries to make immigrants feel at home.
- Australians are considered to be the most patriotic in the world.

Question: With the example of the African swimmer, the author intends to show that Australians   _  .

Choices:
- are very good at swimming
- understand the feelings of the underdog
- are courageous in face of hardship
- understand that having fun and playing a game does not have to mean winning

Question: Which will be the best title for this passage?

Choices:
- Australia --- famous for its cultural diversity
- Australia --- home to sports
- Australia --- the most livable place in the world
- Australia --- fantastic natural environment


China has recently been faced with serious issues of product safety. In Panama, it is said that medicine made with a poisonous chemical sickened some people. A Chinese company had identified it as diethylamide glycol ( []), a low - cost substitute commonly used in automobile antifreeze .
Some countries have banned Chinese-made toothpaste containing diethylamide glycol. China has now told companies to discontinue its use, even though it says the toothpaste is safe. Another industrial chemical, melamine, was found in wheat flour used to make pet food in North America. Thousands of dogs and cats became sick.
The United States has restricted some imports of Chinese seafood because they contained banned substance. And questions have been raised about other products, including children's toys covered with lead paint.
Chinese officials promised to provide the European Union, the biggest trading partner, with detailed reports on enforcement efforts against unsafe goods.
Meglena Kuneva, commissioner   for consumer protection of the European Union said China should have kept its promise.
China recently closed three companies linked to the Panama and the pet food scare. And _ dismissed the former head of its food and drug administration. He was found guilty of corruption   for approving unsafe drugs. This week, a conference of the State Council approved a proposed special measure on the supervision of food safety. The Xinhua News Agency said it calls for stronger controls over producers, greater responsibilities for government and more serious punishment for illegal activities.
But Chinese officials have accused some foreign media of overstating problems with goods made in China. They say food imports from the United States also fail inspection sometimes. Next Week, American and Chinese food safety officials are planning to hold 5 days of meetings in Beijing to discuss cooperation.

Question: How many cases with safety problems are mentioned in the passage?

Choices:
- Six
- Five
- Four
- Three

Question: We can infer the followings except that   _  .

Choices:
- Chinese- made toothpaste is safe
- the safety of "made in China" is doubted
- there are safety problems with more Chinese products
- the Chinese government is to blame partly for the product safety problems.

Question: The passage is mainly about   _  .

Choices:
- China is facing product safety problems
- more controls are taken of Chinese goods
- overstated problems with Chinese goods
- China is losing its trade partners


A gentleman put an advertisement in a newspaper for a boy to work in his office. Out of the nearly fifty men who come to apply, the man selected one and dismissed the others.
"I should like to know," said a friend, "the reason you preferred that boy, who brought not a single letter--not a recommendation  ,"
"You are wrong" said the gentleman. He had a great man. He wiped his feet at the door and closed the door after him, indicating that he was careful. He gave his seat immediately to that old man, showing that he was kind and thoughtful. He took off his cap when he came in and answered my questions, showing that he was polite and gentlemanly.
" All the rest stepped over the book which I had purposely put on the floor." He picked it up and placed it on the table; and he waited quietly for his turn instead of pushing and crowding.
When I asked to him, I noticed his tidy clothing, his neatly brushed hair, and his clean fingernails. " Can't you see that these things are excellent recommendations? I consider them more significant than letters."

Question: A gentleman put an advertisement in a newspaper  _

Choices:
- in order to hire an office boy
- so as to dismiss the others
- in order to select one among the fifty applicants
- so as to select one and dismiss the others

Question: _   was the very person the gentleman preferred.

Choices:
- He who has a great many letters
- He who had no letters
- He who wiped his feet before entering the room
- he who was careful, kind , polite and thoughtful

Question: The gentleman dismissed the other boys because  _  .

Choices:
- they didn't pick up the book lying on the floor
- they pushed and crowded
- they were impolite
- all the above

Question: According to the passage, we know that the gentleman hired the boy  _  .

Choices:
- not by his letters but by his good manners
- by the relationship between them
- by the feelings
- by his letters


School education is very important and useful. Yet no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, he can not teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher's job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.
It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to learn some facts or a formula by heart. It is actually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula  in mathematics. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a maths problem. Great scientist, such as Einstein, Newton and Galileo, didn't get everything from school. But they were all so successful and invented so many things for men. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. They would ask many questions as they read and they did thousands of experiments.

Question: According to the passage, a good teacher should be one who is to  _  .

Choices:
- help his students to gain a good memory.
- train his students' ability to learn
- teach his students everything he knows
- have his students studying long hours

Question: If a student want to learn better, the most important thing for him to do is  _  .

Choices:
- to learn all the useful facts and formula by heart
- to do everything as his teacher have said in class
- to absorb   as much knowledge from his teacher as possible
- to think more while he is studying

Question: The main reason for the success of the great scientists is that  _  .

Choices:
- the teachers who had taught them were all experienced.
- they used to work and study without a moment's rest.
- they had received more schooling than other people
- they know how to study and worked hard

Question: What's the good advice the writer gives us?

Choices:
- We can learn better without teachers
- We should do more asking and thinking while studying
- We should pay enough attention to classroom
- Book knowledge is little use


There are a growing number of pet owners who feed their pets on raw, which means, "uncooked" meat and bones.  William Burk, a pet food specialist from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), believes that feeding raw meat to pets is against its goal of protecting the public from health dangers, and that raw meat and bones do not have all the required nutrition that a pet needs every day.
Recognizing how popular these foods are, the FDA has provided guidelines for producers of pet foods which contain uncooked meat for dogs, cats and other pets. The guidelines give rules to protect pet owners and pets from dangers about food safety and lack of nutrition.
Pet owners who feed raw meat and bones to their pets should deal with these products very carefully to protect themselves against possible dangers, says Burk.  Just as when you are preparing foods for human beings, use hot water and soap to wash your hands, containers, and surfaces that come into contact with the food. Don't put your hands near your mouth until you have washed them, and don't allow your pet to touch your face right after it has eaten raw meat.
"If pet owners choose to feed bones to their pets, they should watch their pets carefully when they are eating bones," Burk says. "If a pet eats a big piece of bone that won't pass through its digestive system , it is likely to kill the pet."

Question: The FDA has provided guidelines for producers of pet foods with raw meat because   _  .

Choices:
- pet safety is a serious problem
- most pets are lack of nutrition
- feeding pets on raw is popular
- the quality of pet foods is dropping

Question: Those who feed pets on raw should do some necessary cleaning when   _  .

