The conservative leader _____ international furor earlier this month by saying there was no evidence that the women were coerced into sexual service in the World War Ⅱ era.
liberated
delegated
mitigated
triggered
The politics of global warming has changed _____ since the court agreed last year to hear its first case on the subject, with many Republicans as well as Democrats now pressing for action.
dramatically
unseemly
abundantly
loathsomely
My flight to Hongkong was _____ because of a mechanical problem.
expired
misplaced
delayed
unboarded
The global auto industry is experiencing a green revolution, convinced that lower emissions and hybrid engines could turn _____ drivers into a long-term customers.
eco-minded
reckless
tactful
intentional
Tom’s parents are too _____ of their son’s bad behavior. They let him do whatever he likes.
suspicious
aggressive
pampered
tolerant
Taiwan health officials wanted to turn the _____-clad women who sell betel nuts at stands along Taiwan’s roadways into anti-AIDS campaigners.
nakedly
hardly
barely
scantily
The car dealer who sold me my car gave me an excellent price and a three-year _____.
utilization
warranty
replacement
exchange
Please use the green can for _____ of your cans and bottles. The blue one is for recycling paper.
disposal
manufacture
restoration
removal
The 27 European Union heads of state _____ agreed to sign on to a package of energy measures at a summit in Brussels; none of them voted against it.
persistently
unanimously
credulously
scornfully
When we talk about “each other” or “one another,” we refer to _____ relationships, meaning that the relationships are bi-directional.
ambiguous
dubious
reciprocal
precarious
Because many hackers now are sophisticated financial criminals, their programs are more likely to mutate _____ the signature they leave on one person’s computer might look nothing like the signature left on someone else’s machine.
as quickly as
so quickly that
as quickly as possible
so quickly for
Until the practical driving test for any vehicle includes being tested on driving in real traffic conditions _____ a closed test track, nothing will change.
except for
in contrary with
in spite of
rather than
The Economics Ministry here has reiterated its warning that the free-trade agreement signed over the weekend between Seoul and Washington will _____ on Taiwan.
look in
have a crush
pride itself
take a heavy toll
I woke up this morning with a terrible headache, and my whole body feels hot and my muscles hurt. I think I am _____ another case of flu.
coming down with
catching up with
getting rid of
giving in to
Jack prefers to stay home watching TV rather than go out or exercise. I guess you can say that he is a _____.
real nerd
couch potato
Tom boy
big shot
_____seeing his beloved family step out of the car safe and sound, Tom broke into a big smile.
As soon as
Until
Upon
Since
No matter how wealthy we are in the future, our needs and wants remain the same, and the increase of wealth will not guarantee happiness, and_____.
nor will the increase of information
the increase of information will not, too
nor is the increase of information, either
nor the increase of information will
I have to go to bed now because I _____ up late. I would rather get up early tomorrow morning.
didn’t use to sit
didn’t use to sitting
am not used to sit
am not used to sitting
By the time you graduate from college, I _____ in this company for 10 years.
will work
will be working
will have been working
will have to work
These results should not be taken _____ -careful analysis is required to assess their full implications.
at a loose end
at face value
at odds
at the coalface
Tens of millions of autos on the road today have crash tested well and feature air bags and antilock brakes, giving the driver a sense of safety on the road. Yet this sense of safety may not be reliable because speed limits have risen and small recreational vehicles like SUVs and MPVs have multiplied. 21. , people have turned their vehicles into second living rooms where hidden dangers 22. , from a cell phone on the dashboard to tennis racquets and gold clubs in the back. It’s a recipe for 23. because in a crash, any of these objects could 24. a deadly bullet.
The automotive industry 25. about this for years. Some companies have tried to warn the consumers in different ways. For instance, in 1986 General Motors engineers in the US were warning that passengers and drivers could sustain serious injuries from unsecured cargo.
Accidentally
Eventually
Meanwhile
Overall
Tens of millions of autos on the road today have crash tested well and feature air bags and antilock brakes, giving the driver a sense of safety on the road. Yet this sense of safety may not be reliable because speed limits have risen and small recreational vehicles like SUVs and MPVs have multiplied. 21. , people have turned their vehicles into second living rooms where hidden dangers 22. , from a cell phone on the dashboard to tennis racquets and gold clubs in the back. It’s a recipe for 23. because in a crash, any of these objects could 24. a deadly bullet.
