user: Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Street art is very popular around the world. You can find it on buildings, street signs and trash cans from Tokyo to Paris, from Moscow to Cape Town. Street art has become a global culture and even art museums are collecting the works of street artists. People have different opinions about street art. Some think it is bad, but others think it is a very beautiful new culture. Street art began in New York in the 1960s. This style of drawing and writing became know as graffiti. Graffiti art showed that young people wanted to rebel against the rules. They traveled around cities to make paintings that everyone could see. One well-known New York street artist is Swoon. She cuts paper pictures of people and puts them on walls. Swoon didn't start as street artist. She studied art but, later, got bored with the works she saw in museums. Then she fell in love with graffiti. The people in New York enjoy Swoon's style. Some museums have already bought some of her works. Street artists do their work for some reasons. A number of them choose street art because it is closer to the everyday life. Nowadays the Internet has a big influence on street art. Artists can show their pictures to people around the world. Many people in the city, however, say that seeing a picture on the Internet is never as good as seeing it live . Question: Where did street art begin? Options: A: In Paris. B: In New York. C: In Tokyo. D: In Cape Town.
A: B


Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: There are many different kinds of parrots. Some are quite big. Others are small. Many people like them because they often have beautiful colours, and because they can "talk". No one knows why parrots can talk. Most birds cannot talk. Some people say that parrots can talk because they have big, thick   tongues  . But some other birds that can talk do not have big, thick tongues, and some birds that cannot talk have big, thick tongues. Parrots do not usually know what they are saying when they talk. They are only making sounds. However, they know when to say some words, such as "Hello" and "Goodbye", and they usually know and can say people's names. Most parrots come from hot countries, but they can live anywhere. Question: Can all the birds talk? Options: A: Yes, all of them can. B: No, most birds can't talk. C: No, only big ones can talk. D: No, only small ones can talk.
A: B


Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Now and then we all get ill. Then we usually go to see a doctor. Doctors know a lot about what makes us ill. They may give us something to take. The medicine often makes us well again. But sometimes the doctor's medicine doesn't work. A sick person does not get well. The pain doesn't go away. There was such man. He was in hospital, but he wasn't well. Then he found a new "doctor" inside himself. This "doctor" was his own sense of humor . He saw funny films. He read funny books. And he liked to learn something interesting. Laughing took away his pain. Then he was able to sleep and rest. His own happy feeling helped him to feel well again. And he told his story in a book. He said that laughing was his best "medicine". His doctor thought so, too. Another man was ill, and he had a terrible pain in his back. The doctors could not stop it from hurting. So the man began to "picture" his pain. In his head he "drew" a picture of a dog. He imagined  it as a real dog. And it was biting  his back. It was hurting him. Then the man talked softly to the dog. He put his hand on the dog's head. He made friends with the dog. And his pain went away! These stories may surprise you. But more and more people are getting well in this way. So call on the "doctor" inside your own head. And stay happy and well! Question: The second patient felt well again because of  _  . Options: A: good medicine B: the doctors C: his sense of humor D: the "dog" in his head
A: D


Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Many Americans go to work five days a week. American students go to school five days a week, too, so they usually  have a two-day weekend. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday. At the weekend people spend their time in many different ways. Sometimes they go shopping. Sometimes they go for a drive. Sometimes they visit friends. Many families enjoy weekends together. Many American families do some sports at the weekend. For example  , in summer, they enjoy swimming and biking. In autumn, they prefer   playing volleyball and tennis. In winter, they go skating and skiing . In spring, they like sightseeing and hiking . How happy they are! Do you have an enjoyable weekend? Question: What sports do many Americans do in summer? Options: A: Swimming and biking. B: Playing volleyball and tennis. C: Skating and skiing. D: Sightseeing and hiking.


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