Choices:
- preparing raw meat for pets
- touching the food containers
- taking their pets out for a walk
- preparing foods for human beings


There are a number of different ways to study a language, each of which has advantages and disadvantages. You may find a combination of these is a best choice for you.
If you can find a course in the language you want to learn in your country, this is quite a good way to study. A variety of courses are usually available, including part-time and full-time courses. If you look around, you can probably find a course that suits your needs.
The main advantage of such courses is that you'll have a teacher to provide you with instructions, support and with whom to practice your language. You will also be studying with others who are at more or less the same level and you can exchange ideas with them and help one another.
One choice is to study a language in a country where it's spoken. There are many schools teaching English, French, Spanish, Italian and German, but far fewer teaching other languages. The main advantage of studying abroad is that you are totally in the language, not just in class, but the rest of the time as well. As a result, you can make rapid progress.
The main disadvantage of studying abroad is the cost, not just of your course, but also of your food and travel. However, if you're a native speaker of English, you could get a job teaching English in a country where the language you want to learn is spoken.
Studying online is also a good choice. There are plenty to choose from a lot of languages. Many are free but there are some you have to pay for. Some of the paid ones provide support from teachers via email, chat programs, video conferencing, telephone or even face to face.

Question: Studying in your country has many advantages except that    _   .

Choices:
- there are many courses to choose from
- you can study with others of the same level
- all the courses are free of charge
- the teacher can offer you instructions and practice

Question: Compared with two other ways, the obvious disadvantage of studying abroad lies in its    _   .

Choices:
- various courses
- high cost
- studying time
- job chances

Question: The online courses    _   .

Choices:
- are all free of charge
- can't be found everywhere
- can be easily taken on the Internet
- are all supported by teachers

Question: What can we learn from this passage?    _

Choices:
- Studying abroad is the only good way to study English.
- All the online courses are very easy to study.
- If you study a language in your own country, you can study with more partners of the same level.
- You can get any job you like after studying abroad.


Boys' schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions and involve them in activities such as art, dance and music.
Far from the traditional image of a culture of aggressive masculinity ,the absence of girls gives boys the chance to develop without pressure to be consistent to a stereotype ,a US study says.
Boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their abilities to express their emotions,rather than feeling they had to obey to the"boy code"of hiding their emotions to be a"real man".
The findings of the study are against the received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls.
Tony Little,headmaster of Eton,warned that boys were being ignored by the British education system because it had become too focused on girls.He criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls.
The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when their female peers do better earlier in speaking and reading skills.
But in single-sex schools teachers can adjust lessons to boys'learning style,letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom,wrote the study's author, Abigail James of the University of Virginia.
Teachers could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with "boy-focused" approaches such as themes and characters that appeal to them.Because boys generally have sharper vision,learn best through touch, and are physically more active,they need to be given"hands-on"lessons where they are allowed to walk around."Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine and prefer the modem type in which violence and sexism are major themes,"James wrote.
Single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel they had to give in to a stereotype that men should be"masterful and in charge"in relationships."In mixed schools boys feel pressed to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means,"the study reported.

Question: The author believes that a single-sex school would  _  .

Choices:
- force boys to hide their emotions to be"real men"
- help to form masculine aggressiveness in boys
- encourage boys to express their emotions more freely
- naturally place emphasis on the traditional image of a man to boys

Question: It is commonly believed that in a mixed school boys  _  .

Choices:
- perform  ly better
- grow up more healthily
- behave more responsibly
- receive a better education

Question: What does Tony Little say about the British education system?

Choices:
- It fails more boys than girls academically.
- It focuses more on mixed school education.
- It fails to give boys the attention they need.
- It places more pressure on boys than on girls.

Question: According to Abigail James,one of the advantages of single-sex schools is  _  .

Choices:
- teaching can be adapted to suit the characteristics of boys
- boys can focus on their lessons without being absent-minded
- boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested in
- teaching can be designed to promote boys'team spirit

Question: Which of the following is the characteristic of boys according to Abigail James'report?

Choices:
- They enjoy being in charge.
- They act the same to stereotypes.
- They have sharper vision.
- They are violent and sexist.


Chances are that you've had to apologize plenty of times in your life. And there's a goodchance that you've also expressed the phrase, "I never meant to hurt you."
Stop doing that, says author Caroline Myss.
In a talk Myss - a spiritual researcher - took on the topic of forgiveness and healing, and explained in no uncertain terms why "I never meant to hurt you" is never a sufficient apology, no matter who it comes from.
"Picture that person coming up to you and saying, 'Wow, l'm sorry I did this, but, you know ,l never meant to hurt you. And, hey, can we just call it a day?"' Myss says.
Though it can make the two bur\ the hatchet and keep friendship, that type of apology won't sit well with the person on the receiving end. "That whole little thing -  'I never meant to hurt you' - that's the thing you can't forgive," she says. "It goes right to your soul, that toxic  (, )  , sick feeling."
Instead, Myss says it's important to approach the conversation differently. Basically, it's about offering more than an apology. It's about sharing a soul-to-soul confession    . "Let's redo the scene," Myss says. "The person comes up to you and says... 'I need to tell you something. Iconsciously knew what I was doing. I know I went against you. This is not an apology. 1 amconfessing my soul to you, and l'm asking now for your forgiveness."'
Even saying those words on stages makes Myss visibly emotional, and she points out that this is how deeply apologies within the soul are supposed to resonate     .
"That's what heals," she says.

Question: How should we apologize according to Myss?

Choices:
- We should confess our faults and ask for forgiveness.
- We should say sincerely "I never meant to hurt you".
- We can go into a deep conversation to argue with our friend.
- We are supposed to make up with the other by giving some gifts to him.

Question: What is the author's purpose of writing the passage?

Choices:
- To encourage people to apologize first.
- To tell people how to apologize sincerely.
- To introduce the topic of forgiveness and healing.
- To explain why people can't say "I never meant to hurt you".