The automotive industry 25. about this for years. Some companies have tried to warn the consumers in different ways. For instance, in 1986 General Motors engineers in the US were warning that passengers and drivers could sustain serious injuries from unsecured cargo.
abound
perish
subside
vanish
Tens of millions of autos on the road today have crash tested well and feature air bags and antilock brakes, giving the driver a sense of safety on the road. Yet this sense of safety may not be reliable because speed limits have risen and small recreational vehicles like SUVs and MPVs have multiplied. 21. , people have turned their vehicles into second living rooms where hidden dangers 22. , from a cell phone on the dashboard to tennis racquets and gold clubs in the back. It’s a recipe for 23. because in a crash, any of these objects could 24. a deadly bullet.
The automotive industry 25. about this for years. Some companies have tried to warn the consumers in different ways. For instance, in 1986 General Motors engineers in the US were warning that passengers and drivers could sustain serious injuries from unsecured cargo.
cuisine
disaster
fortune
treasure
Tens of millions of autos on the road today have crash tested well and feature air bags and antilock brakes, giving the driver a sense of safety on the road. Yet this sense of safety may not be reliable because speed limits have risen and small recreational vehicles like SUVs and MPVs have multiplied. 21. , people have turned their vehicles into second living rooms where hidden dangers 22. , from a cell phone on the dashboard to tennis racquets and gold clubs in the back. It’s a recipe for 23. because in a crash, any of these objects could 24. a deadly bullet.
The automotive industry 25. about this for years. Some companies have tried to warn the consumers in different ways. For instance, in 1986 General Motors engineers in the US were warning that passengers and drivers could sustain serious injuries from unsecured cargo.
make up
press home
set out
turn into
Tens of millions of autos on the road today have crash tested well and feature air bags and antilock brakes, giving the driver a sense of safety on the road. Yet this sense of safety may not be reliable because speed limits have risen and small recreational vehicles like SUVs and MPVs have multiplied. 21. , people have turned their vehicles into second living rooms where hidden dangers 22. , from a cell phone on the dashboard to tennis racquets and gold clubs in the back. It’s a recipe for 23. because in a crash, any of these objects could 24. a deadly bullet.
The automotive industry 25. about this for years. Some companies have tried to warn the consumers in different ways. For instance, in 1986 General Motors engineers in the US were warning that passengers and drivers could sustain serious injuries from unsecured cargo.
knows
knew
has known
had known
The tropical blue moon butterfly has developed a way of fighting back 26. parasitic bacteria. Six years ago, males accounted for 27. 1% of the blue moon population on two islands in the South Pacific. But 28. last year, the butterflies had evolved a gene to keep the bacteria 29. and male numbers were up to about 40% of the population. Scientists believe the comeback is 30. “suppressor” genes that control the Wolbachia bacteria that is 31. down from the mother and kills the male embryos 32. they hatch. “To my 33. , this is the fastest evolutionary change that has ever been observed”, said Sylvain Charlat, 34. University College London, UK, whose study 35. in the journal Science.
(A)know (B)appearing (C)before (D)pass
(AB)of (AC)passed (AD)just (BC)due (BD)by (CD)passing
(ABC)knowledge (ABD)appears (ACD)in check (BCD)against
(ABCD)due to
The tropical blue moon butterfly has developed a way of fighting back 26. parasitic bacteria. Six years ago, males accounted for 27. 1% of the blue moon population on two islands in the South Pacific. But 28. last year, the butterflies had evolved a gene to keep the bacteria 29. and male numbers were up to about 40% of the population. Scientists believe the comeback is 30. “suppressor” genes that control the Wolbachia bacteria that is 31. down from the mother and kills the male embryos 32. they hatch. “To my 33. , this is the fastest evolutionary change that has ever been observed”, said Sylvain Charlat, 34. University College London, UK, whose study 35. in the journal Science.
