Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man -- the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort. This attitude toward manual  labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously   furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education. Question: According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because   _  . - servants in American are hard to get - she takes pride in what she can do herself - she can hardly afford servants - It is easy to prepare a meal with canned food
Answer: she takes pride in what she can do herself

Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: When 7-year-old Warren Buffet said " I will be the richest man one day", his friends made fun of his "daydreaming". But ever since then the little boy has set about learning how to make money, selling drinks, delivering newspapers and buying stocks. He had already earned $ 9,000 ( equal to $ 90,000 today) by the time he graduated from high school and became a millionaire at 32. And this month the 77-year- old, who earned his fortune by making a lot of great investment in the stock market, made his childhood dream come true. With a fortune of $ 62billion, Buffet has risen to be the world's richest man according toForbes Magazine. Born in 1930, Buffet, the only son of a stockbroker, started on achieving his billion-dollar dream at an early age and was always ready to think outside the box to develop his business. At 8 he went to golf courses collecting and selling used balls. At 11 when he sold soda pop door to door with a friend, the pair collected lids on the streets to judge which flavor was the most popular. As a paper boy during high school, Buffet delivered two rival  papers, so that even when customers canceled one of the subscriptions, he could still make a profit from the other. With his paper delivery savings, Buffet bought 162,000 square meters of farmland and collect rent. Young Buffet stepped into the stock market at 11 but earned only $ 5. The experience taught him one of the virtues   in investing: patience. After graduating from university, Buffet started his venture with stocks with his childhood earnings and money from friends. He researched the stocks and just bought those of solid companies that were undervalued and inexpensive at the time. By sticking to companies such as American Express and Coca-cola, Buffet has become rich. "Learning is important to Buffet's success. He is a learning machine who can spend his entire day reading. He keeps learning, from books, street smarts and investigation, from both success and failure. In this way, he finally over achieved his aptitude ( ) ," said... Question: . Which of the following can most probably serve as the title of the selection? - Buffet - Good Example for All - Buffet- a Newspaper Boy - Buffet- Investor in Stock Market - Buffet- a Successful Daydreamer
Answer: Buffet- a Successful Daydreamer

Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Every year during the graduation famous people will talk to thousands of students and their parents. But this time something strange has happened. Each of the big-name speakers seems to speak of the same topic; they are all telling graduates to make the world a better place. So there was Arianna Huffington at Smith College saying "what I advise you to do is not just take your place at the top of the world, but to change the world." The actress Kerry Washington told students at George Washington University:"The world needs your voice, every one of you." And then this , from Jeff Immelt, head of General Electric, at the University of Connecticut: " Graduates should be optimistic; believe in better. The world waits for your power." Anyone can know what the famous speakers said is meaningless. The world has 7 billion voices to listen to already---it won't matter about one more or less. Neither is it clear why graduates should be especially optimistic, especially at the moment. The world doesn't wait for their power; only a small number of people will get the chance to lead anything. Only Barack Obama in his address  at Morehouse College avoided encouraging anyone to change the world. That is because he alone knows how hard it is to change it ---- even if you happen to be President of the United States. Not only has he failed to change the world, he can't even get people to give up guns in his own country. Instead of aiming so impossibly high, the graduates of 2014 would do better to start a bit lower. When they leave their universities it will not "Hello world!" but "Hello again, Mum and Dad!" So what Ms Huffington, Mr. Obama and Mr. Immelt ought to have said was: change the world if you must, but it would be nice if you could help out by changing the bag in the rubbish basket first. They should then have followed up with the importance of hard work. Graduates need to change their employment attitude. They need jobs. Sadly on commencement addresses  no one tells them that even a bad job is better tan none at all. Question: What is the author's attitude towards what big-name speakers said? - Supportive. - Surprised. - Negative - Respectful.
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