Oliver Radtke believes Chinglish mistranslations may be fun, but are not to be made fun of. "My message on Chinglish is: It should be conserved  . It shouldn't be treated as a cheap joke for foreign tourists to laugh at but as a cultural treasure," said the 32-year-old multimedia designer, who frequently visited China for almost a decade before moving to Beijing in 2007.
"I'm trying to challenge the idea that there is only one type of standard English -- the English that's spoken in America or in the British Isles -- which is shortsighted, because Chinglish is already being used by millions of people to communicate with one another."
So, since 2005, he has collected more than 5,000 examples of "the wonderful results of an English dictionary meeting Chinese grammar" on his website www.chinglish.de and has published two books on the subject.
"The two books are unique in that they talk about the academic value of Chinglish, the creative combination of English and Chinese, and why we should keep it," Radtke said.
Patricia Schetelig, who works for the German Embassy in Beijing and regularly contributes to www.chinglish.de, said she appreciates Radtke's approach to Chinglish.
"What's important to me is that he's not making fun of the way things are translated," said she. "There are other websites doing similar things, but they're making fun of Chinglish or saying it shouldn't be done this way."
Part of his mission, Radtke said, is to conserve rapidly disappearing Chinglish examples.
He was disappointed while watching the government replace Chinglish signs with standard English ones in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics. "That was a sad day for me and a sad day for Chinglish," Radtke said.
But American David Tool, who has been closely involved in cleaning up Chinglish in Beijing since 2001, disagreed.
"Chinglish takes away from the aesthetic  , educational and cultural value we want these signs to provide," said Tool, "We get distracted when we're trying to explain something. It's not dealing with the issues with respect."

Question: Which of the following statements does Radtke agree with?

Choices:
- Chinglish will gradually disappear as years go by.
- Chinglish is invented to amuse foreign tourists.
- Chinglish will be treated as a cultural treasure.
- Chinglish is actually a variety of English.

Question: The two books are unique because it involves the following EXCEPT   _  .

Choices:
- the academic value of Chinglish
- the creativity of the Chinese people
- the meaning of keeping Chinglish
- the creative combination of English and Chinese

Question: It can be inferred that David Tool and Radtke   _  .

Choices:
- disagree on Chinglish signs
- have both lived in China for nine years
- once argued face to face about Chinglish
- both have much knowledge of Chinese culture


We produce 500 billion of plastic bags in a year worldwide and they are thrown away polluting oceans,  killing wildlife and getting dumped in landfills where they take up to 1000 years to decompose. Researchers have been unsuccessfully looking for a solution.
The 16-year old Canadian high school student, Daniel Burd, from Waterloo Collegiate Institute,
has discovered a way to make plastic bags degrade  in as few as 3 months, a finding that won him first prize at the Canada-Wide Science Fair, a $10 000 prize, a $20 000 scholarship, and a chance to revolutionize a major environmental issue.
Burd's strategy was simple: Since plastic does eventually degrade, it must be eaten by microorganisms  . If those microorganisms could be identified, we could put them to work eating the plastic much faster than under normal conditions.
With this goal in mind, he ground plastic bags into a powder and concocted  a solution of household chemicals, yeast  and tap water to encourage microbes growth. Then he added the plastic powder and let the microbes work their magic for 3 months. Finally, he tested the resulting bacterial culture on plastic bags, exposing one plastic sample to dead bacteria as a control. Sure enough, the plastic exposed to the live bacteria was 17% lighter than the control after six weeks.
The inputs are cheap: maintaining the required temperature takes little energy because microbes produce heat as they work, and the only outputs are water and tiny levels of carbon dioxide.
"Almost every week I have to do chores and when I open the closet door, I have piles of plastic bags falling on top of me. One day, I got tired of it and I wanted to know what other people are doing with these plastic bags. The answer: not much. So I decided to do something myself." said Daniel Burd.

Question: Daniel Burd won first prize at the Canada-Wide Science Fair because  _  .

Choices:
- he found a new kind of microorganism
- he contributed much to environmental protection
- he found a way to degrade plastics in shorter time
- he could encourage microbes growth in an easier way

Question: Daniel Burd exposed one plastic sample to dead bacteria to   _  .

Choices:
- make the live bacteria work better
- test how effective his method was
- know which bacteria worked faster
- control the temperature in the process

Question: Maintaining the required temperature takes little energy because   _  .

Choices:
- plastics can get hot easily
- microbes can produce heat themselves
- much carbon dioxide is produced
- the temperature can be controlled

Question: Daniel Burd got his idea from   _  .

Choices:
- his school textbook
- the failure of researchers
- his everyday work
- the practice of other people


Reading can be a social activity. Think of the people who belong to book groups. They choose books to read and then meet m discuss them. Now, the website BookCrossing.com rums the page on the traditional idea of a book group.
    Members go on the site and register books they own that they would like.sham.
BookCrossing provides an identifying numb" .stick inside the book. Then the person
'releases' the book by leaving it in a public place. The hope is that the book will have an adventure, traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it.
    Bruce Pederson is the chief executive of BookCrossing. He and his wife
Hearer started the site with Ron Hombaker in 2001. Mr. Pederson says, "One of the founding
principles was the two things that change your life: tha people you meet and the books you mad. BookCrossing combines both."
    Members leave books on park beaches and buses, in train stations and coffee shops
BookCmssem hope that whoever finds their book will go m the site and record where they
found it. People who find a book can also leave some renurks describing what they thought of it. E-mails are then sent to the BookCrossers to keep them updated. Pederson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping.book to gather dust on a shelf at home.He says."BookCrossing is a tool that allows you to uniquely identify your book and follow it on its journey. We all have this life-changing literature that we tend to keep on our shelf and BookCrossing encourages its members to read and release and out be 'shelf-ish'.
    The read and release idea of BookL1essing has spread.The site now has more than one
million members in more than 135 cwrntries.

Question: What should a member do first before releasing a book?

Choices:
- Register the back online.
- Leave the book in a coffee shop.
- Stick an identifying number on it.
- Remind~m read it.

Question: The passage is mast probably written to  _  .

Choices:
- attract more people to join BookCrossing
- encourage readers m surf the insurer
- introduce a new style of reading and sharing
- describe how BookCrossing was set up

Question: Which of the followings is the east probable place where a member leaves a book?

Choices:
- A bookshelf.
- A Mend's home
- A bas.
- A school bag.

Question: People who find a book from BookCrossing are expected to  _  .

Choices:
- send entails to the owner of the book
- make some comments on the book
- keep the book for himself after reading
- leave another book where the book was found


College is a fresh start, and a chance to make new friends. These friends may become your lifelong friends, or the person you want to spend the rest of your life with. Whether you are going to a nearby college or the university far away from home, you are likely to meet new people wherever you are. Here are some advice to help you make friends at college.
Clearly, your classmates are all possible friends! Get to class early on the first day, and if you get there early enough, you will be in the room, or waiting outside it, with one other person, or a small group. A good casual opener would be to ask if you're in the right classroom, then introduce yourself, and explain that you're new, and a _ . Do this at all of your classes, and you will have a group of friends that you can make study groups with, take notes for you when you're absent or sick.
If you live in a dormitory, your hall will most likely have many fun activities to take part in. Take advantage ofthem, and go to as many as you can. Knowing your friends living in the same hall will also come in convenience because they will be the ones hosting and inviting you to parties that you will be missing out. Joining as many organizations as possible will also help you make new friends quickly. Parties are there to help students form close relationship with each other. Doing a team sport is another great idea. The best part of joining an organization is that you'll find people who share your interests, and with whom you'll therefore have a lot to talk about.