(A)know (B)appearing (C)before (D)pass
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The tropical blue moon butterfly has developed a way of fighting back 26. parasitic bacteria. Six years ago, males accounted for 27. 1% of the blue moon population on two islands in the South Pacific. But 28. last year, the butterflies had evolved a gene to keep the bacteria 29. and male numbers were up to about 40% of the population. Scientists believe the comeback is 30. “suppressor” genes that control the Wolbachia bacteria that is 31. down from the mother and kills the male embryos 32. they hatch. “To my 33. , this is the fastest evolutionary change that has ever been observed”, said Sylvain Charlat, 34. University College London, UK, whose study 35. in the journal Science.
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The tropical blue moon butterfly has developed a way of fighting back 26. parasitic bacteria. Six years ago, males accounted for 27. 1% of the blue moon population on two islands in the South Pacific. But 28. last year, the butterflies had evolved a gene to keep the bacteria 29. and male numbers were up to about 40% of the population. Scientists believe the comeback is 30. “suppressor” genes that control the Wolbachia bacteria that is 31. down from the mother and kills the male embryos 32. they hatch. “To my 33. , this is the fastest evolutionary change that has ever been observed”, said Sylvain Charlat, 34. University College London, UK, whose study 35. in the journal Science.
(A)know (B)appearing (C)before (D)pass
(AB)of (AC)passed (AD)just (BC)due (BD)by (CD)passing
(ABC)knowledge (ABD)appears (ACD)in check (BCD)against
(ABCD)due to
The tropical blue moon butterfly has developed a way of fighting back 26. parasitic bacteria. Six years ago, males accounted for 27. 1% of the blue moon population on two islands in the South Pacific. But 28. last year, the butterflies had evolved a gene to keep the bacteria 29. and male numbers were up to about 40% of the population. Scientists believe the comeback is 30. “suppressor” genes that control the Wolbachia bacteria that is 31. down from the mother and kills the male embryos 32. they hatch. “To my 33. , this is the fastest evolutionary change that has ever been observed”, said Sylvain Charlat, 34. University College London, UK, whose study 35. in the journal Science.
(A)know (B)appearing (C)before (D)pass
(AB)of (AC)passed (AD)just (BC)due (BD)by (CD)passing
(ABC)knowledge (ABD)appears (ACD)in check (BCD)against
(ABCD)due to
The tropical blue moon butterfly has developed a way of fighting back 26. parasitic bacteria. Six years ago, males accounted for 27. 1% of the blue moon population on two islands in the South Pacific. But 28. last year, the butterflies had evolved a gene to keep the bacteria 29. and male numbers were up to about 40% of the population. Scientists believe the comeback is 30. “suppressor” genes that control the Wolbachia bacteria that is 31. down from the mother and kills the male embryos 32. they hatch. “To my 33. , this is the fastest evolutionary change that has ever been observed”, said Sylvain Charlat, 34. University College London, UK, whose study 35. in the journal Science.
(A)know (B)appearing (C)before (D)pass
(AB)of (AC)passed (AD)just (BC)due (BD)by (CD)passing
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The tropical blue moon butterfly has developed a way of fighting back 26. parasitic bacteria. Six years ago, males accounted for 27. 1% of the blue moon population on two islands in the South Pacific. But 28. last year, the butterflies had evolved a gene to keep the bacteria 29. and male numbers were up to about 40% of the population. Scientists believe the comeback is 30. “suppressor” genes that control the Wolbachia bacteria that is 31. down from the mother and kills the male embryos 32. they hatch. “To my 33. , this is the fastest evolutionary change that has ever been observed”, said Sylvain Charlat, 34. University College London, UK, whose study 35. in the journal Science.
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(AB)of (AC)passed (AD)just (BC)due (BD)by (CD)passing
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The tropical blue moon butterfly has developed a way of fighting back 26. parasitic bacteria. Six years ago, males accounted for 27. 1% of the blue moon population on two islands in the South Pacific. But 28. last year, the butterflies had evolved a gene to keep the bacteria 29. and male numbers were up to about 40% of the population. Scientists believe the comeback is 30. “suppressor” genes that control the Wolbachia bacteria that is 31. down from the mother and kills the male embryos 32. they hatch. “To my 33. , this is the fastest evolutionary change that has ever been observed”, said Sylvain Charlat, 34. University College London, UK, whose study 35. in the journal Science.
