Article: No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he grunted like a pig when he lifted something heavy. Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him--water splashing, bees humming, a stone falling to the ground. Somehow he learned to make words. As the centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.  People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. Each contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life. The words you know are called your vocabulary  . You should try to make your vocabulary larger. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy language. Your dictionary is your most useful book. Question: What do we mean by language? Yes or no, is the answer "Different kinds of sound."?
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Article: On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicted that 42% of Americans could be overweight by 2030.Our expanding waistlines lead to not only a medical problem, but according to a recent article in The New York Times, it could also endanger personal safety in some situations-in an airplane crash, for example. The New York Times' Christine Negroni reports that engineers and scientists are questioning whether airplane seats are adequately constructed to protect overweight travelers. Government standards for airplane seat strength -first set more than 60 years ago---require that the seats be made for a passenger weighing 170 pounds(77kg).Today, the average American man weighs nearly 194 pounds(88kg) and the average woman 165 pounds(75kg).Negroni reports: "If a heavier person completely fills a seat ,the seat is not likely to behave as intended during a crash,"Robert Salzar,the leading scientist at the Center for Applied Biomechanics at the University of Virginia. "The energy absorption(,) that is built into the aircraft seat is likely to be overpowered and the passengers will not be protected properly". "Nor would the injury be limited to that passenger only," Dr. Salzar said. "If a seat or a seat belt fails,"he said, "those people who are seated nearby could be endangered from the uncontrolled movements of the passenger." Most complaints about airplane seats focus on their lack of comfort and high ticket price, and whether overweight passengers should be made to buy two seats. But The New York Times' article bring up another reason to feel anxious about flying. Investigators of the issue got in touch with the airplane seat and seat belt makers, but they refused to comment on the problem.Experts agreed that crash testing should be done with overweight dummies .Both airplane seats and seat belts should be tested, _ said. Fortunately, however, according to Nora Marshall, a senior adviser at the National Transportation Safety Board, the board's investigators have never seen an accident involving a... Question: What is the article in The New York Times mainly conceerned with? Yes or no, is the answer "Safety of overweight airplane passengers"?
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Q: Article: Could it be your after-dinner coffee that keeps you awake at night? Perhaps you are one of those people who simply can't take coffee in the evening, because the caffeine  in it makes you excited. Coffee with caffeine does make some people restless when they want to go to sleep. So, before you rush to the doctor for "something to make you sleep", change over to H. A. G. - a new kind of caffeine-free coffee, the nicest coffee so far. This kind of coffee is made by modern scientific methods and has come to the perfection for the greatest pleasure that drinking      good coffee gives, however, without any harmful effects. H. A. G. is the coffee that continental people, who are such great coffee drinkers, have been taking in the evenings for over 50 years. Make your choice of H. A. G. and enjoy good coffee and good sleep. Health food stores and most groceries  have H. A. G. coffee. If there is any difficulty, send (with your name and address) for free sample  from the A. A. SUPPLY CO. LTD. 31/32 Priory Park Road, London, N. W. 6. Question: Which of the following is NOT true? Yes or no, is the answer "G. coffee is better than other coffee."?
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Question: Article: Are you a foreigner in Shanghai, China, wanting to find a job? Here's some information for you. Teaching Job in High School Description: High school(students aged 14-18) 12 classes/week Benefits and Compensation : Salary: 7,000-8,000 RMB/month Paid public holidays and winter holidays Free accommodation with full furniture Medical insurance Requirements: English native speaker Bachelor's degree or above New graduates are welcome To apply, please send your resume, and one recent photo copy to: _  Coffee & Bar Manage Needed Description: A big Coffee & Bar in Ganghui Plaza, Xujiahui, Shanghai, is looking for a manager. The Coffee & Bar has about 300 seats; main service is western food and coffee. Benefits and Compensation: Salary: 12,000 RMB/month Requirements: Male, about or above 30 Speak fluent Chinese 5 years' experience in restaurant management If you're qualified and interested, please send me your resume with picture: swd3rfv@gmail.com. Office receptionist &Sales Assistant Description: We are a well-known tourism company in Shanghai, and started our business at the beginning of 2000. Responsibility: Assist the sales manager and sales representatives Welcome the visitors Requirements: Female, 20 to 30 years old Sales experience will be an advantage, but not a must If you're interested, please send me your resume with picture(we won't accept without it): david@jobsitechina.com Question: What can we learn about the Coffee & Bar in Ganghui Plaza? Yes or no, is the answer "The position it advertised won't accept females."?
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Article: "How far is the next village?" the American asks a man standing by the edge of the road. In some countries, because the man realizes that the traveler is tired and eager to reach his destination  , he will politely say "Just down the road." He thinks this is more encouraging, gentler, and therefore the wanted answer. So the American drives through the night, getting more and more angry, feeling "being tricked". He thinks the man on purpose lied to him, for obviously he must have known the distance quite well. Had conditions been reversed  , the American would have felt he was "cheating" the driver if he had said the next town was not too far, and if he would be sorry to the weary driver, he would say "You have a good way to go yet, it is at least fifteen miles." The driver might be disappointed, but he would know what to expect. Whether to be accurate or polite leads to many misunderstandings between people of different cultures. If you know the situation in advance, it is sometimes easier to recognize the problem. Question: We can learn from this passage that Americans   _  . Yes or no, is the answer "like to be honest and accurate"?

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