Question: Getting to class early will   _  .

Choices:
- give you more information about the teacher
- let you concentrate more on your class
- give you a good chance to make friends
- leave a good impression on others

Question: According to the text, the friends you get to know in class may   _  .

Choices:
- share your interests
- invite you to parties
- help you to become a good player
- take notes for you

Question: Which piece of advice is NOT given by the author?

Choices:
- Make friends with your classmates.
- Take part in dorm activities.
- Do the same team sports as your classmates.
- Join as many organizations as possible.


On a small farm in Mexico, there are no schools. A bus is the school! The driver of the bus is the teacher! It is a school bus, but it doesn't take children to school. It just goes round from place to place, and sometimes it comes to this farm. The bus will stay here for three months. The farmers call it a school on wheels  .
Every time the bus comes, the farmers come running to it, shouting and laughing. They warmly welcome the school bus!
When the bus is on the farm, in the morning, the teacher teaches the small children. In the afternoon, the bigger children come to have their lessons because they must work in the morning. At night, the fathers and mothers come to school. They want to learn, too. How the farmers hope that some day they can have a real  school on their farm!

Question: .  . The driver of the bus is   _  .

Choices:
- the teacher
- the student
- the farmer
- the school

Question: .  The bus school will   _  .

Choices:
- take children to school
- stay there for lunch
- take the fathers and mothers to school
- go round from place to place

Question: .  . When the school bus comes, the farmers  are    _  .

Choices:
- sad
- angry
- be happy
- disappointed

Question: .  . Which one of the following is true?

Choices:
- A school bus is a real school for farmers' children.
- The bus school has no teacher at all.
- The bus school has no students.
- The children and their parents on the farm all come to the bus school to learn.


The Mysterious Universe
By Ellen Jackson and Nic Bishop
How did the universe begin? How big is it? What is dark matter? Cosmologist and expert supernova hunter Alex Filippenko hopes that supernovas can help us answer some of these questions. But first we've got to find them! Join Alex and his team as they go on the hunt with huge telescopes and banks of computers.
The Time and Space of Uncle Albert
By Russell Stannard
What would you say if your uncle asked you whether you would like to go into space? You'd say, "When do I leave?", just like the girl in this story. Gedanken is speeding across the universe trying to help her uncle answer some questions, such as "How big is space?" and "Where does gravity come from?" Along the way she also discovers how to get heavier without getting fat, how to live forever without knowing it, and the strange things that can happen when you go really fast.
George's Secret Key to the Universe
By Lucy Hawking and Stephen Hawking
When George chases his pet pig through a hole in the fence, little does he expect that he will soon be riding a comet around Saturn . But just as he discovers the joys of space exploration with the computer Cosmos, which can open doors anywhere in the universe, everything starts to go wrong. When George's lest-favorite teacher steals Cosmos and traps his friend's dad in a black hole, can George set things right in time?
A Child's Introduction to the Night Sky
By Michael Driscoll
With a telescope or without one, this book can get you started exploring planets, stars and even strange stuff like time, space, and black holes. The universe is a big place, but this book comes with a handy star finder that you can take out with you at night to help you find your way around the stars. Look up and discover the universe!

Question: According to the text, Alex Filippenko   _  .

Choices:
- invented huge telescopes
- is looking for supernovas
- doesn't need many computers
- knows a lot about dark matter

Question: What do we know about George's Secret Key to the Universe?

Choices:
- It is a sad story
- It is about a pet pig
- It is a co-authored book
- It is based on a real life story.

Question: Which book would you read if you want to know about gravity?

Choices:
- The Mysterious Universe
- The Time and Space of Uncle Albert
- George's Secret Key to the Universe
- A Child's Introduction to the Night Sky.

Question: What do the four books have in common?

Choices:
- They have the same topics?
- They are intended for adults.
- They have the same number of characters
- They leave many questions to the readers


Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it's painful ? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.
During the hours when you labour through your work you may say that you're "hot". That's true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak . For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening No one has discovered why this is so , but it leads to such familiar monologues  as : "Get up, John! You'll be late for work again !" The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and -energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.
You can't change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes . Maybe you're sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway . Counteract(/)your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to .If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won't change your cycle, but you'll get up steam and work better at your low point.
Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn and stretch . Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor . Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours.

Question: If you wants to work more efficiently at your how point in the morning, you should   _  .

Choices:
- change his energy cycle
- overcome his laziness
- get up earlier than usual
- go to bed earlier

Question: You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will   _  .

Choices:
- help to keep your energy for the day's work
- help you to control your temper early in the day
- enable you to concentrate on your routine work
- keep your energy cycle under control all day

Question: What's the best title of the passage?

Choices:
- Change Your Habits
- Save Your Energy
- Daily Energy Cycle
- Temperature- and-Energy Peak

Question: The text is probably taken from a   _  .

Choices:
- news report
- research paper
- medical textbook
- fashion journal


Bob was born in Cambridge.  When he was in elementary school, he asked his mother to take him to parks in their community so he could collect empty soda cans to recycle.  His mother agreed, as long as he saved part of the money he earned for college.
Bob's mother remembers Bob as the most determined of her seven kids.  Bob's persistence paid off.  On Friday, he will become the first person in his family, originally from El Salvador, to graduate from college.  And he's graduating with university honors.
For his honors thesis he researched unmanned solar-powered airplanes, which BYU students have been building and testing for about 10 years.  Bob's study helps discover the best way to fly a solar-powered airplane so that it uses the least amount of power.  The goal is to design and build an airplane that flies indefinitely.  Bob's thesis helps lay the foundation for this work.
"My parents were always diligent," Bob said.  "They often tell us hard work leads to success. " Bob's father taught him to read at the age of 3, and his mother is currently a student at Utah Valley University in a way to becoming a dentist.
Bob acknowledges he overcame some obstacles to get where he is.  For starters, English is his second language.  He also faced stereotypes .  Although Bob never doubted that he would be a college graduate, other people assumed he wouldn't because he didn't come from a family of high income.  There were other obstacles as well, but Bob viewed them all as opportunities.
Bob's mother says she feels very happy and proud that her son is about to graduate with honors, and remembers the sacrifices he's made to get there.  "He has worked very hard.  He started something, and now he has finished it," Cathy says.  "I have always told him, 'If this is your dream, then you can get it! Keep working hard and you can get it!'"

