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| 16. | 1. Then tie the branches with wire. 2. Make sure to shape it as you want. 3. Finally the Bonsai will grow well. 4. When the tree is older, wire is removed. 5. You take a healthy young tree, almost all kind of tree will be possible. 6. After that give plenty of fertilizer, and cut the branches regularly to be shorter. |
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| 17. | My Brother’s Pet: Pigeon 1. It is small-billed bird with a skin saddle between the bill and forehead. 2. The pigeon eats grain, fruit, and barriers. 3. It also has stout bodies, short necks, and small heads. 4. It has long wings and powerful flight muscles. 5. My brother has a pet, it’s a pigeon. |
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AE Ardmore Express Box 6467 Miami, F1
3339
Mr. Joseph Sung
2249 Oak ST.
Champaign, IL 60602
Account Number: 2736-8273888-09
Dear Account Holder:
Thank you for contacting us with regard to the charge on your Ardmore Express Gold Card account. We have contacted Schroeder’s Department Store on your behalf and are waiting a reply.
If we find that the charge was made to your account in error, we will make a credit adjustment within one business day.
We appreciate your patience as it may take six to eight weeks to complete the research needed to resolve your claim. If we can be of any further assistance, please call (888) 555-9870 to speak with a customer service representative.
Sincerely,
S. Nagle
Customer Service Supervisor
3339
Mr. Joseph Sung
2249 Oak ST.
Champaign, IL 60602
Account Number: 2736-8273888-09
Dear Account Holder:
Thank you for contacting us with regard to the charge on your Ardmore Express Gold Card account. We have contacted Schroeder’s Department Store on your behalf and are waiting a reply.
If we find that the charge was made to your account in error, we will make a credit adjustment within one business day.
We appreciate your patience as it may take six to eight weeks to complete the research needed to resolve your claim. If we can be of any further assistance, please call (888) 555-9870 to speak with a customer service representative.
Sincerely,
S. Nagle
Customer Service Supervisor
| 18. What does Mr. Nagle Mr. sung to do? |
| 19. From the letter above, we can conclude that AE Company will … |
The use of formalin and other dangerous preservatives in food has been a serious for two reasons. Firstly, formalin is not for human beings, but it is for biological specimen and experiments. Formalin in biology is a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water which is usually used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens. Thus, it is not for food preservative, it will be very dangerous to human’s body.
The second reason is that there is not tight control from the government. This condition makes the people’s health is really in a threat. When the control is weak and the use of formalin is spread wide all over the Indonesia regions, and these days it has really happened, the citizens’ bodies will be badly contaminated with the poisons. Fish or food traders still sell their product which contain formalin and dangerous preservatives. Can you imagine that our digestive system absorbs the substance the should be for the human and animal corpses?
Considering the reasons, we can makes a conclusion that the use of formalin and other preservatives is really a serious problem if it is not resolved immediately.
| 20. Why is formalin dangerous for human’s body? |
| 21. The main idea of paragraph 2 is …. |
| 22. Based on the facts above, the writer suggests that… |
Hendry and Mary had just married and everybody was enjoying their wedding party. There was plenty to eat and plenty to drink. Everybody is ... (23) ... very cheerful, when a very thin young man come into the room. He looked at Mary ... (24) ... and accusingly, walked slowly towards her, kissed her lovingly, and said, “Why did you do it?” then he walked to the ... (25) ... and disappeared. Nobody had every seen the young man before-not even Mary.
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Blueberries, cranberries, and huckleberries and related plants have been found to contain resveratrol, a potential anti-cancer agent, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists who made the discovery. This new fi nding from ARS adds to previous research by other scientist who found that darkskinned bunch grapes contain resveratrol.
Using chemical identifi cation procedures, the team of scientists measured the resveratrol content of 30 whole fruit samples of blueberry, cranberry, huckleberry and related plants. The samples represented five families and 10 species of Vaccinium fruit. They also measured resveratrol in skin, juice/pulp and seed samples of muscadine grape. Because of its important biological properties, resveratrol has been examined extensively in grapes. Studies showed the compound protects the grapes from fungal diseases. It also provides health benefi ts for consumers by reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease. The compound’s anticancer potential warranted is examination in other fruits.