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The tropical blue moon butterfly has developed a way of fighting back 26. parasitic bacteria. Six years ago, males accounted for 27. 1% of the blue moon population on two islands in the South Pacific. But 28. last year, the butterflies had evolved a gene to keep the bacteria 29. and male numbers were up to about 40% of the population. Scientists believe the comeback is 30. “suppressor” genes that control the Wolbachia bacteria that is 31. down from the mother and kills the male embryos 32. they hatch. “To my 33. , this is the fastest evolutionary change that has ever been observed”, said Sylvain Charlat, 34. University College London, UK, whose study 35. in the journal Science.
(A)know (B)appearing (C)before (D)pass
(AB)of (AC)passed (AD)just (BC)due (BD)by (CD)passing
(ABC)knowledge (ABD)appears (ACD)in check (BCD)against
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The tropical blue moon butterfly has developed a way of fighting back 26. parasitic bacteria. Six years ago, males accounted for 27. 1% of the blue moon population on two islands in the South Pacific. But 28. last year, the butterflies had evolved a gene to keep the bacteria 29. and male numbers were up to about 40% of the population. Scientists believe the comeback is 30. “suppressor” genes that control the Wolbachia bacteria that is 31. down from the mother and kills the male embryos 32. they hatch. “To my 33. , this is the fastest evolutionary change that has ever been observed”, said Sylvain Charlat, 34. University College London, UK, whose study 35. in the journal Science.
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One afternoon I went to see John Holt, who was working in his fourth-floor office on Boylston Street in downtown Boston. Holt, possibly this country’s best known, if not its most controversial education writer, was sitting on a stack of newspapers four inches high placed on a chair in front of a desk cluttered with books and papers. The newspapers were yellowing. One was dated February 29, 1980. In front of his desk was a green folding cot, standing upright to shield him from the sun that slanted through the windows.
“I may not be good at making things,” he said, “but I love to improvise.” He pointed proudly to the wooden splint and tape that held the cot upright. He worked bare-chested and wore shorts in the heat; his skin full of freckles, and a fan whirred beside him as he composed on his Olivetti memory-storing typewriter, his pride and joy.
In contrast to so much of the writing on schools and learning, one reads Holt easily, and he has become one of the very few education writers to have reached the masses. How Children Fail and How Children Learn, the most successful of his nine books, are among the best-selling education books ever.
This afternoon he was putting the finishing touches on a revised edition of How Children Fail (to be published this spring by Delacorte). When the original was published in 1964, it all but launched the educational reform movement, a movement that reached its peak a decade ago before being swept aside by “back to basics.”
“My first thought,” he says about his revision, “was that is would be easy maybe add a few words here and there. But I found I had a lot more to say. My thinking had really moved on since then. It’s a whole new book. Really John Holt up to date.”
By the mid-seventies Holt had decided that for him, meaningful school reform was impossible. Four years ago he began his own magazine Growing Without Schooling. In the magazine, in lectures, on talk shows (after an appearance on the Phil Donahue show Holt received 10,000 letters) and in a new book Teach Your Own (Delacorte) he stressed that the best learning environment for a child was not in the school, no matter how humane, but in a supportive home.
According to the article, what was John Holt?
He was a writer.
He was a news reporter.
He was an educator.
He was a government reformer.
One afternoon I went to see John Holt, who was working in his fourth-floor office on Boylston Street in downtown Boston. Holt, possibly this country’s best known, if not its most controversial education writer, was sitting on a stack of newspapers four inches high placed on a chair in front of a desk cluttered with books and papers. The newspapers were yellowing. One was dated February 29, 1980. In front of his desk was a green folding cot, standing upright to shield him from the sun that slanted through the windows.
“I may not be good at making things,” he said, “but I love to improvise.” He pointed proudly to the wooden splint and tape that held the cot upright. He worked bare-chested and wore shorts in the heat; his skin full of freckles, and a fan whirred beside him as he composed on his Olivetti memory-storing typewriter, his pride and joy.
In contrast to so much of the writing on schools and learning, one reads Holt easily, and he has become one of the very few education writers to have reached the masses. How Children Fail and How Children Learn, the most successful of his nine books, are among the best-selling education books ever.
