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科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

Millions of aircraft take off around the world every year. The skies they fly in seem limitless—miles of empty space. But, with the number of flights increasing each year, this emptiness no longer exists. Researchers in the world of aviation（航空）are worried about the increasing pressure on pilots and ground controllers. And increasing collisions, occurring at or near an airport, have called attention to the need for more aids（辅助设备）to aviation control.
People who travel the skies are not certain about air safety. A great deal of money is spent on new and bigger aircraft and airports to deal with the vast increase in passengers travelling by air. Only a small percentage of this money is spent on navigation（导航）and other aids. Actually, suitable electronic equipment has long existed, and many companies market safety aids designed to make it safer for aircraft to take off, fly any distance, and land, whatever the weather. Yet, there are two problems to be solved. The first is to get governments, airlines and airport officials to agree to basic levels of safety aids. The second problem is to find a way of meeting these basic requirements.
But no matter how well the equipment works, operators of the equipment still play an important role. Communications between pilots and ground controllers are extremely important to air safety. It is worth pointing out that the mishearing or misunderstanding of instructions in English and the use of another language, in an international conversation, have led to two recent aircraft accidents. A new type of instrument（仪器）called FLIGHTWATCH would help pilots prevent airport collisions. It would be particularly helpful near airports.

1.
The increasing number of flights leads to the fact that ________.
1. A.
  flying is no longer limited in the sky
2. B.
  there is no empty space for aids to aviation control
3. C.
  piloting and controlling planes is getting more difficult
4. D.
  the pressure on the ground becomes greater
2.
There is uncertainty about air safety because ________.
1. A.
  planes become bigger for the increasing number of passengers
2. B.
  money spent on electronic equipment is far from enough
3. C.
  suitable electronic equipment hasn’t been invented yet
4. D.
  it is dangerous for planes to take off or land
3.
The underlined word “collisions” probably means ________.
1. A.
  accidents in which two planes hit each other
2. B.
  misunderstandings between pilots and ground controllers
3. C.
  quarrels among passengers
4. D.
  breakdowns of new types of instrument
4.
It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
1. A.
  governments and officials have paid great attention to air safety
2. B.
  there should be more companies to sell new safety aids
3. C.
  English should be used in an international conversation
4. D.
  understanding between pilots and ground controllers should be improved

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科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

Will it matter if you don't have your breakfast ? A short time ago , a test was given in the United States. People of different ages, from 12 to 83, were asked to have a test . During the test , these people were given all kinds of breakfasts , and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Scientists wanted to see how well their bodies worked when they had different kinds of breakfasts.
The rules show that if a person eats a right breakfast , he or she will work better than if he or she has no breakfast. If a student has fruit , eggs, bread and milk before going to school ,he or she will learn more quickly and listen more carefully in class.
The result is opposite to what some people think . Having no breakfast will not help them lose weight . This is because they are so hungry at noon that eat too much for lunch . They will gain weight instead of losing it . You will lose weight if you reduce your other meals.

1.
During the test , the people were given _________.
1. A.
  no breakfast at all
2. B.
  different breakfast or sometimes none
3. C.
  very rich breakfast
4. D.
  little food for breakfast
2.
Scientists wanted to know whether __________.
1. A.
  breakfast had any effect on work and studies.
2. B.
  people were interested in breakfast
3. C.
  breakfast did harm to people 's health
4. D.
  people would work better without breakfast
3.
According to the passage , some people think without breakfast they will ____
1. A.
  lose weight
2. B.
  get a good result in their work
3. C.
  gain weight
4. D.
  not be hungry at all.
4.
Which of the following sciences is not right?
1. A.
  It is bad for your health to have no breakfast.
2. B.
  No breakfast and more lunch may make you fatter.
3. C.
  The more breakfast you have, the more quickly you will learn in class.
4. D.
  If you don't eat much for lunch and supper , you may lose weight.