The team’s studies showed that several fruits samples of Vaccinium contain varying amounts of the compound. Analysis of the extracts of the skin, juice/pulp and seed of muscadine grapes showed that concertration of resveratrol more Vaccinium and muscadine sample is continuing. The new data could help build a foundation for increasing resveratrol in those berry and grapes crops that are important to many small farmers. Future research goals will include enhancing production of resveratrol in selected species.
Using chemical identifi cation procedures, the team of scientists measured the resveratrol content of 30 whole fruit samples of blueberry, cranberry, huckleberry and related plants. The samples represented five families and 10 species of Vaccinium fruit. They also measured resveratrol in skin, juice/pulp and seed samples of muscadine grape. Because of its important biological properties, resveratrol has been examined extensively in grapes. Studies showed the compound protects the grapes from fungal diseases. It also provides health benefi ts for consumers by reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease. The compound’s anticancer potential warranted is examination in other fruits.
The team’s studies showed that several fruits samples of Vaccinium contain varying amounts of the compound. Analysis of the extracts of the skin, juice/pulp and seed of muscadine grapes showed that concertration of resveratrol more Vaccinium and muscadine sample is continuing. The new data could help build a foundation for increasing resveratrol in those berry and grapes crops that are important to many small farmers. Future research goals will include enhancing production of resveratrol in selected species.
| 26. From the text, we know that resveratrol .… |
| 27. Resveratrol has been tested in grapes because of …. |
| 28. Paragraph 3 talks about .… |
A Beautiful Mind is a biographical movie about John Forbes Nash Junior, mathematical genius with hard fate. At the beginning of this carrier he has made enormous contribution in the field of Game Theory, which was a revolution in this mathematical area and almost brought international fame to the author. The movie was filmed in 2001 by Ron Howard and today it is called modern classics: a true drama, making you think and evoking emotions.
Such movie, telling us about the life of a famous person, are always difficult to assess, because any such creations somehow pretend to be biographical ones. But in fact they are just a glance of one particular producer on the life of another individual. Of course, much depends on the actor who will perform the role of the protagonist and after watching A Beautiful Mind I will agree with this once again.
Such movie, telling us about the life of a famous person, are always difficult to assess, because any such creations somehow pretend to be biographical ones. But in fact they are just a glance of one particular producer on the life of another individual. Of course, much depends on the actor who will perform the role of the protagonist and after watching A Beautiful Mind I will agree with this once again.
| 29. What is the text about? |
| 30. Why is ‘Beautiful Mind’ is regarded as modern classics? |
| 31. What does the writer recommend to the readers? |
Multinational Crystal Lagoons will mark its return to Cityscape in Dubai with the launch of its latest and grandest project to date, which once completed will be entered into the Guiness Book of World Records.
The developer of the giant crystalline lagoons has signed a deal to construct the world’s largest man-made lagoon, covering 40 hectares, almost four-times bigger than the world’s largest exiting lagoon. Located in the upscale Mohammad Bin Rashid City-District One residential community, in the heart of Dubai, the lagoon will from an integral part of the US$ 7 billion project.
Mohammad Bin Rashid City-District One is a prestigious joint venture between Dubai-based Meydan Group and real estate developer, Sobha Group. The new lagoon with its expansive custom-made beaches, which offer unlimited scope for swimming, water sports and other water based leisure activities, will be a core amenity within Mohammad Bin Rashid City- District One’s 47 million square feet of freehold land.
The expansive development will feature luxury residences, green parkland, waterways, a high end shopping and dining pavilion and large recreational spaces creating one of the lowest density developments in the heart of any international city.
“Caribbean landscapes are no longer exclusive to tropical destinations.
“Our pioneering concept and state-of-the art technology, which allows for sustainable, swimmable, turquoise lagoons of unlimited sizes to be built and maintained at low cost anywhere in the world, is proving extremely popular with our growing list partners across the Middle East” said Kevin Morgan, chief executive of Crystal Lagoons. (News: Business).
