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The most popular festival in Japan takes place from 1^st – 3^rd January,, and is called Ganjitsu, which means ‘the beginning of the year.’ People believe that good or bad luck in the first few days of the year represent the luck you will have for the rest of the year. Ganjitsu is celebrates by the ceremonial housecleaning, feasting and by the exchanging of visits and presents. Most people put up special decorations at the entrance to their houses to keep out evil spirits. The main decoration is a sacred rope decorated with ferns, oranges and lobster. All of these bove paraghthings are thought to bring good fortune, prosperity and long life. Finally, no celebration is complete without mochi cake and zoni soup. Both the cake and the soup are made from traditional recipes.

The topic of the above paragraph is …

• Keeping out evil spirits in Japan

• Good and bad luck in Japan

• Popular Japanese celebration

• the Ganjitsu festival

• Japanese cake and soup

The most popular festival in Japan takes place from 1^st – 3^rd January,, and is called Ganjitsu, which means ‘the beginning of the year.’ People believe that good or bad luck in the first few days of the year represent the luck you will have for the rest of the year. Ganjitsu is celebrates by the ceremonial housecleaning, feasting and by the exchanging of visits and presents. Most people put up special decorations at the entrance to their houses to keep out evil spirits. The main decoration is a sacred rope decorated with ferns, oranges and lobster. All of these bove paraghthings are thought to bring good fortune, prosperity and long life. Finally, no celebration is complete without mochi cake and zoni soup. Both the cake and the soup are made from traditional recipes

Japanese believe that their fate in a particular year depends on …

• Their good and bad luck in the first days of the year

• How they celebrate the Ganjitsu festival

• Whether they succeed in keeping their homes free from evil spirits

• How they decorate their houses with all the required items

• Whether their mocha cake and zoni soup follow the traditional recipes

The immune system serves three basic functions; to recognize foreign cells and attack them, to develop antibodies to recognized foreign invaders in the future, and to send white blood cells to the location of an injury to speed healing. Chronic stress can suppress the functioning of the immune system, so that just by being stressed for a long period of time, we can actually weaken our immune system and fall victim to an illness that we could normally fight off with ease.

The topic of the paragraph is …

• The consequence of chronic stress

• The functions of the immune system

• The weakening of the immune system

• the basic immune system

• the development of antibodies

The immune system serves three basic functions; to recognize foreign cells and attack them, to develop antibodies to recognized foreign invaders in the future, and to send white blood cells to the location of an injury to speed healing. Chronic stress can suppress the functioning of the immune system, so that just by being stressed for a long period of time, we can actually weaken our immune system and fall victim to an illness that we could normally fight off with ease.

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the immune system

• The immune system functions best when a person is under continuous pressure

• After identifying foreign invaders in the body the immune system attacks them

• There are three main functions of the immune system

• When the immune system is weak a person can become ill easily

• The main function of the immune system is to help the body in fighting all illness

The reason why tea is so popular as a drink is that, unlike soft drinks for example, it contains a drug which stimulates the nervous system. The plant is a kind of bush, and tea is made from the very young leaves of this plant. Tea, used mainly as a drink and also as a kind of medicine, was first known to have been drunk in AD 780 in China, but was probably common long before that.

The paragraph mainly discusses …

• When tea became a common drink

• Where tea was first known

• What stimulates the nervous system

• why people drink tea

• how people make tea

The reason why tea is so popular as a drink is that, unlike soft drinks for example, it contains a drug which stimulates the nervous system. The plant is a kind of bush, and tea is made from the very young leaves of this plant. Tea, used mainly as a drink and also as a kind of medicine, was first known to have been drunk in AD 780 in China, but was probably common long before that.

It is said that tea stimulates the nervous system because …

• It is made from young tea leaves

• It states different from soft drinks

• It can make people drunk

• it dates back to AD 780

• it has medical substance

Progress is gradually being made in the fight of cancer. In the early 1900s, few cancer patients had any hope of long-term survival. In the 1920s, the ratio was one in four. Currently, the ratio is down to one in three. The gain from one in four to one in three represents about 58.000 lives saved each year.

What is the topic of the paragraph ?

• The danger of cancer

• The problem of cancer

• cancer victims

• progress in the fight of cancer

• the history of cancer

Progress is gradually being made in the fight of cancer. In the early 1900s, few cancer patients had any hope of long-term survival. In the 1920s, the ratio was one in four. Currently, the ratio is down to one in three. The gain from one in four to one in three represents about 58.000 lives saved each year.

What is the main idea of the text ?

• In the 1900s, cancer patients had good hope of long-term survival

• The progress in fighting cancer result in the increasing number of survivals

• There is progress in preventing people from getting cancer

• Currently, the gain from the fight against cancer is the survival of 58,000 lives

• The number of cancer victims has gradually increased

A : Look! The girl is crying. What happened to her just now?

B : While playing with her brother, she ____

• kicks

• was kicked

• was kicking

• will kick

• kicked

The stewardess is now serving coffee to the passengers

• The passengers are serving coffee now

• Coffee is now being served to the passengers

• The passengers are now served coffee

• Coffee is now served to the passengers

• Coffee is now served by the passengers