Question: From the passage we can know that Bob's honors thesis   _  .

Choices:
- makes his mother feel surprised
- helps to save the power of flying a solar-powered airplane
- is done with BYU students
- doubts the way of flying a solar-powered airplane

Question: According to the passage, Bob  _  .

Choices:
- researched unmanned solar-powered airplanes for 10 years
- paid for all his study by collecting empty soda cans
- worked hard and has graduated from college
- was affected by his family and has made some achievements

Question: People thought Bob couldn't graduate from college because  _  .

Choices:
- his parents had little money to support him
- his teacher didn't think he could graduate
- he didn't work hard on his study
- he didn't dare to face the obstacles for short of confidence

Question: It can be inferred that  _  .

Choices:
- Bob's mother is in a way to becoming a dentist
- Bob's mother works in their community
- Bon's father will graduate from Utah Valley University on Friday
- Bob's father learnt to read at the age of 3


He looked like a pirate.
With his handkerchief tied in a knot behind his little nine-year-old head, he looked like a pirate, a sad pirate. The first time little David came to our camp, he was hairless and worn out from medical treatments. He was also very angry.
Paul Newman's camp counselors ( ) were hoping to fill David's days with fun and laughter. But David stayed inside himself, wanting to be alone, or in a corner of the cabin. At this camp for children with life-threatening illnesses, we had seen some pretty tough children worn out by cancer recover full of energy despite their illness. But we saw little progress in David no matter what we tried with him. Five days into the eight-day session saw a quiet, sad little pirate.
 Then something happened on that fifth night. Something at camp that we would call "huge".
It was cabin night. That's the time when campers and counselors spend lime together in each individual cabin instead of an all-camp activity. Campers love cabin nights because there's always a bedtime snack. On the cabin table that night were bags of potato chips.
David slowly walked over to the table, leaving his comer to join the rest of us. He took one of the bags of the potato chips and started smashing  it with his little fists, as all the other campers looked on in disbelief, I wondered what the cabin counselor would do.
The college-age volunteer counselor positioned a bag of chips on die table in front of himself, and he, too, started smashing it with his fist. The campers went crazy as everyone ran to the table to get in on the fun of smashing potato chips with their fists.
Somehow everyone knew, everyone sensed, that anger within him was now being released.
For the last couple days of the session, David was a different kid. He was a little nine-year-old boy again, trying to fill the hours of each remaining day at camp with as much fun as could be possible.
Several days after the session, David came back again. This time, there wasn't anything he wouldn't try to fit in to his day. He sure was having a great time at camp. David asked me if I needed an altar boy when I celebrated Mass in the woods. Sure enough, he was my altar boy. I remembered how carefully he listened to me when I talked about death. 1 said it's only a doorway. You walk through the door and there's the Lord God and behind God a whole line of people waiting to hug you.
After Mass, he said to me, "Hey Fatha, a door, huh?"
A couple more days of fun passed and tonight was the talent show. The tradition is that campers and counselors dress up in costumes, and everyone gets a standing applause for singing and dancing or simply just acting like fools on stage.
 The show had begun: lights, camera, action.
Unfortunately, the only action taking place in our row of seats was little David making his way from counselor to counselor to say an early good-bye to camp. He had become quite ill and had to go to the hospital because of this new crisis.
When this little nine-year-old pirate stood in front of me, he gave me a hug and a big wet kiss on my cheek. 1 was crying. He was crying. A whole row of counselors was in tears. After the hug and kiss, he put his hands on my shoulders, and tears still in his eyes, said: "See you on the other side of the door, Fatha."

Question: The camp counselors failed to fill David's beginning days with fun and laughter, mainly because David  _  .

Choices:
- behaved like a pirate
- remained in a bad mood
- was left alone at the camp
- was teased by other campers

Question: Seeing David smashing the potato chips, the counselor did the same thing in response because he  _  .

Choices:
- would like David to eat more of them
- hoped all the other campers would join
- found it possible to help David release anger
- wanted to show that he was as angry as David

Question: What can we learn from this article?

Choices:
- The camp was intended for those talented in singing and dancing.
- The purpose of the camp was to give diseased children caring love.
- The camp was popular among the children who enjoyed their vacation here.
- Medical treatment could be provided to diseased children at the camp.

Question: Which of the following does NOT show the change in David?

Choices:
- David came back to the camp for a second session after the first ended.
- David had become quite ill and had to go to the hospital because of this new crisis.
- David made his way from counselor to counselor to say an early good-bye to camp.
- David stood in front of me and gave me a hug and a big wet kiss on my cheek.

Question: What do you think the theme of the story is?

Choices:
- Children with deadly diseases are usually difficult to get along with.
- People should have patience with children with life-threatening illnesses.
- People should tell children with life-threatening illnesses to care nothing about death.
- Love and proper guidance can help people look at something negative in a positive way.


Nothing is more frustrating than not being able to sleep, tossing and turning  . Your mind is racing, going over everything that happened that day. Night noises keep you awake. What can you do? Here are some things you can do to help you to fall asleep.
Sleep only when sleepy
This reduces the time you are awake in bed.
If you can't fall asleep within 20 minutes, get up and do something boring until you feel sleepy.
Don't expose yourself to bright light while you are up. The light tells your brain that it is time to wake up.
Don't take naps
This will ensure that you are tired at bedtime. If you just can't make it through the day without a nap, sleep less than one hour, and take a nap before 3 p.m.
Get up and go to bed at the same time every day
Even on weekends! When your sleep cycle has a regular rhythm, you will feel better.
Regular exercise can help you sleep well, but the time to do exercise is important. Exercising in the morning or early afternoon will not interfere   with sleep.
Have a snack before bedtime
If your stomach is too empty, that can interfere with sleep. However, if you eat a heavy meal before bedtime, that can interfere as well. Have a warm glass of milk.
Take a hot bath 90 minutes before bedtime
A hot bath will raise your body temperature, but it is the drop in body temperature that may make you feel sleepy.

Question: _   can help you fall asleep at night.

Choices:
- Reading an uninteresting story
- Thinking over what happened during the day
- Sitting quietly with the light on
- Taking some exercise

Question: Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

Choices:
- You should follow the routine even on weekends.
- Go to bed right after you take a hot bath.
- The time to take exercise is important.
- Don't take a long nap even though you are very sleepy.