The developer of the giant crystalline lagoons has signed a deal to construct the world’s largest man-made lagoon, covering 40 hectares, almost four-times bigger than the world’s largest exiting lagoon. Located in the upscale Mohammad Bin Rashid City-District One residential community, in the heart of Dubai, the lagoon will from an integral part of the US$ 7 billion project.
Mohammad Bin Rashid City-District One is a prestigious joint venture between Dubai-based Meydan Group and real estate developer, Sobha Group. The new lagoon with its expansive custom-made beaches, which offer unlimited scope for swimming, water sports and other water based leisure activities, will be a core amenity within Mohammad Bin Rashid City- District One’s 47 million square feet of freehold land.
The expansive development will feature luxury residences, green parkland, waterways, a high end shopping and dining pavilion and large recreational spaces creating one of the lowest density developments in the heart of any international city.
“Caribbean landscapes are no longer exclusive to tropical destinations.
“Our pioneering concept and state-of-the art technology, which allows for sustainable, swimmable, turquoise lagoons of unlimited sizes to be built and maintained at low cost anywhere in the world, is proving extremely popular with our growing list partners across the Middle East” said Kevin Morgan, chief executive of Crystal Lagoons. (News: Business).
| 32. The text is mainly about …. |
| 33. What is the aim of development an outstanding lagoon? |
| 34. From the third paragraph, we imply that .… |
Jakarta, Wed. Many people are closely following the political polls during the fi nal weeks preceding this important general election. But how do these polls actually work?
“Polls are surveys of a relatively small number of people compared to the actual number who wiil vote. They are to predict who may actually win an election before the final vote,” said a politic observer, Muhammad Faishal.
Let’s say that 100 million people are expected to vote in the general election. If 100 people are asked for their opinions, each respondent represents a million voters. Faishal emphasized further, “ it is obvious, the result of such a poll are not very reliable. The more people surveyed, the more, meaningful are the results”.
Pollsters have various ways of making their polls more accurate. They try to find a representative of variety of people to question. For example, they look for people with similar backgrounds and from similar regions to those of all voters.
Pollsters also ask questions that try to find how many people who support each candidate will actually vote. If a candidate has a higher percentage of enthusiastic supporters than his opponent, he has a better chance of winning than the low numbers might suggest. Pollsters may only count those who they consider to be “likely voters”.
If we look at the polls that are taken over time, we can often detect a trend. We can tell if a candidate is gaining or losing support when we compare with the most recent polls to the earlier ones.
Polls often ask potential (those who could be) voters what they like or dislike about each candidate . the campaigns use those results to help them decide which issues to stress pr which positions to clarify. They can also determine which voters to target with their massages.
“Because no two people are the same, polls can never be perfect predictors of the real vote. But they can give important clues as to where things may be heading. At the very least, if you like politics, polls can be great entertainment,“ Faishal said. (the news)
“Polls are surveys of a relatively small number of people compared to the actual number who wiil vote. They are to predict who may actually win an election before the final vote,” said a politic observer, Muhammad Faishal.
Let’s say that 100 million people are expected to vote in the general election. If 100 people are asked for their opinions, each respondent represents a million voters. Faishal emphasized further, “ it is obvious, the result of such a poll are not very reliable. The more people surveyed, the more, meaningful are the results”.
Pollsters have various ways of making their polls more accurate. They try to find a representative of variety of people to question. For example, they look for people with similar backgrounds and from similar regions to those of all voters.
Pollsters also ask questions that try to find how many people who support each candidate will actually vote. If a candidate has a higher percentage of enthusiastic supporters than his opponent, he has a better chance of winning than the low numbers might suggest. Pollsters may only count those who they consider to be “likely voters”.
If we look at the polls that are taken over time, we can often detect a trend. We can tell if a candidate is gaining or losing support when we compare with the most recent polls to the earlier ones.
