Ques: About 12 years ago, I began making a series of dolls called "Wee Mountain Folk." At first, I made them from cloth but then began using a kind of polymer clay called cernit. The cloth dolls were beautiful, but it was impossible to get the level of detail I can get with clay. First, I use wire to build the shape of the doll. Then I cover the head, hands, and feet around the wire using the cernit. Then I make the doll's clothes myself, using lots of different materials. The completed dolls are fixed onto hardwood bases made by my father, Jim Logan. Generally, the dolls I make show older people taking part in traditional activities. I've always had a great respect for the older generation. Inspiration for the dolls often comes from people I know. Once I was caught looking too closely at the wrinkles on the face of one of my mom's friends. But I explained that her laugh lines made her more attractive. Now I work as a teacher's assistant, and while I was raising my two daughters, Keri and Sheryl, I could work on the dolls only late in the day. The girls loved to come downstairs the next morning to see who'd arrived in the night. It's the detail that I enjoy working on the most. I once made a fisherman doll for a lady to give her father, including a tiny creel -- a basket used by fishermen for carrying fish. When the man got the doll, he immediately opened the creel to see what was inside. Luckily, I'd made a small fish out of cernit and placed it in the basket. Hopefully my story will inspire others to try their hand at doll making -- I find it very relaxing and interesting. The dolls called "Wee Mountain Folk" were   _  . A) totally hand made B) mainly made of cloth C) usually small kids D) often designed by the author's father
Ans: A

Ques: Many countries have passed safety laws that require seat belts in vehicles. A modern three-point seat belt, also called a safety belt, is a harness to prevent the driver or a passenger from flying forward and hitting hard against the interior of a vehicle during a collision. A modern seat belt will help to position you properly to gain maximum benefit from your car's airbags that will inflate during a collision. Using a seat belt also prevents you from being ejected   from a car into the path of oncoming traffic. Research shows that when you wear a modern seat belt, you reduce the risk of death or serious injury by 70% or more during an auto accident. Seat belts have existed in different forms since the early days of automobiles, and they have changed from a single lap belt to the three-point seat belt we use today. In 1911 the first airplane seat belt was installed. Then, in the 1920's they were used in racecars. By the 1930s, a group of American physicians created lap belts for their own vehicles and urged vehicle manufacturers to provide seat belts on all vehicles. Dr. C. Hunter Shelden made a major contribution to our safety with his article in the November 5, 1955 Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). He strongly encouraged the manufacture and use of door locks, airbags, and retractable  seat belts, like the ones we use today. The modern three-point seat belt, including a lap belt and a shoulder belt, was introduced as standard equipment on Volvo cars in 1959. In 1970, the state of Victoria in Australia made the wearing of a seat belt compulsory for every car driver and front-seat passenger. Today many countries have also mandated  the use of five-point safety harnesses for carefully designed child safety seats that can protect a child during a serious car accident. An airbag is a Supplemental Restraint System, or SRS, and consists of a rapidly inflatable restraint cushion that works together with a seat belt to protect you during a collision. Modern cars often contain several airbags in... We can learn from this article that   _  . A) to reduce your risk of death or serious injury by 70%, you must wear a five-point seat belt while you are driving B) American physicians created lap belts for their own vehicles because they had seen many injuries caused by car accidents C) if two or more collisions occur during a serious car accident, your airbags can help reduce the risk of death by 70% D) the U.S. was the first country to require by law that car drivers and front-seat passengers wear their seat belts
Ans: B

Ques: A young man named Matt Vongsykeo, 14-year-old, has saved a baby from the wreckage   of a car. The four-month-old baby boy, found hanging in his capsule   when Vongsykeo climbed into the car in Melbourne's Springvale, escaped serious injury and was taken to hospital.          But the child's 33-year-old mother, from Endeavour Hills, died in hospital following last night's high speed crash, which left three other people injured.          A car on the wrong side of the road is thought to have been traveling at over 100 kph  when it hit three other vehicles. Vongsykeo said he heard the crash from his house and found a  _ rushed against a wall. He heard a baby crying.          "There were two adults standing outside the car and they couldn't get in, so I had to climbed in and get the baby out," he said. "I had to do it quickly because there was a window below me and I was afraid that was going to break."          Vongsykeo told how he took out the baby in his arms and called to see if there was anyone else in the car. He found the baby's mother unconscious  .          "I thought she was dead so I just rushed out." he said. "She entered consciousness later on and I went around and started talking to her and getting her to talk to me and stay with me."          He said he comforted the mother and told her baby was safe.          Vongsykeo refused the idea that he was a hero.          "I've lived for 14 years. If something had happened to me ... I've lived for 14 years. That baby hasn't and I wanted to give him a chance." Why did the other two men not go to save the baby? A) Because there was a broken window. B) Because they were afraid of death. C) Because they made the accident happen. D) Because it was difficult for them to enter the car.
Ans: D

Ques: Last week the manager of an old jeweler's shop received a letter marked "personal", so of course his secretary gave it to him unopened. As he was very busy, the letter lay on his desk till tea-time. Then he opened it and aPS10 note fell out onto his desk. With the note was a short letter. This is what it said: Dear sir, In 1935 I got engaged. But unfortunately at that time there was a lot of unemployment and I lost my job. I was six months without a job and then I got work again. But of course I was very short of money. I came to your shop to buy a wedding ring. The assistant brought some rings for me to look at, but she was called away for a moment, and I put one of the rings in my pocket. When she came back, I said I did not know the size of my girl-friend's finger. So I left the shop without buying a ring. My wife died a short while ago and the fact that I never paid for her ring has been on my conscience   all these years. At the time the ring cost PS2 so I reckon   that is about PS10 at today's price. And I am sending you that amount. Yours truly, A customer "Well, well, well," said the manager, "life is full of surprises!" The best headline for this article would be   _  . A) A Customer Pays His Bill B) An Old Jeweler's Shop C) The Manager and the Letter D) A Letter withPS10
Ans:
A