Question: According to the passage, one had better not take naps   _  .

Choices:
- when they have many things to do
- before 3 p.m
- for over one hour
- when they are tired

Question: What can we infer from the passage?

Choices:
- A regular sleep cycle will make you feel better.
- Taking exercise now and then can help you sleep well.
- Have a little food when you feel very hungry before bedtime.
- The drop in your body temperature makes you feel sleepy.


For 52 years my father got up at 5:30 am every morning, went to work, and returned home at 5:30 pm. I never saw my father stayed home from work ill, nor did I ever see my father lay down to take a nap. He had no hobbies, other than taking care of his family. All he asked from me, his daughter, was to help him while he was repairing something, so we could have some time to talk.
For 22 years, after I left home for college, my father called me at 9:00 am every Sunday. Nine years ago when I bought my first house, my father, 67 years old, spent eight hours a day for three days painting my house. He would not allow me to pay someone to have it done. All he asked for was a glass of iced tea. Five years ago, at age 71, my father spent five hours putting together a swing set for my daughter.
On the morning of January 16, 1996, my sister telephoned me; my father was in the hospital with an aneurysm  in Florida. I got on an airplane immediately, and on the way I realized that I hadn't communicated with him as much as I'd always wanted to. I vowed  that when I arrived, I would have a long talk with him. I arrived in Florida at 1 am, only to find that my father, at the age of 76, had passed away at 9:12 pm. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or time to wait for me.

Question: The author wrote the article in order to   _  .

Choices:
- praise her father
- remember her father
- show her father loved her
- let her father be known


Sociable   people seem to gain extra rewards from their relationships by feeling less stressed, taking better care of themselves and having less risky lifestyles, they claim.
     A review of studies into the impact of relationships on health found that people had a 50% better survival rate if they belonged to a wider social group. Psychologist Holt-Lunstad's team reviewed 148 studies that observed the social activities and health of 308,849 people over an average of 7.5 years.
     From these they worked out how death rates varied depending on how sociable a person was. Being lonely and isolated was as bad for a person's health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day or being an alcoholic. It was as harmful as not exercising and twice as bad for the health as being very fat.
     Holt-Lunstad said friends and family can improve health in lots of ways, from help in tough times to finding meaning in life. "When someone is connected to a group and feels responsibility to other people, that sense of purpose and meaning translates to taking better care of themselves and taking fewer risks."
     Holt-Lunstad said there was no clear figure on how many relationships are enough to improve a person's health, but people fared better when they rarely felt lonely and were close to a group of friends, had good family contact and had someone they could rely on and confide in.

Question: According to the text, which of the following is NOT a benefit of being sociable people?

Choices:
- Getting better in the state of heath.
- Losing weight more easily.
- Taking better care of themselves.
- Having more safe lifestyles.

Question: Psychologist Holt-Lunstad says that   _  .

Choices:
- the studies were based on the work life of 308,849 people
- he knows how death rates changes as how sociable a person is
- being lonely can't do too much harm to one's health
- two kinds of relationships are needed to improve one's health

Question: People who have lots of friends tend to take fewer risks, mainly because   _  .

Choices:
- their friends often ask them to do so
- they want to stay with their friends
- they feel they're responsible to do so
- their friends don't do so either

Question: What's the text mainly about?

Choices:
- The benefits people can get from having many friends.
- A review of 148 studies on the influence of relationships on health.
- The ways friends and family can improve health.
- The influence of relationships on people's health.


Discover Artistic Talents across the Country
Redtory, Guangzhou
Redtory, established in 2009, is a spacious art district often referred to as Guangzhou's 798. Made up of more than 30 old halls, mostly buildings of red brick, the place was originally built in 1956 as Chinese largest can factory. Some of the rusty machines from the old factory have been kept as art equipment, giving the zone an old charm.
Where: No. 128 Yuancun Siheng Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou
Opening hours: Mon-Sun 10:30 am-9 pm
Tank Loft, Chongqing
This 12,000-square-meter art center was established on the site of a used military tank warehouse . It is the largest contemporary art base in western China, featuring modern exhibition, galleries, design studios and art bookstores. The art zone is located on the campus of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and was created by the school in the early 2000s.
Where: No. 108 Huangjueping Center Street, Jiulongpo District, Chongqing
Opening hours: 9 am-5 pm(closed Mondays)
M50, Shanghai
M50, also known as 50 Moganshan Road, is the center of Shanghai's contemporary art scene, with more than 100 artists whose studios are open to the public. This district, on the bank of Suzhou Creek, was previously a textile factory until it seized production in 1999. Xue Song, a Shanghai artist, was the first to establish a studio there in 2002.
Where: No. 50 Moganshan Road, Pudong District, Shanghai
Opening hours: 10 am-5 pm(closed Mondays)
798 Art Zone, Beijing
Attracted by ordered designing, convenient traffic and unique style of Bauhaus architecture, art organizations and artists have crowded in the vacant plants and transformed them since 2001, gradually forming a district gathered galleries, art studios, cultural companies, fashion shops etc. As the earliest area where the organizations and artists moved in located in the original area of 798 factory, this place was named as Beijing 798 Art Zone.
Where: No. 4 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Opening hours: 10 am-6 pm

Question: If you are going to visit an art zone at 7pm, which one can you go to?

Choices:
- Redtory, Guangzhou.
- Tank Loft, Chongqing.
- M50, Shanghai.
- 798 Art Zone, Beijing.

Question: Tank Loft, Chongqing is quite different from the others in  _  .

Choices:
- size
- site
- feature
- weather

Question: Which of the following was built first?

Choices:
- Redtory, Guangzhou.
- Tank Loft, Chongqing.
- M50, Shanghai.
- 798 Art Zone, Beijing.


As many people hit middle age, they often start to notice that their memory and mental attention are not what they used to be. We suddenly can't remember where we put the keys just a moment ago, or an old friend's name, or the name of an old band we used to love. It happens to most of us, but is it unavoidable?
Scientists are increasingly showing that there's actually a lot that can be done. It turns that the brain needs exercise in much the same way as our muscles do, and the right mental workouts can improve our basic cognitive  functions.
Now, a new San Francisco Web-based company has taken it a step further and developed the first "brain training program" designed to actually help people improve and regain their mental sharpness. Called Lumosity, it was designed by some of the leading experts from Stanford University. Lumosity is far more than an online place to exercise your mental skills. That's because they have combined these exercises with a Web-based program that allows you to systematically improve your memory and attention skills.
Apparently it works. One study showed students improved their scores on math tests by 34 percent after using Lumosity for six weeks, greater gains than those made by other students in the same class, who were not training with the Lumosity program. The company says its users have reported clearer and quicker thinking, improved memory for names, numbers, directions, increased alertness  and awareness, high mood, and better concentration at work or while driving.