Polls often ask potential (those who could be) voters what they like or dislike about each candidate . the campaigns use those results to help them decide which issues to stress pr which positions to clarify. They can also determine which voters to target with their massages.
“Because no two people are the same, polls can never be perfect predictors of the real vote. But they can give important clues as to where things may be heading. At the very least, if you like politics, polls can be great entertainment,“ Faishal said. (the news)
| 35. Which of the following is the most suitable title for the text? |
| 36. We can infer from the text that …. |
| 37. What is main idea of paragraph 4? |
Internet has been the most outstanding invention in the history of mankind. With internet, out earth has become a global village. Yet, like many other human made technologies, it has its own advantages and disadvantages.
There are plenty of software that can entertain us or help us to communicate with our beloved ones. In a mere second, we can chat for hours with a person who is sitting at the other parts of the world, read our e-mail in our smart phone or listen to our favorite radio broadcast by streaming it on our table.
With its easy access, internet also has its disadvantages . one of them is children may be exposed to violence and explicit contects that only suitable for adults. There are thousands of such inappropriate contents on the internet which can be easily found. It is a very serious issue and may harm children well-being.
Although, internet can create havoc and destruction, its advantages are more important than its disadvantages.
There are plenty of software that can entertain us or help us to communicate with our beloved ones. In a mere second, we can chat for hours with a person who is sitting at the other parts of the world, read our e-mail in our smart phone or listen to our favorite radio broadcast by streaming it on our table.
With its easy access, internet also has its disadvantages . one of them is children may be exposed to violence and explicit contects that only suitable for adults. There are thousands of such inappropriate contents on the internet which can be easily found. It is a very serious issue and may harm children well-being.
Although, internet can create havoc and destruction, its advantages are more important than its disadvantages.
| 38. What is one disadvantages of the internet? |
| 39. The main idea of paragraph 2 is .... |
| 40. From the passage we can assume that, children should be …. By their parents while they are using the internet. |
A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land. In the sense of “ flowing water”, the world may also be applied to inflow of the tide. Flooding may result from the volume of water within a body of water, such as a river or lake , which overflows or break levees, with the result that some of the water escapes its unusual boundaries.
While the size of a lake or other body of water will vary with seasonal changes in precipitation and show melt, it is not a significant flood unless such escapes of water endanger land areas used by man like a village, city or other inhabited area.
Floods can also occur in rivers, when fl ow exceeds the capacity of the river channel, particularly at bends or meanders. Flood often cause damage to homes and businesses if they are placed in natural flood plains of rivers. While flood damage van be virtually eliminated by moving away from and other bodies of water, since time out of mind, people have lived and worked by the water to seek the sustenance and capitalize on the gains of cheap and easy travel and commerce by being near water. That humans continue to inhabit areas threatened by flood damage is evidence that the perceived value of living near the water exceeds the cost of repeated periodic flooding.
While the size of a lake or other body of water will vary with seasonal changes in precipitation and show melt, it is not a significant flood unless such escapes of water endanger land areas used by man like a village, city or other inhabited area.
Floods can also occur in rivers, when fl ow exceeds the capacity of the river channel, particularly at bends or meanders. Flood often cause damage to homes and businesses if they are placed in natural flood plains of rivers. While flood damage van be virtually eliminated by moving away from and other bodies of water, since time out of mind, people have lived and worked by the water to seek the sustenance and capitalize on the gains of cheap and easy travel and commerce by being near water. That humans continue to inhabit areas threatened by flood damage is evidence that the perceived value of living near the water exceeds the cost of repeated periodic flooding.
| 41. What should people do to avoid the loss of their business caused by the flood? |
| 42. What is the main idea of the third paragraph? |
| 43. “……..,it is not significant flood unless such escapes of water endanger land areas used by man…..” (paragraph 2) The underline word is closest in meaning to…. |
Japan Telkom co, Ltd (Head Office : Minato_ ku, Tokyo: President and CEO:Hideki Kurashige: hereinafter “ Japan Telkom”) announces that on October 1st , 2014 it will change its name to “ Softbank Telecom Corp” and the corporate logo will change to the design used by Softbank Group Companies.