This afternoon he was putting the finishing touches on a revised edition of How Children Fail (to be published this spring by Delacorte). When the original was published in 1964, it all but launched the educational reform movement, a movement that reached its peak a decade ago before being swept aside by “back to basics.”
“My first thought,” he says about his revision, “was that is would be easy maybe add a few words here and there. But I found I had a lot more to say. My thinking had really moved on since then. It’s a whole new book. Really John Holt up to date.”
By the mid-seventies Holt had decided that for him, meaningful school reform was impossible. Four years ago he began his own magazine Growing Without Schooling. In the magazine, in lectures, on talk shows (after an appearance on the Phil Donahue show Holt received 10,000 letters) and in a new book Teach Your Own (Delacorte) he stressed that the best learning environment for a child was not in the school, no matter how humane, but in a supportive home.
According to the article, which of the following were in the best-seller list?
How Children Fail
How Children Learn
Growing Without Schooling
Teach Your Own
One afternoon I went to see John Holt, who was working in his fourth-floor office on Boylston Street in downtown Boston. Holt, possibly this country’s best known, if not its most controversial education writer, was sitting on a stack of newspapers four inches high placed on a chair in front of a desk cluttered with books and papers. The newspapers were yellowing. One was dated February 29, 1980. In front of his desk was a green folding cot, standing upright to shield him from the sun that slanted through the windows.
“I may not be good at making things,” he said, “but I love to improvise.” He pointed proudly to the wooden splint and tape that held the cot upright. He worked bare-chested and wore shorts in the heat; his skin full of freckles, and a fan whirred beside him as he composed on his Olivetti memory-storing typewriter, his pride and joy.
In contrast to so much of the writing on schools and learning, one reads Holt easily, and he has become one of the very few education writers to have reached the masses. How Children Fail and How Children Learn, the most successful of his nine books, are among the best-selling education books ever.
This afternoon he was putting the finishing touches on a revised edition of How Children Fail (to be published this spring by Delacorte). When the original was published in 1964, it all but launched the educational reform movement, a movement that reached its peak a decade ago before being swept aside by “back to basics.”
“My first thought,” he says about his revision, “was that is would be easy maybe add a few words here and there. But I found I had a lot more to say. My thinking had really moved on since then. It’s a whole new book. Really John Holt up to date.”
By the mid-seventies Holt had decided that for him, meaningful school reform was impossible. Four years ago he began his own magazine Growing Without Schooling. In the magazine, in lectures, on talk shows (after an appearance on the Phil Donahue show Holt received 10,000 letters) and in a new book Teach Your Own (Delacorte) he stressed that the best learning environment for a child was not in the school, no matter how humane, but in a supportive home.
Which of the following ideas were believed by John Holt?
School reforming should be launched.
Meaningful school reform was impossible.
The best place to teach children was a supportive home.
More letters should be written to urge the government to change the school system.
One afternoon I went to see John Holt, who was working in his fourth-floor office on Boylston Street in downtown Boston. Holt, possibly this country’s best known, if not its most controversial education writer, was sitting on a stack of newspapers four inches high placed on a chair in front of a desk cluttered with books and papers. The newspapers were yellowing. One was dated February 29, 1980. In front of his desk was a green folding cot, standing upright to shield him from the sun that slanted through the windows.
“I may not be good at making things,” he said, “but I love to improvise.” He pointed proudly to the wooden splint and tape that held the cot upright. He worked bare-chested and wore shorts in the heat; his skin full of freckles, and a fan whirred beside him as he composed on his Olivetti memory-storing typewriter, his pride and joy.
In contrast to so much of the writing on schools and learning, one reads Holt easily, and he has become one of the very few education writers to have reached the masses. How Children Fail and How Children Learn, the most successful of his nine books, are among the best-selling education books ever.
This afternoon he was putting the finishing touches on a revised edition of How Children Fail (to be published this spring by Delacorte). When the original was published in 1964, it all but launched the educational reform movement, a movement that reached its peak a decade ago before being swept aside by “back to basics.”
“My first thought,” he says about his revision, “was that is would be easy maybe add a few words here and there. But I found I had a lot more to say. My thinking had really moved on since then. It’s a whole new book. Really John Holt up to date.”