Question: What is the purpose of Lumosity?

Choices:
- To exercise the brain and muscles.
- To combine exercises with a web-based program.
- To improve basic cognitive functions.
- To improve students' scores on test.

Question: Which of the following is true?

Choices:
- Memory losing is unavoidable.
- Lumosity is unreasonable.
- Muscles don't need exercise.
- Brains need exercise.

Question: The author explains the training results by  _

Choices:
- making a comparison.
- presenting training findings.
- analyzing facts.
- setting down rules.


Worn by the rich and famous around the world and now a $799.04 million-a-year enterprise , Ugg boots have come a long way since their 1973 creation--designed to keep surfers' feet warm in cold Australian conditions.
Twenty-eight years after selling the rights to his woollen-lined creation, Aussie Ugg boot inventor Shane Stedman says he has no regrets though missing out on a great footwear fortune .
A lifelong surfer, Mr. Stedman, now 69, who lives at beachside Mona Vale in Sydney, said his invention grew from need. "The sea is bloody cold in the Aussie winter...I used to wear football jerseys  to keep them (feet) warm", Mr. Stedman said.
But his sheepskin invention soon solved the problem and Mr. Stedman went on to spend a decade selling the sturdy  boots, until 1983 when he sold the rights to US company Deckers, for PS10,000 plus three pairs of Ugg boots each year for the rest of his life.
"If I had wanted to make my Uggs the number one band, I'd have to move to the US and that's just not me," Mr. Stedman said. "I'll never give up Sydney and surfing. It's my life. So I was happy to let go."

Question: The text mainly tells us that   _  .

Choices:
- Ugg inventor is unwilling to sell his rights
- Ugg inventor is happy to trade dollars for surfing
- Ugg boots were made of special materials
- Ugg boots were invented specially to surfers

Question: Ugg boots were invented by   _  .

Choices:
- Mona Vale.
- Stedman.
- Deckers.
- An American surfer.

Question: The Ugg inventor sold the rights to the Ugg boots to   _  .

Choices:
- make more money
- pay off his debts
- keep his hobby of surfing
- help improve the US company

Question: From the text we know that Ugg boots are mostly made of the skin of   _  .

Choices:
- wolves
- sheep
- pigs
- cows

Question: When Mr. Stedman said, "...I was happy to let go. ", he meant he was happy to   _  .

Choices:
- go to the USA
- give up his boots company
- go surfing in Sydney
- buy an American company


They can be seen more frequently than ever before on college campuses, wearing thick-rimmed glasses while listening to indie  music. One might find them playing unusual musical instruments, shopping at second-hand stores or expressing themselves in other unique ways. They call themselves hipsters. Being "hip" used to mean following the latest fashion. But gradually the word has evolved into a synonym for "cool".
Hipsters value independent thinking, progressive politics, an appreciation of creativity and intelligence. Hipsters take pains and pride in not being mainstream. However, their culture has become quite trendy. This irony is central to their culture and offers an interesting paradox.
"I do take things in the mainstream with a grain of salt," says Ben Polson, a college student at Brown University in the US. Polson describes himself as a hipster and says he often questions what determines popularity, especially regarding music.When lesser-known bands become popular they often lose their former fan base in exchange for a new one. There is a famous hipster saying that goes: I used to like that band before it got popular.
According to Polson, bands' music changes when they go mainstream. They become "less experimental, doing things just to save popularity and fans. The original elements that we were drawn to slowly _ for the sake of popularity."
Many young adults have started to view hipsters' outlook as cool and are adopting their counterculture mindset  themselves. This has led to specialized brands, stores and music for the hipster position. Ironically, some such stores, including clothing labels Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, have gained mainstream popularity. This has seemingly diluted  the anti-mainstream culture.
"A lot of people that are self-defined hipsters aren't really hipsters, they're just trying to conform to the non-conformist  to seem cooler," says Amanda Leopold, a college student from Oberlin College, US. Although Leopold has many unconventional tastes and seems quite individualist, she refuses to classify herself as a hipster.
There is a conflict among hipsters about the very definition of the label. To some, to be a hipster is to be free from cultural constraints. To others, it means wearing a certain style and listening to a specific style of music. The former constantly strives for uniqueness, while the latter strives not to be mainstream.
And yet, the movement is gaining mainstream popularity. "It's kind of the trend these days; _ " says Leopold. "There have been hipsters since the seventies. It's only become popular recently."
Hipsters reject materialism and laugh at mainstream culture. But are they really beyond material comforts? Do they have any ideas of their own if they despise mainstream so much?
Christy Wampole, an associate professor of literature at Princeton University, US, is not so sure. She says the hipster is a contradiction in himself and an easy target of mockery . Writing in The New York Times, Wampole paints a less appreciative picture of a typical hipster.
"The hipster is a scholar of social forms, a student of cool. He studies continuously, searching for what has yet to be found by the mainstream. He is a walking citation ; his clothes refer to much more than themselves. He tries to negotiate the age-old problem of individuality, not with concepts, but with material things."

Question: From the passage we can know that hipsters are   _  .

Choices:
- a group of people who are self-denied
- a group of students who are good at musical instruments
- people who follow the latest trends and fashions
- people who pay no attention to material things

Question: Leopold refuses to classify herself as a hipster because  _  .

Choices:
- she doesn't like her own unconventional tastes
- there are too many specialized brands, stores and music for the hipster position
- she thinks that a lot of people that are self-defined hipsters aren't really hipsters
- the hipsters' culture has become quite trendy

Question: When Leopold said "It's kind of the trend these days; everyone wants to be hip so no one's hip", we can see that she felt a bit   _  .

Choices:
- happy
- disappointed
- excited
- content

Question: The passage mainly tells us   _  .