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科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

Marie Sklodowska was the daughter of a Polish teacher. She was a very intelligent little girl; she could read when she was only four years old. Her father taught science at a school in Warsaw. Marie went to his school when she was fourteen years old. She was very interested in science and mathematics, and liked to help his father in his laboratory. She was a very good student and left school with a gold medal.
Marie wanted to be a scientist like her father. In 1891 her sister Bronya invited her to go to Paris. There she began to learn science and mathematics at the famous university of the Sorbonne. At first Marie could speak only a little French, but he worked hard and soon passed her examination. In Paris Marie met another scientist Pierre Curie, and in 1895 she married him.
In 1898 both the Curies decided to investigate the radioactive elements in pitchblende. The Austrians gave them a lot of pitchblende for their work, and the Curies began to experiment with it slowly and carefully. They worked hard for four years, and at last Marie obtained a very small piece of radioactive element—radium. It weighed only one tenth of a gramme, but it was pure radium and it shone with a wonderful light. The new element was valuable to science, but it was beautiful too.

1.
Which of the following statements is true?
1. A.
  Marie left a gold medal because she was a good student.
2. B.
  Marie left school because she was a good student.
3. C.
  Marie received a gold medal because she was a good student
4. D.
  Marie left school because she wasn’t a good student.
2.
Marie’s father ______ in Warsaw.
1. A.
  was an English teacher
2. B.
  learned science at a school
3. C.
  was a science teacher
4. D.
  taught Polish at a school
3.
In 1891 Marie could ______.
1. A.
  speak only a little Polish
2. B.
  not speak French at all
3. C.
  speak only a little science
4. D.
  speak only a little French
4.
In Paris Marie met ______.
1. A.
  another science
2. B.
  another scientist
3. C.
  another scientific work
4. D.
  scientific labs
5.
The radium ______ one tenth of a gramme.
1. A.
  shone
2. B.
  experimented
3. C.
  obtained
4. D.
  weighed

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科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

On September 22, 1986, Jay Brunkella, a police officer in the Rogers Park district in Chicago, was shot during a drug arrest and died. Shortly afterwards, fellow officer Ken Knapcik, a 20-year veteran（老警官）of the force, returned home after work to find a note from his 15 year old daughter on the dining table.
Dad—This poem came directly from my heart. I love you so much! It scares and amazes me that you go out every day and risk everything to provide us with all that we have. I wrote this to express how much I love you and how much lost I’d be without you ---Laura. PS: Hey, let’s be careful out there.
Titled The Ultimate Cop, Laura’s poem was dedicated “To all the cops in the world who have daughters who love them with all their hearts. And especially to my dad”. It was about a police officer’s daughter who sees on the night time news that her father has been shot. Part of poem: “Daddy, my Daddy, can you hear me cry? Oh, God, I need my Daddy, please don’t let him die.”
Ken Knapcik stood alone as he read the poem. “It took me several minutes,” he said. “I’d get through part of it and have to stop before I could go on. I was weeping. She had never told me she was scared.” He took the poem to work the next day and showed it to his fellow officers. I’ve never seen so many grown men cry. Some couldn’t finish it.”
Knapcik keeps Laura’s poem in the pocket of his police jacket. He takes it with him every time he leaves the house for a new shift. “I don’t want to be out there without it,” he said. “I’ll probably carry it with me forever.”

1.
Laura wrote the poem ____________.
1. A.
  in memory of her father who was shot in the drug arrest
2. B.
  to show her great sorrow in losing her father
3. C.
  to show her respect to all the cops who lost their lives
4. D.
  to tell Officer Ken Knapcik how much she loved him
2.
All the officers cried because ____________.
1. A.
  Jay Brunkella was shot and died
2. B.
  they were greatly touched by the poem
3. C.
  the poem was so sad that they couldn’t hold back their tears
4. D.
  they thought of their dangerous life
3.
Knapcik keeps Laura’s poem in his pocket ______________.
1. A.
  to treasure her daughter’s love and to value his own life
2. B.
  to keep it from getting lost
3. C.
  because he can’t go out without it
4. D.
  to mourn over the death of Officer Jay Brunkella
4.
Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
1. A.
  Poem for a cop
2. B.
  An officer’s death
3. C.
  A cop’s daughter
4. D.
  Love my job, love my daughter

