9. (1) So today, “white elephant” refers to something that is of limited use and is a very expensive burden. (2) Traditionally, for people in Thailand and some other Asian countries, the rare white elephant had tremendous religious significance. (3) For this reason, a white elephant was sometimes given as a gift to an enemy. (4) They were also expensive to keep as they have special dietary requirements. (5) Because of this, white elephants didn’t work in the forests.(A) 13254 (B) 23451 (C) 12543 (D) 25431

3. ________________ First of all, recovered footage of the landing shows the American flag moving around. As there is no wind on the moon, some reckon that the movement was caused by air-conditioning in a Hollywood studio. Another suspicious circumstance is the condition of the soil under the lunar module’s engine and feet. The moon surface where the spacecraft landed was completely undisturbed, which was very unlikely to happen since there should have been marks around the feet and a big hole where the engine blasted into the soil. (A) Have you ever wondered how the American astronauts managed to land on the moon? (B) Moon landing is considered one of the most difficult achievements in human history. (C) With reasonable speculations, skeptics believe that the moon landing of the 60s never happened. (D) For most people in the 60s, human landing on the moon is an unbelievable miracle.

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