Cyclist Jia Yanmei and a fellow enthusiast covered more than 2,200 kilometers from Beijing to their individual hometowns in Sichuan to celebrate the Lunar New Year with their families, Xu Lin reports. While others rushed home on high-speed trains or airplanes for the annual Spring Festival, Jia Yanmei spent 16-plus days cycling more than 2,200 kilometers from Beijing to her hometown, Nanchong, Sichuan Province. Thanks to social media, cycling fans from different cities were able to follow her progress, and some even offered food and accommodation if she happened to be nearby. "It's not that I failed to buy my train ticket home. I just want to bring the spirit of cycling to everyone -- to do whatever you want to do bravely. As long as you are on the road, you will enjoy yourself, " says Jia, 26, an English teacher at an educational institution in Beijing. She started her adventure at 8:30 am on Jan 12, with Wang   Yujiang, 47, who works in architecture in Beijing. A cycling friend introduced them because Wang also wanted to cycle to his hometown, Guangyuan, Sichuan Province. Jia says     Wang treated her like his  daughter and took care   of  her on their way. After Wang arrived in Guangyuan, she cycled two days on her own to reach her home. "I must say that I admire her. She's not like others. No matter how tired she is, she can soon recover after meals," says Wang, who is cycling back from his hometown to Beijing now. " I've improved myself a lot after the cycling. No matter what difficulties I will meet with in the future, I will have confidence to face them, " Jia says. When she posted  her plan   online on Christmas Eve, many cycling fans supported her, lent her equipment and gave her gifts. She updated  her social networks, such as Sina Weibo and WeChat, with news of her cycling adventures, as well as a cycling-related applications that recorded her route. Four days after her departure, one of her friends learned about  the     trip in a newspaper and told Jia's parents. Her mom was so worried about... According to the passage, Jia Yanmei and Wang Yujiang have much in common EXCEPT  _  . A) They shared the same departure time. B) They work in the same city. C) They had the same arrival time. D) They enjoy the same adventurous spirit.
C
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There are a lot of public libraries in Britain. These libraries have more than one hundred and fifteen million books, not including those libraries of public schools. Public libraries not only lend books, music records but also help children, patients in hospitals and others to get special play readings, film shows and so on. The first public libraries were founded in about the year 1850. Today's public libraries usually have a reading-room, a lending room and a reference room. The greatest and most famous library in Britain is that of the British Library in London. It was founded in 1973 and has over 10, 000, 000 books. It has nearly every magazine, newspaper and book published in Britain and other parts across the world. The "reference room" means a place for people to   _  . A) borrow books B) look up something C) read magazines D) lend records
C
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The Asuncion zoo is looking for a mate for Coco, an endangered hyacinth macaw  ,and it is the last known male of his species left in Paraguay. Coco was sent to the zoo eight years ago. A recent DNA test showed that he is male. Zoo worker Celia said  To avoid mixing species, the zoo has had to keep him apart from the other macaws, which has left him lonely and bored. "He is quite sociable, although he has only learned to say 'Hello', but when he hears music, he dances" Celia said He has a yellow circle around his eyes that set off the rest of his blue feathers. He is more or less a cousin to Blu , he macaw that starts in the movie, Rio.That species, cyanopsitta-spixii ,is all blue and even more endangered than the hyacinth macaw. Like the bird in the movie, scientists hope to find Coco a mate to- rebuild the species. Because international laws against animal training are now so strict, nobody is willing to lend the zoo a female. "The best solution is to find a female hyacinth macaw in our country. " Celia said, "there are at least two other known hyacinth-macaws but without DNA test, it is impossible to know if they are female, and the owners are not willing to help,because the mating process can take some time and be a little hard on females." It can be inferred from the text that  _  . A) Coco stars Rio in a movie B) Coco has only blue feathers on his body C) Coco is the most endangered macaw D) rebuilding the Coco's species will take time
D
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Dear Sara, Can you please help me improve my relationship with my mother? She is in her late 70s, and will probably need me to care for her in the future. I am willing to take on this responsibility but I find seeing her and talking to her stressful because I am so angry ab out what she and my father did to my elder sister. My sister was born "out of wedlock" in the 1950s. My sister's father disappeared and never turned up again. My mother loved my sister a lot even if she was an unwanted baby. But then my mother met and married my father. A few years later I was born. But my father didn't love my sister and my mother failed to protect her. We moved frequently, and my sister was not allowed to come along. She never came on holiday with us; instead she was sent to holiday camps. As she grew up, she started to use drugs and became an alcoholic. My sister is now in her mid-50s, jobless, living on benefits and mixing with a crowd of drunks. She has no partner, no children, no possessions and no company except for her dog. Her health is ruined, though she no longer drinks. I support her financially, but our relationsh ip is rocky as she hates the fact that my father loved me. She has no contact with my mother and is to this day excluded  from any family event, including my father's funeral. My mother refuses even to mention my sister. I hate her because I think that if she could manage to apologize to my sister, things might be a little better. But there is  ly no chance of this. How will I be able to take care of my mother with this always standing between us? Annie Why does the author hate her mother? A) Because her mother didn't love her. B) Because her mother didn't treat her sister well. C) Because her mother got married again. D) Because her mother never took her on holiday.

B
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