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科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

James Stallman Rockefeller, the oldest-known U. S. Olympic medal winner and the former head of the bank that became Citigroup, died Tuesday. He was 102. Records of the U. S. Olympic Committee show that Rockefeller was the oldest American medal winner. He was the captain of Yale University’s eight-man rowing team with coxswain that won gold at the 1924 Paris Olympics - beating the Canadian team by less than 16 seconds. The oars from the winning race and the gold medal were prominently displayed in Rockefeller’s house. “I think he was really proud of that - probably more than the bank career,” said his grandson.
Rockefeller suffered a stroke on Thursday, said his grandson, who lived with him at his Greenwich home for two years, attributed his long life to a regimented（严密组织的） lifestyle: breakfast at eight a. m. , lunch at 1 p. m. , cocktails at 6 p. m. and dinner promptly at 7 p. m. . He liked plain food, without sauces or cheese, and plenty of fresh vegetables, including those grown in the garden of his estate. Rockefeller was in good health until shortly before he died. He drove his car up until last year and would review documents from the various charities and businesses he helped lead.
Rockefeller, born on June 8, 1902, was a grandson of William Rockefeller, who founded Standard Oil with his brother, John D. Rockefeller. He graduated from Yale in 1924 and served in the Airborne Command during World War II. He started at the bank, and then called the National City Bank, in 1930, following his uncle and grandfather, who were leaders of the bank. He became president in 1952, chairman in 1959 and retired in 1967. In 1955, under Rockefeller’s leadership, the bank merged with the First National Bank of New York to form Citigroup. Rockefeller also was a director of numerous companies, including Pan American Airways, Northern Pacific Railroad, NCR and Monsanto, and served on the boards of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the American Museum of Natural History.
Rockefeller and his wife. Nancy Carnegie Rockefeller, had four children. His wife died in 1994.

1.
Rockefeller lost his wife when he was____ ___.
1. A.
  at the age of 91
2. B.
  in his eighties
3. C.
  in his early nineties
4. D.
  in his 1994
2.
We can learn from the passage that ____ ___.
1. A.
  the American rowing team beat the Canadian team in less than 16 seconds in 1924.
2. B.
  Rockefeller was the first American medal winner.
3. C.
  James Stallman Rockefeller founded the National City Bank and was the first president.
4. D.
  His grandson thought Rockefeller had long life because of a regimented lifestyle.
3.
What we can infer from the passage is that ______.
1. A.
  James Stallman Rockefeller is a great Olympic medal winner.
2. B.
  James Stallman Rockefeller was in good health until he died.
3. C.
  James Stallman Rockefeller was very active in American society.
4. D.
  James Stallman Rockefeller was the only grandson of William Rockefeller.

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科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

Following some of the tips for green living helps save our planet. All of these involve just a few changes to our daily habits.
Just walk and limit the use of your car. One of the poster images of pollution is our vehicles. It burns fuel. It is not as efficient as we hope it could be, and we use it every single day. To lessen the effects of the air pollution caused by our vehicles, we should limit their use. If we can walk to our destination then just let us go. Not only do we lessen our carbon dioxide emissions, but we also get a good exercise out of it.
Use a laptop instead of a computer desktop. Laptops are more energy efficient compared to their bigger counterparts. A laptop is generally 50 percent more efficient in using electricity. Aside from that there are other benefits of a laptop. It is portable so you can work anywhere you like and that you get powerful features without the large size of desktop units.
Turn off the faucet while you are brushing your teeth. It is always a better idea to use a glass when we are brushing our teeth and not to just let the faucet keep on running. Therefore，there is less water to waste while we are cleaning our pearly whites. Simply turn off the faucet when you are not using it.
Make good use of natural light. We have a great and natural lamp --- the sun, and we should learn how to take full advantage of it during daytime. So instead of turning on our lights or lamps even if it is still not evening, we should pull up the drapes and let the natural light come in from the windows.
These are just some of the best tips for green living, but of course there are still many of these tips if you just search for them. But you can do your own variation any time just always prioritize how you can use less energy and produce even lesser trash and pollution.