By the mid-seventies Holt had decided that for him, meaningful school reform was impossible. Four years ago he began his own magazine Growing Without Schooling. In the magazine, in lectures, on talk shows (after an appearance on the Phil Donahue show Holt received 10,000 letters) and in a new book Teach Your Own (Delacorte) he stressed that the best learning environment for a child was not in the school, no matter how humane, but in a supportive home.
According to the author, which of the following descriptions match John Holt’s office?
It was full of old stuff.
It was fairly tidy and clean.
It was on the fourth floor.
The desk was full of books and papers.
One afternoon I went to see John Holt, who was working in his fourth-floor office on Boylston Street in downtown Boston. Holt, possibly this country’s best known, if not its most controversial education writer, was sitting on a stack of newspapers four inches high placed on a chair in front of a desk cluttered with books and papers. The newspapers were yellowing. One was dated February 29, 1980. In front of his desk was a green folding cot, standing upright to shield him from the sun that slanted through the windows.
“I may not be good at making things,” he said, “but I love to improvise.” He pointed proudly to the wooden splint and tape that held the cot upright. He worked bare-chested and wore shorts in the heat; his skin full of freckles, and a fan whirred beside him as he composed on his Olivetti memory-storing typewriter, his pride and joy.
In contrast to so much of the writing on schools and learning, one reads Holt easily, and he has become one of the very few education writers to have reached the masses. How Children Fail and How Children Learn, the most successful of his nine books, are among the best-selling education books ever.
This afternoon he was putting the finishing touches on a revised edition of How Children Fail (to be published this spring by Delacorte). When the original was published in 1964, it all but launched the educational reform movement, a movement that reached its peak a decade ago before being swept aside by “back to basics.”
“My first thought,” he says about his revision, “was that is would be easy maybe add a few words here and there. But I found I had a lot more to say. My thinking had really moved on since then. It’s a whole new book. Really John Holt up to date.”
By the mid-seventies Holt had decided that for him, meaningful school reform was impossible. Four years ago he began his own magazine Growing Without Schooling. In the magazine, in lectures, on talk shows (after an appearance on the Phil Donahue show Holt received 10,000 letters) and in a new book Teach Your Own (Delacorte) he stressed that the best learning environment for a child was not in the school, no matter how humane, but in a supportive home.
Which of the following statements are correct about John Holt?
His writing is very difficult to read.
He always tried to improve his work.
He believed that good education started at home.
He was a very popular politician and was invited to many talk shows.
History was rewritten after about 100 million people voted to name the seven new wonders of the world. India’s Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of China, Jordan’s Petra, Brazil’s statue of Christ the Redeemer, Peru’s Machu Picchu, Mexico’s Chichen Itza pyramid and the Colosseum in Rome have now replaced the original wonders, most of which have long since vanished into the mists of time. Greece’s Acropolis and Cambodia’s Angkor Wat failed to make the final cut. The Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the original wonders of the ancient world still standing, was assured of retaining its status in addition to the new seven after indignant Egytian officials said it was a disgrace they had to compete. The other original wonders, all destroyed, were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the statue of Zeus at Olympia, the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the lighthouse of Alexandria. Money raised by the New Seven Wonders organization will be used to fund restoration efforts worldwide, including a mission to recreate the giant Bamiyan Buddha statue destroyed by the Taliban in Afghanistan. “We want people to look at the world in a different way and appreciate their culture and different cultures,” said spokeswoman Tia Viering.
Which of the below is one of the seven new wonders of the world?
Taj Mahal
Petra
Acropolis
the Colossus of Rhodes
History was rewritten after about 100 million people voted to name the seven new wonders of the world. India’s Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of China, Jordan’s Petra, Brazil’s statue of Christ the Redeemer, Peru’s Machu Picchu, Mexico’s Chichen Itza pyramid and the Colosseum in Rome have now replaced the original wonders, most of which have long since vanished into the mists of time. Greece’s Acropolis and Cambodia’s Angkor Wat failed to make the final cut. The Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the original wonders of the ancient world still standing, was assured of retaining its status in addition to the new seven after indignant Egytian officials said it was a disgrace they had to compete. The other original wonders, all destroyed, were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the statue of Zeus at Olympia, the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the lighthouse of Alexandria. Money raised by the New Seven Wonders organization will be used to fund restoration efforts worldwide, including a mission to recreate the giant Bamiyan Buddha statue destroyed by the Taliban in Afghanistan. “We want people to look at the world in a different way and appreciate their culture and different cultures,” said spokeswoman Tia Viering.
