Question: What would you do if Martians   kidnapped   your mom? In the 3-D animated movieMars Needs Moms, a young boy named Milo finds himself in this exact difficult situation. The aliens want to steal Milo's mother's "momness" for their own young. Now it's up to the 9-year-old to get his mom back before she is lost forever. Every good action movie has a bad guy. The villain   in this film is the Martian Supervisor, played by Mindy Sterling. The Supervisor has an icy cold heart. Remarkably, Sterling acted out almost all of her scenes in a special Martian language created just for the movie. "Learning Martian was a piece of cake," Sterling said. "There wasn't too much to learn; sometimes, I just made it up!" Anyone who has a mother will be moved by this movie. In fact, anyone who loves someone will be moved by this movie. Maybe it is because the story was inspired by a real-life event. The movie is based on a novel by prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed. He wrote the book after a dinner-table incident between his wife and son, who was then 4 years old. That night, Breathed's son had thrown his broccoli into the air and rushed out of the room angrily, yelling at his mother on the way out. Breathed told his son, "You might think differently about your mom if she were kidnapped by Martians." He wrote the novel that same evening. All kids get into arguments with their parents. The fights may be about homework, chores or eating vegetables.Mars Needs Momstells us to look past these silly disagreements and to remember the importance of family and the things that really matter. To Mindy Sterling, learning Martian language is   _  . A) simple B) difficult C) interesting D) unacceptable
Answer: A

Question: If parents had job descriptions, mine would read: organize bills, playmates, laundry(washing clothes), meals, snacks, outings and shopping. The only thing on my husband's description would be the word "fun" written in big red letters along the top. Although he is a selfless provider, our children think of him more as a combination of a jungle gym and a clown .    Our parenting styles complement each other. His style is a nonstop adventure where no one has to worry about washing their hands or eating vegetables. I'm too busy worrying to be fun. Even if I try, I know I will be outdone by my husband.    I bought my children bubble gum flavored toothpaste to teach them how to brush their teeth. They thought it was perfect until my husband taught them how to spit out water between their two front teeth like a fountain.    I took the children on a walk in the woods and caught a ladybug (small insect). I was "cool" until their father caught a giant beetle in the backyard.    I can make sure my children are safe. But I can't wire the TV so they can watch their favorite DVD.    I can carry my children in my arms when they are tired and kiss them goodnight. But I can't flip   them upside down so they can walk on the ceiling or put them on my shoulders so they can see the moths flying around the ceiling light.    I can take them to doctor's appointments, scout meetings, or to the aquarium . But I'll never go into the wilderness, stick a worm onto a hook, catch a fish, and cook it over an open flame. I'll sit in the first row of every sports game and cheer until my throat is painful. But I'll never teach my son how to hit a home run or slide into first base.     As a mother I can do a lot of things for my children. But no matter how hard I try, I can never be their father. What's the biggest difference between the author's parenting style and that of her husband? A) The author focuses on the children's studies, while her husband is in charge of their entertainment. B) The author watches sports games with the children while her husband teaches them how to play. C) The author looks after the children at home while her husband takes them to the open air. D) The author takes care of the children while her husband mainly has fun with the children.
Answer: D

Question: Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated  cities in the world, but with night skies around 1,000 times brighter than globally accepted levels, it gains a bad reputation for its light pollution. A study by Hong Kong University found that brightness levels in the southern Chinese city's popular shopping district of Tsim Sha Tsui were 1,200 times greater than the international dark sky standard. The crowded city of 7 million residents , full or residential high-rises, towering office blocks and neon  advertisements, has no laws to control outdoor lightning. The result is that light pollution is thought to be much worse than in other large cities, including London, Sydney, Tokyo and Shanghai. "In Hong Kong , you can't go anywhere outdoor in the evening without your eyes being blinded by this really disturbing outdoor lightning," the light pollution survey's head Jason Pum told AFP. "The fact that we have all this light in the sky means energy is wasted," he said, adding that too much artificial lightning also affects nightly wildlife. Research has suggested that light pollution can cause a number of harmful health effects in humans, including sleeplessness and headaches and can also interrupt body clocks and hormones . The university survey, the result of five million measurements taken from points across the city, was released just days before the start of the annual Earth Hour event, organized by the World Wildlife Fund. People around the world will be encouraged to turn off the lights for an hour on Saturday night to raise awareness of climate change. Last year, a number of Hong Kong's major buildings along Victoria Harbour went dark to mark Earth Hour. "Anyway, we should do our best to reduce the amount of lightning and adjust it for the benefit of the environment." If you walk out at night in Hong Kong, you can see all those things except   _  . A) neon advertisements B) residential buildings C) a dark sky with twinkling stars D) high office blocks
Answer:
C