1.
What’s the best title for the passage?
1. A.
  How to Save Our Planet
2. B.
  How to Change Our Daily Habits
3. C.
  Tips for Green Living Today
4. D.
  Green Living and Serious Pollution
2.
Compared with a computer desktop, a laptop __________.
1. A.
  less energy efficient
2. B.
  faster at work
3. C.
  easy to repair
4. D.
  easy to carry
3.
How many tips does the passage mention for green living today?
1. A.
  Three
2. B.
  Four
3. C.
  Five
4. D.
  Six
4.
The underlined word ‘‘prioritize’’ in the last paragraph can be replaced by the word ________.
1. A.
  decrease
2. B.
  consider
3. C.
  imagine
4. D.
  guess
5.
Which of the following is NOT true?
1. A.
  A few changes to daily habits can help a lot.
2. B.
  While washing teeth we should turn off the faucet.
3. C.
  Vehicles bring pollution and we should try to avoid.
4. D.
  In the daytime we should not pull up the drapes.

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科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for the London bus. The bus for London would not eave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in lines, others were walking about. There was a group of school-girls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in order. Tom looked around but there was nowhere for him to sit.
He walked into the station cafe. He looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down, facing a large mirror(镜子) on the wall. Just then, John, one of Tom's friends, came in and sat with Tom.
"What time is your bus?" asked John.
"Oh, there is plenty of time yet, "answered Tom.
"Oh, I'll get you some more tea then," said John.
They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again.
"Good heavens! It's going back-ward!" he cried. "A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now it's half past eleven."
"You are looking at the clock in the mirror," said John.
Tom wanted to kick(踢) himself for being so foolish. The next bus was not to leave for another hour. He has never liked mirror since then.

1.
The London bus left ______________.
1. A.
  at 11:55
2. B.
  at 5:12
3. C.
  before 11:55
4. D.
  after 11:55
2.
Tom went into the station cafe because ____________.
1. A.
  John asked him to have a cup of tea
2. B.
  he wanted a drink there
3. C.
  he would meet a friend of his
4. D.
  it was early yet and he wanted to find a place to sit
3.
What time was it in fact when he looked at the clock in the mirror?
1. A.
  Half past twelve.
2. B.
  Half past eleven.
3. C.
  Twenty to twelve.
4. D.
  Half past one.
4.
When Tom sat in the station café, who came in?
1. A.
  his friend
2. B.
  his father
3. C.
  his uncle
4. D.
  his girlfriend
5.
Which of the following is true?
1. A.
  Tom missed his bus.
2. B.
  He has liked mirror since then.
3. C.
  The next bus would leave soon.
4. D.
  Tom arrived London on time.

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科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

Peanuts to This
Proudly reading my words, I glanced around the room, only to find my classmates bearing big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes. Confused, I glanced toward my stone-faced teacher. Having no choice, I slowly raised the report I had slaved over, hoping to hide myself. “What could be causing everyone to act this way?”
Quickly, I flashed back to the day Miss Lancelot gave me the task. This was the first real talk I received in my new school. It seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington. Since my idea of history came from an ancient teacher in my home country, I had never heard of that name before. As I searched the name of this fellow, it became evident that there were two people bearing the same name who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts, while the other led some sort of army across America. I stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant. I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice; flip (掷) a coin. Heads—the commander, and tails—the peanuts guy. Ah! Tails, my report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, George Washington Carver.
Weeks later, standing before this unfriendly mass, I was totally lost. Oh well, I lowered the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what I had done wrong. As a classmate began his report, it all became clear, “My report is on George Washington, the man who started the American Revolution.” The whole world became quite! How could I know that she meant that George Washington?
Obviously, my grade was awful. Heartbroken but fearless, I decided to turn this around. I talked to Miss Lancelot, but she insisted: No re-dos; no new grade. I felt that the punishment was not justified, and I believed I deserved a second chance. Consequently, I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year. Ten months later, that chance unfolded as I found myself sitting in the headmaster’s office with my grandfather, now having an entirely different conversation. I smiled and flashed back to the embarrassing moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster informed me of my option to skip the sixth grade. Justice is sweet!