Which of the following sentences are true based on the reading?
The Great Pyramid of Giza is a wonder of the world.
The Acropolis was a competitor for the new Seven Wonders of the World.
All of the original wonders of the ancient world have been destroyed.
The New Seven Wonders organization is trying to recreate the giant Bamiyan Buddha statue.
History was rewritten after about 100 million people voted to name the seven new wonders of the world. India’s Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of China, Jordan’s Petra, Brazil’s statue of Christ the Redeemer, Peru’s Machu Picchu, Mexico’s Chichen Itza pyramid and the Colosseum in Rome have now replaced the original wonders, most of which have long since vanished into the mists of time. Greece’s Acropolis and Cambodia’s Angkor Wat failed to make the final cut. The Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the original wonders of the ancient world still standing, was assured of retaining its status in addition to the new seven after indignant Egytian officials said it was a disgrace they had to compete. The other original wonders, all destroyed, were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the statue of Zeus at Olympia, the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the lighthouse of Alexandria. Money raised by the New Seven Wonders organization will be used to fund restoration efforts worldwide, including a mission to recreate the giant Bamiyan Buddha statue destroyed by the Taliban in Afghanistan. “We want people to look at the world in a different way and appreciate their culture and different cultures,” said spokeswoman Tia Viering.
What does it mean to “make the final cut”?
To perform well enough in former rounds to participate in the final competition
To be disqualified from a competition
To qualify for the final rounds of a competition
To finish cutting something in two
History was rewritten after about 100 million people voted to name the seven new wonders of the world. India’s Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of China, Jordan’s Petra, Brazil’s statue of Christ the Redeemer, Peru’s Machu Picchu, Mexico’s Chichen Itza pyramid and the Colosseum in Rome have now replaced the original wonders, most of which have long since vanished into the mists of time. Greece’s Acropolis and Cambodia’s Angkor Wat failed to make the final cut. The Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the original wonders of the ancient world still standing, was assured of retaining its status in addition to the new seven after indignant Egytian officials said it was a disgrace they had to compete. The other original wonders, all destroyed, were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the statue of Zeus at Olympia, the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the lighthouse of Alexandria. Money raised by the New Seven Wonders organization will be used to fund restoration efforts worldwide, including a mission to recreate the giant Bamiyan Buddha statue destroyed by the Taliban in Afghanistan. “We want people to look at the world in a different way and appreciate their culture and different cultures,” said spokeswoman Tia Viering.
What would be an appropriate title for this passage?
Giant Buddha statue destroyed
Vote picks Seven Wonders
World’s new seven wonders chosen
The seven wonders of the ancient world
History was rewritten after about 100 million people voted to name the seven new wonders of the world. India’s Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of China, Jordan’s Petra, Brazil’s statue of Christ the Redeemer, Peru’s Machu Picchu, Mexico’s Chichen Itza pyramid and the Colosseum in Rome have now replaced the original wonders, most of which have long since vanished into the mists of time. Greece’s Acropolis and Cambodia’s Angkor Wat failed to make the final cut. The Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the original wonders of the ancient world still standing, was assured of retaining its status in addition to the new seven after indignant Egytian officials said it was a disgrace they had to compete. The other original wonders, all destroyed, were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the statue of Zeus at Olympia, the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the lighthouse of Alexandria. Money raised by the New Seven Wonders organization will be used to fund restoration efforts worldwide, including a mission to recreate the giant Bamiyan Buddha statue destroyed by the Taliban in Afghanistan. “We want people to look at the world in a different way and appreciate their culture and different cultures,” said spokeswoman Tia Viering.
Which following statements can be inferred from the passage?
The Taliban had destroyed a giant statue of Buddha.
The Great Pyramid of Giza had to compete for its title as a wonder of the world.
The new Seven Wonders of the world were selected based on people’s opinions.
The New Seven Wonders organization wishes to promote cultural understanding.
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