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		<phrase isaudiomp3="1" mp3="../MEDIA/1.0.mp3"></phrase>
		<question isaudiomp3="1" rationale="0" picture="images/question1.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/1.mp3" exercise_type="" questionmode="" choicemode="" answerbankid="" answerbankmode="" rationalemode="" playonload="" mp3speed="" ttsspeed="" passage="1" show_passage="" show_passage_audioplayer="" passage_audio_type="" showvideo="" video="" enable_audio_recorder="" recorder_mode=""><![CDATA[Select the sentence that BEST shows the trend is growing among Chinese students to take the SAT.]]></question>
		<saythis><![CDATA[Select the sentence that BEST shows the trend is growing among Chinese students to take the SAT.]]></saythis>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c1.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/1.1.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/correct.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/1.1.jpg" rationale="Correct." value="1" choicesay="To improve their chances of being admitted to undergraduate programs at prestigious American universities, many Chinese high school students take the SAT, which is not administered in mainland China."><![CDATA[To improve their chances of being admitted to undergraduate programs at prestigious American universities, many Chinese high school students take the SAT, which is not administered in mainland China.]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c2.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/1.2.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/1.2.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="Approved test centers based in Hong Kong became the top option for many Chinese students willing to take the test."><![CDATA[Approved test centers based in Hong Kong became the top option for many Chinese students willing to take the test.]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c3.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/1.3.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/1.3.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="Despite the SAT's growing popularity, the number of Chinese high school students who choose to take the SAT is a small fraction of the numbers taking China's college entrance exam each year."><![CDATA[Despite the SAT's growing popularity, the number of Chinese high school students who choose to take the SAT is a small fraction of the numbers taking China's college entrance exam each year.]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c4.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/1.4.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/1.4.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="But now, China is grousing that the SAT may impose American values on its best and brightest, who in preparation for the exam might be studying the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights instead of  The Selected Works of Mao Zedong. "><![CDATA[But now, China is grousing that the SAT may impose American values on its best and brightest, who in preparation for the exam might be studying the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights instead of "The Selected Works of Mao Zedong."]]></answer>
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	<question>
		<phrase isaudiomp3="1" mp3="../MEDIA/2.0.mp3"></phrase>
		<question isaudiomp3="1" rationale="0" picture="images/question2.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/2.mp3" exercise_type="" questionmode="" choicemode="" answerbankid="" answerbankmode="" rationalemode="" playonload="" mp3speed="" ttsspeed="" passage="1" show_passage="" show_passage_audioplayer="" passage_audio_type="" showvideo="" video="" enable_audio_recorder="" recorder_mode=""><![CDATA[What is the reason Chinese students are opting to study in Western countries instead of China?]]></question>
		<saythis><![CDATA[What is the reason Chinese students are opting to study in Western countries instead of China?]]></saythis>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c1.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/2.1.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/correct.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/2.1.jpg" rationale="Correct." value="1" choicesay="many students want to escape China's ultra competitive education system"><![CDATA[many students want to escape China's ultra-competitive education system]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c2.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/2.2.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/2.2.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="China's education system mainly teaches Communist ideology"><![CDATA[China's education system mainly teaches Communist ideology]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c3.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/2.3.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/2.3.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="most students are attracted to the higher number of courses in Western countries"><![CDATA[most students are attracted to the higher number of courses in Western countries]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c4.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/2.4.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/2.4.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="a booming U.S. economy has attracted many students looking for career options there"><![CDATA[a booming U.S. economy has attracted many students looking for career options there]]></answer>
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		<phrase isaudiomp3="1" mp3="../MEDIA/3.0.mp3"></phrase>
		<question isaudiomp3="1" rationale="0" picture="images/question3.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/3.mp3" exercise_type="" questionmode="" choicemode="" answerbankid="" answerbankmode="" rationalemode="" playonload="" mp3speed="" ttsspeed="" passage="1" show_passage="" show_passage_audioplayer="" passage_audio_type="" showvideo="" video="" enable_audio_recorder="" recorder_mode=""><![CDATA[Which of the following BEST supports the central idea of the text?]]></question>
		<saythis><![CDATA[Which of the following BEST supports the central idea of the text?]]></saythis>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c1.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/3.1.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/correct.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/3.1.jpg" rationale="Correct." value="1" choicesay=" Including content from America's founding documents in a revised U.S. college entry exam has drawn attention in China, with worries the materials may impose the American values system on students,  China's official New China News Agency said this week."><![CDATA["Including content from America's founding documents in a revised U.S. college entry exam has drawn attention in China, with worries the materials may impose the American values system on students," China's official New China News Agency said this week.]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c2.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/3.2.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/3.2.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="Yang's remarks and the news agency's report didn't sit well with some Chinese intellectuals, who called on the government to ease its ideological control on students rather than make accusations against a foreign exam."><![CDATA[Yang's remarks and the news agency's report didn't sit well with some Chinese intellectuals, who called on the government to ease its ideological control on students rather than make accusations against a foreign exam.]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c3.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/3.3.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/3.3.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="Inculcating China's youth with Communist ideology has always been a key focus of the party, though the task has required greater mental gymnastics in recent years as the nation has adopted a capitalist economic system."><![CDATA[Inculcating China's youth with Communist ideology has always been a key focus of the party, though the task has required greater mental gymnastics in recent years as the nation has adopted a capitalist economic system.]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c4.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/3.4.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/3.4.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="In China's college entrance exams, questions regarding core Communist theories such as Marxism and Maoism are essential to a student's success."><![CDATA[In China's college entrance exams, questions regarding core Communist theories such as Marxism and Maoism are essential to a student's success.]]></answer>
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	<question>
		<phrase isaudiomp3="1" mp3="../MEDIA/4.0.mp3"></phrase>
		<question isaudiomp3="1" rationale="0" picture="images/question4.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/4.mp3" exercise_type="" questionmode="" choicemode="" answerbankid="" answerbankmode="" rationalemode="" playonload="" mp3speed="" ttsspeed="" passage="1" show_passage="" show_passage_audioplayer="" passage_audio_type="" showvideo="" video="" enable_audio_recorder="" recorder_mode=""><![CDATA[Which of the following is LEAST important to include in a summary of the article?]]></question>
		<saythis><![CDATA[Which of the following is LEAST important to include in a summary of the article?]]></saythis>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c1.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/4.1.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/correct.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/4.1.jpg" rationale="Correct." value="1" choicesay="Human rights advocate Xu Zhiyong, who initiated the  New Citizens Movement  to promote such values, was sentenced in January to four years in prison."><![CDATA[Human rights advocate Xu Zhiyong, who initiated the "New Citizens Movement" to promote such values, was sentenced in January to four years in prison.]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c2.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/4.2.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/4.2.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="In 2010, China overtook India as the country that sends the largest number of foreign students to the United States."><![CDATA[In 2010, China overtook India as the country that sends the largest number of foreign students to the United States.]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c3.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/4.3.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/4.3.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="Instead of pointing fingers at the redesigned SAT, China's government should look for an answer domestically, the political scientist from Renmin University suggested."><![CDATA[Instead of pointing fingers at the redesigned SAT, China's government should look for an answer domestically, the political scientist from Renmin University suggested.]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c4.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/4.4.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/4.4.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="The U.S. College Board in March announced plans to redesign the SAT to include U.S. founding documents in one portion of the test, known as the Evidence Based Reading and Writing, by spring 2016."><![CDATA[The U.S. College Board in March announced plans to redesign the SAT to include U.S. founding documents in one portion of the test, known as the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, by spring 2016.]]></answer>
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