1.
What did the author’s classmates think about his report?
1. A.
  Controversial.
2. B.
  Ridiculous.
3. C.
  Boring.
4. D.
  Puzzling.
2.
Why was the author confused about the task?
1. A.
  He was unfamiliar with American history.
2. B.
  He followed the advice and flipped a coin.
3. C.
  He forgot his teacher’s instruction.
4. D.
  He was new at the school.
3.
The underlined word “burning” in Para. 3 probably means _______.
1. A.
  annoyed
2. B.
  ashamed
3. C.
  ready
4. D.
  eager
4.
In the end, the author turned things around _______.
1. A.
  by redoing his task
2. B.
  through his own efforts
3. C.
  with the help of his grandfather
4. D.
  under the guidance of his headmaster

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If you want to improve your child’s results at school, you could do a lot worse than ensuring that they do plenty of exercise. Scientists have already shown that physical activity can make you brainier. But a team in America has used scans to show that an important part of the brain actually grows in children who are fit. These youngsters tend to be more intelligent and have better memories than those who are inactive.
Scientists also found that one of the most important parts of their brains was 12 percent larger than those of unfit children. They believe that encouraging children to take exercise from a very young age could help them do better at school later. Researchers from the University of Illinois, in the U.S., studied the brains of 49 children aged nine and ten using a magnetic resonance imaging scan (核磁共振摄影扫描), a technique which provides very detailed pictures of organs and tissues in the body.
They also tested the fitness levels of the children by making them run on a treadmill (跑步机). The scientists found that the hippocampus, a part of the brain responsible for memory and learning, was around 12 percent larger in the fitter children.
Professor Art Kramer, who led the study published in the journal Brain Research, said the findings had important implications for encouraging individuals to take part in sport from a young age. “We knew that experience and environmental factors and socioeconomic status all impact brain development,” he said. “If you get some terrible genes from your parents, you can’t really fix that, and it’s not easy to do something about your economic status. But here’s something that we can do something about.”

1.
If you want to improve your children’s result in school, ____________.
1. A.
  it is worse to ensure that they do plenty of exercise
2. B.
  you can have their brain scanned
3. C.
  it could be better to make sure that they do a lot of exercise
4. D.
  you can do a lot except ensuring that they do exercise
2.
According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
1. A.
  The fitness level of the children is linked to their intelligence.
2. B.
  Children who have a larger hippocampus will probably have better memories.
3. C.
  You can do something about the genes from your parents.
4. D.
  Unhealthy children will probably have a smaller hippocampus than others.
3.
All the following factors that have some influence on one’s brain are mentioned EXCEPT ____________.
1. A.
  genetic factor
2. B.
  economic status
3. C.
  physical fitness
4. D.
  economic development

