Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: If you want to get a new cell phone number, don't forget to bring your ID  with you . As of September 1, people have to register  with their ID to buy a new cell phone number. You can show your ID card orhukou, but student ID's won't work. If you already have a cell phone number, it is better to register it before 2013. The new rules are meant to prevent junk messages and fraud  through cell phones. A cell phone user in China on average received 43.3 messages a week in the first half of this year. According to reports, about 12 of those were junk messages. In a survey, about 74.5 percent of users said they have received fraudulent  messages. If all people register their cell phone number with ID information, it will be easier for police to find the people behind those messages. Situations in other countries Because cell phone are getting more and more popular, many countries have made stricter cell phone rules. Countries like India, Japan, Australia, and Singapore all ask users to register their ID information. Ulrich Mller is a German living in Beijing. "In Germany, you have to show your ID when you buy a cell phone card," he said. "The rules have been there for a long time. Most people know about it." Linda van der Horst is a student at Peking University. She said that in the Netherlands ,people have to show ID information and bank account  information to buy a cell phone card. Question: To buy a cell phone card, which country asks people to show their bank account information? Options: A: India B: Japan C: Australia D: Netherlands
Answer: D

Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Garry Golden is a futurist. Futurists are scientists who analyze the way the world is today and use that information.to predict what the world will be like in the future. Golden focuses on the study of transportation.  He spends his days studying the relationships between cars, subways, and trains. But he's most excited about imagining the way these relationships will change in the future. Many public transportation supporters dislike big cities because they spend hours driving from one side of the city to the other.  And there aren't enough buses and. subways. However, Golden sees a trend   toward fewer cars' in the future. He explains, "Cities have a cost of car ownership, which is a challenge. All these vehicles cost the city in services, in having to repair roads and other things. "Cars also take up a lot of space. Golden points out that having so many parking spaces is wasteful. Much of the time the parking spaces sit empty. What is the solution?"I think cities will make new laws to limit the number of cars people can have ," says Golden. "Instead, people will use taxis, subways, and buses. New technology, like smartphones, can make these forms of public transportation even better. Imagine if everyone had a smartphone and used them to signal  when they wanted to ride the bus. Buses could change their route  to meet people's requests." How soon would these changes come? Golden admits that it will take several years.  Cities can be slow to change. Also, new systems of transportation can be expensive. "But it's coming," he says. "The trend of the empowered city will be here soon. " The other trend that excites Golden is electric cars. Golden especially believes in the future of electric cars that have sensors  to understand the world around them. "If we have cars that can communicate with one another, they can adjust speeds to cut down on traffic jams,"he says. Rush hour in big cities would be much less painful. One challenge is that it is hard to cheaply produce batteries that are strong enough for these... Question: Why does Golden see a trend toward fewer cars in the future? Options: A: -Because cities-take up a lot of space. B: Because cars cost too much of the city C: Because people prefer to take the subway D: Because roads are sometimes too crowded.
Answer: B

Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: An Apple's Words I am an apple. You can find me growing  in many places  in the world. I am like my cousins, pears and bananas. I am more round than a pear, and bananas are longer than I. I am delicious , so people all over the world like to eat me. I cost very little money and I help make people healthy. There is a saying in English : . Don't you think I'm great? Question: The best title of the passage is   _ Options: A: All kinds of fruits B: Apples are delicious C: An apple a day keeps the doctor away D: Apples
Answer:
D