Softbank Group is a comprehensive I.T. network infrastructure, digital platform and content company. With this collective strength, our company offers innovative, board solution which contributes to the business success of our customers.
With this company change, we aim to maximaze group synergies to further build the relationship and trust we have with our existing costumers. We will use the power of the Softbank Group companies to develop our company’s strength.
| 44. What happened to the company on October 1st , 2014? |
| 45. Softbank Group is…. |
Have you ever wondered what your pet was thinking?
Do you want to enhance your understanding of your dog or cat?
Professor Shasta Ewing, a leading animal behaviorist, will be conducting an informative workshop entitled “ Understanding your pet” this session will explore animal cognition and behavior commonly demonstrated by our pets.
Professor Ewing has studied with the esteem of Dr. Nitz and Dr. Francis, author of my pet and me. A demonstration of animal training will be given by professor Edwardb West.
All registered participant will receive a certificate of attendance.
Audiocassettes will also be available for purchase.
Do you want to enhance your understanding of your dog or cat?
Professor Shasta Ewing, a leading animal behaviorist, will be conducting an informative workshop entitled “ Understanding your pet” this session will explore animal cognition and behavior commonly demonstrated by our pets.
Professor Ewing has studied with the esteem of Dr. Nitz and Dr. Francis, author of my pet and me. A demonstration of animal training will be given by professor Edwardb West.
All registered participant will receive a certificate of attendance.
Audiocassettes will also be available for purchase.
| Location | fee | time |
| Halpen hotel | $25 | 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. |
| 46. What is the advertisement about? |
| 47. Who is going to lead this workshop? |
I’ll never forget May 3, 1990, the dat Tien- Tien came into our lives. Ahong , the wife of my youngest brother Ajing, gave birth after a very difficult labour of five hours. We already had a name for the baby before she was born. She would be called Tien-Tien which meant ‘sweetness’.
As we waited at the hospital, our joy quickly turned to grief when the attending physician announced that he could detect no signs of life in Tien-Tien. There was no breathing, no heartbeat, so he finally declared the baby dead.
Ajing decide to lay the body next to the Taizi River. To outsiders, this might be strange: to us, a Chinese family with almost no money or resources, the prospect of encouraging the baby’s spirit slip away to a better world in a beautiful setting made a great deal of sense. We planned to return later to bury Tien-Tien’s remains and pay honour to her.
Ajing wrapped his child in a red fl oral quilt and set off for the river. He gently laid his baby in a patch of grass along the bank of the river.
A week later, while I was walking home from work, I overheard several women talking about one of her friends. They said their friend heard a baby crying and the sound came from a patch of grass along the river bank. They further explained that the baby had been placed in a local orphanage.
Something inside me said it must have been Tien-Tien. Without waiting any longer, I ran to the orphanage. In the room I saw Tien-Tien in a crib covered in dirt but very much alive.
As we waited at the hospital, our joy quickly turned to grief when the attending physician announced that he could detect no signs of life in Tien-Tien. There was no breathing, no heartbeat, so he finally declared the baby dead.
Ajing decide to lay the body next to the Taizi River. To outsiders, this might be strange: to us, a Chinese family with almost no money or resources, the prospect of encouraging the baby’s spirit slip away to a better world in a beautiful setting made a great deal of sense. We planned to return later to bury Tien-Tien’s remains and pay honour to her.
Ajing wrapped his child in a red fl oral quilt and set off for the river. He gently laid his baby in a patch of grass along the bank of the river.
A week later, while I was walking home from work, I overheard several women talking about one of her friends. They said their friend heard a baby crying and the sound came from a patch of grass along the river bank. They further explained that the baby had been placed in a local orphanage.
Something inside me said it must have been Tien-Tien. Without waiting any longer, I ran to the orphanage. In the room I saw Tien-Tien in a crib covered in dirt but very much alive.
| 48. What is the best title for the text? |
| 49. Why did they suddenly become unhappy? |
| 50. From paragraph 3, we can conclude that …. |
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