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Where do most writers get their ideas? For Yoshiko Uchida, it all began with Brownie, a five-month-old puppy. So excited was Yoshiko by Brownie’s arrival that she started keeping a journal, writing about all the wonderful things Brownie did and the progress he made.
Soon she was writing about other memorable events in her life, too, like the day her family got their first refrigerator. She also began writing stories, thanks to one of her teachers. Yoshiko wrote stories about animal characters such as Jimmy Chipmunk and Willie the Squirrel. She kept on writing, sharing the kitchen table with her mother, who wrote poems on scraps of paper and the backs of envelopes.
Yoshiko grew up in the 1930s in Berkeley, California. Her parents, both of whom had been born in Japan, provided a loving and happy home for Yoshiko and her sister. They also provided a stream of visitors to their home who later found their way into Yoshiko’s stories. One visitor who later appeared in several of Yoshiko’s stories was the bad-tempered Mr. Toga, who lived above the church that her family attended. Mr. Toga would scold anyone who displeased him. The children all feared him and loved to tell stories about how mean he was and how his false teeth rattled (咯咯响) when he talked.
Yoshiko also included in her stories some of the places she visited and the experiences she had. One of her favorite places was a farm her parents took her to one summer. The owners of the farm, showed Yoshiko and her sister how to pump water from the well and how to gather eggs in the henhouse. They fed the mules that later pulled a wagon loaded with hay while Yoshiko and the others rode in the back, staring up at the stars shining in the night sky. Yoshiko, who lived in the city, had never seen such a sight. As Yoshiko gazed up at the stars, she was filled with hope and excitement about her life. The images of that hayride stayed with her long after the summer visit ended, and she used them in several of her stories.
The experiences Yoshiko had and the parade of people who marched through her young life became a part of the world she created in over twenty books for young people, such as The Best Bad Thing and A Jar of Dreams. Because of such books, we can all share just a little bit of the world and the times in which this great writer grew up.

1.
The author tells about Mr. Toga’s false teeth in Paragraph 3 in order to ____________.
1. A.
  show health care was not good enough in Berkeley during the 1930s
2. B.
  provide an interesting detail in Yoshiko’s life and stories
3. C.
  show Yoshiko’s young life was difficult and frightening
4. D.
  tell about a beloved relative who helped Yoshiko learn how to write
2.
In Paragraph 4 “the stars” probably refer to ____________.
1. A.
  family relationships
2. B.
  terrors in the night
3. C.
  limitless possibilities
4. D.
  sacrifices to benefit others
3.
What does the underlined part in the last paragraph mean?
1. A.
  Yoshiko loved to write about parades.
2. B.
  Yoshiko met many interesting people.
3. C.
  Yoshiko liked to go for long walks with others.
4. D.
  Yoshiko preferred to talk to her pets instead of to people.
4.
What is the main idea of this story?
1. A.
  People who live in the city should spend as much time as they can in the country.
2. B.
  Writers like Yoshiko Uchida must communicate with as many writers as possible.
3. C.
  Those who move to the United States often miss their homelands for many years.
4. D.
  Writers like Yoshiko Uchida look to the richness of their lives for material.

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The increasing number of flights leads to the fact that ________.

There is uncertainty about air safety because ________.

The underlined word “collisions” probably means ________.

It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

During the test , the people were given _________.

Scientists wanted to know whether __________.

According to the passage , some people think without breakfast they will ____

Which of the following sciences is not right?

Which of the following statements is true?

Marie’s father ______ in Warsaw.

In 1891 Marie could ______.

In Paris Marie met ______.

The radium ______ one tenth of a gramme.

Laura wrote the poem ____________.

All the officers cried because ____________.

Knapcik keeps Laura’s poem in his pocket ______________.

Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

Rockefeller lost his wife when he was____ ___.

We can learn from the passage that ____ ___.

What we can infer from the passage is that ______.

What’s the best title for the passage?

Compared with a computer desktop, a laptop __________.

How many tips does the passage mention for green living today?

The underlined word ‘‘prioritize’’ in the last paragraph can be replaced by the word ________.

Which of the following is NOT true?

The London bus left ______________.

Tom went into the station cafe because ____________.

What time was it in fact when he looked at the clock in the mirror?

When Tom sat in the station café, who came in?

Which of the following is true?

What did the author’s classmates think about his report?

Why was the author confused about the task?

The underlined word “burning” in Para. 3 probably means _______.

In the end, the author turned things around _______.

If you want to improve your children’s result in school, ____________.

According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?

All the following factors that have some influence on one’s brain are mentioned EXCEPT ____________.

The author tells about Mr. Toga’s false teeth in Paragraph 3 in order to ____________.

In Paragraph 4 “the stars” probably refer to ____________.

What does the underlined part in the last paragraph mean?

What is the main idea of this story?

Rockefeller lost his wife when he was__ _.

We can learn from the passage that __ _.