Choices:
- the difficult situation of hipsters
- the trend of fashion
- the changes of the society
- the culture of hipsters


It should be very clear that we live in a most spectacular time. It's a time when information is of primary importance. It's a time when new information technologies are fundamentally transforming the world in every aspect. Among the changes, which have come upon modern society, the ones in education are probably the most obvious and influential. New information technologies are accelerating changes in education, at the same time presenting revolutionary tools with the potential to make education more efficient and more effective than ever.
The application of new information technologies has remarkably promoted the process of education. Online learning is probably the best case in point. As is often the case with "technology", online learning may appear to be horrible; it can sound like alphabet soup sometimes. Now let's see whether you can understand all this. You can participate in CBT at a CLC via the convenience of IDL. What does it all mean? Let me translate: GBT--Computer-Based Training; CLC--Computer Learning Center; IDL--Interactive Distance Learning. Sound complicated? Not really. Online learning is much less complicated than it seems. Students can learn at any time, anywhere, at any speed. They can make their own learning schedules and follow their own paths to suit their lifestyles. In my university, every semester there're several online courses available, which need no class meetings or paper materials. The only thing I have to do is just to get online regularly as I wish, and download necessary learning materials. Then everything I need to know about the course is only a click away.
But online learning is not perfect; it's like the microwave oven: it does some things better, but it is not a complete replacement for the traditional model. The traditional classroom model for education and learning is hard to leave behind. Because humans are social creatures, there're times when we need to see each other face-to-face for interactive learning. A social and personal connection often builds effective teams, solves problems, and inspires confidence. So one possible solution is to combine online learning with the old traditional classroom learning , which not only makes the learning process faster and cheaper, but also highlights the interactions between teachers and students.
The bottom line: the Internet is the most important educational tool in the information age and online learning will become a main part of every individual's learning experience in the future. That's exactly how we will move knowledge from the ones who have it to the ones who need it faster and cheaper, and that's how we're going to survive in the information age.

Question: The most suitable title for the passage should be "  _  ."

Choices:
- Education in the information age
- Advantages and disadvantages of online learning
- Online learning vs classroom learning
- How to survive in the information age

Question: Which of the following descriptions about online learning is NOT true according to the passage?

Choices:
- It is more efficient and effective.
- It is convenient to both teachers and students.
- It stresses interactions between teachers and students.
- It is a cheaper way of learning.

Question: It can be inferred from the passage that  _  .

Choices:
- not all the people are in favor of online learning
- it is not easy to combine online learning with classroom learning
- in the future all the courses will be available online
- in a sense our survival in the world depends on online learning


Shopping in the United States changes a lot.About ninety years ago most people shopped in small stores that were owned by one person or a family.Women went from the bakery to the butcher's to the grocer and on to the fruit and vegetable seller in order to get their food for the week.
Then about sixty years ago, supermarkets were born.In a supermarket, people could get all the different kinds of food they needed without going to different stores.
The next big change in shopping in the United States was the shopping mall.A shopping mall is a group of stores under one roof.Because malls allowed people to shop without worrying about the weather, they soon became very popular.The mall became a place for people to socialize in addition to shopping.If you walk through a mall, you will see older people sitting, chatting and drinking coffee.Malls are places for teenagers to hang out.Many teens will often just "go to the mall" and spend time with their friends.
The recent change in American shopping was the superstore.Large chain stores such as Wal-Mart, Office Depot and Toys "R" Us have been built all across the United States.Because they are so large, they can buy goods at a great discount and sell them much cheaper than smaller stores.
Sometimes, when they are built near small towns, many of the small town stores have to close.They just cannot compete with their giant neighbors.
And now, online shopping is becoming more and more popular all over the States.People are too busy to go to the physical stores, so they go shopping over the Internet.Online shopping has lots of advantages.For instance, online stores are usually available 24 hours a day.Searching or browsing online shops can be faster than browsing the physical stores.While, online shopping also has its disadvantages.People are at higher risk of being cheated on the part of the merchant than in a physical store.And privacy of personal information may be let out.

Question: Which is the place for people to spend time with others according to the passage?

Choices:
- Shopping malls
- Small stores
- Supermarkets
- Superstores

Question: Why can the superstores sell products at much lower prices?

Choices:
- Because they are built near small towns.
- Because they are across the United States.
- Because they sell all kinds of products people need.
- Because they can buy goods at a reduction in the price.

Question: What's the disadvantage of online shopping according to the passage?

Choices:
- Wasting time.
- Leaking personal information.
- Fixed prices.
- No chance to do physical activities


Is It OK to Snap   Your Food?
Have you ever taken a snap of a luxurious cake or photographed a juicy steak when you eat in restaurants? You may want to share what you eat with your friends or just post part of your daily life onto the Internet. However, such action may be very annoying  to other diners, or even to chefs and restaurant owners. Currently, more and more people begin to consider " foodstagramming" as very silly and a bad manner.
In many restaurants, diners complain of being blinded by flasher , snapped without their permission and disturbed by people climbing on to chairs for a better angle. Even chefs and restaurant owners are annoyed at food photography. A Michelin-starred  chef said, "It's hard to build a memorable evening when flashes are flying every six minutes."
At the start of 2013, the debate on whether it is OK to take photographs of your food in restaurants seemed to swing   towards a definite "no." According to several chefs in New York City, some restaurants there have started banning customers from taking photos of their food. Policies around the ban of food photography vary from restaurant to restaurant, ranging from restrictions on using a flash to outright  bans. If other restaurants follow such policies, it may signal the death of " foodstagramming".
Nevertheless, instead of banning food photography, some restaurants are offering food photography courses. In Spain, the restaurant group Grupo Gourmet has started running a " Fotografia para foodies" course to instruct its customers to better take food pictures. The course teaches customers to take photos in a proper way without disturbing other dinners, such as never use a flash.

Question: Who are annoyed with food photography in restaurants?

Choices:
- Restaurant owners.
- Other diners.
- Chefs.
- The above all.

Question: What did some New York restaurants do about food photography?

Choices:
- They started to ban customers from taking photos of their food.
- They had no idea about taking photos for the profits.
- They wanted to talk with some customers.
- They decided to learn from Spain.

Question: What did the Spanish restaurant group do about food photography?

Choices:
- It told the customers when to take food pictures.
- It asked the customers to pay for taking food pictures.
- It ran a course to instruct customers to better take food pictures.
- It also prevented the customers from taking food pictures.

Question: What is foodstagramming?

Choices:
- It's a popular practice where diners take photos of their meals and share them online.
- It's a popular practice where dinners take photos of their meals and sells to others.
- It's a habit that people take photos when they eat.
- It's an idea how to take photos of their meals.

Question: Which of the following is True?

Choices:
- Customers in America like others to use flashes when they eat.
- Restaurants in Spain think of a methord to meet people's need.
- American government is discussing the problem of foodstagramming.
- People in China are trying to think of an idea to deal with the problem.