user: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Hello, My name is Dale. I'm 13 years old. This is a photo of my family. Look! This is my father. His name is Tim Brown. He is 45 years old. This is my mother Alice. She is 43 years old. I have a sister and her name is Gina. She is 11 years old. I look like  my mother and Gina looks like my father. All my family are in the same school. My parents are teachers. They are friendly   to the students, so the students love them very much. My sister and I are students and we love our school. Question: There are   _   people in Dale's family. - Three - Four - Five - Six
Four

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: In fall 2006,the National Basketball Association (NBA)started using basketballs made with synthetic ,or man-made ,material instead of leather .They made the change be- cause they wanted every basketball they use to feel and bounce the same.Not all leather balls are exactly alike in weight or how they bounce,but the synthetic balls are. However,some players complained right away that the new balls bounced differently and were actually harder to control than the leather ones. Physics helped answer questions about why the new balls felt different.For example,the scientists studied friction ,which in this case affects the ability of a player to hold onto a ball."The greater the friction,the better it will stick to his hand,"explains a scientist. Tests on both wet and dry balls showed that while the synthetic ball was easier to hold onto when dry,it had less friction and became much harder to hold onto when wet.That's because _ stays on the surface of the synthetic balls but gets taken into the leather balls. The scientists also tested bounce and found that the logo  printed on the new balls made their surface uneven  and caused them to bounce a little strangely com- pared with the leather balls. In January,the NBA went back to using the leather balls.They aren't perfect,but for now,that's just the way the ball bounces. Question: Why were the synthetic balls expected to be used in NBA according to the text? - Because they are easier to control. - Because they waste less material. - Because they look exactly alike. - Because they feel and bounce alike.
Because they feel and bounce alike.

Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Mr Brown is one of my friend . He can run very fast and likes to show people how fast he can run . One day , a thief  got into his house , took some of his things and ran out of the house fast . Mr. Brown found it and ran after him , and shouted  ,"Hey ! Don't you know you can't get away from me ?" But the thief ran much faster . Mr. Brown got angry and ran faster , too . He was soon a few kilometers away from his house . He was running hard when he met me. " Why are you running so fast ?" I asked , " I want to catch a thief ." said Mr. Brown "But where is the thief ?" I asked . " Kilometers and kilometers behind ." Said Mr. Brown proudly . " He thought he could run faster than me , but you see he is wrong ." Question: What did Mr. Brown do when he found the thief ? - He ran after him . - He was angry with him . - He caught him . - He stayed far behind him.
A: He ran after him .

Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: My sister has a nice room, There is   a bed near  (......) the desk. A bookcase is between  (......) the bed and the desk. There is a jacket and a ring on the bed. A baseball is under the bed. There is a chair under the desk. There is a computer on the desk. Her hat and keys are under the chair. Her schoolbag is on the chair. Some books and CDs are in the bookcase. She has a photo on the wall. You can see some plants   in the photo. Our family photo is on the wall , too. You can see my father, my mother, my sister and me in the photo. It is a nice photo. Question: Where are the books and CDs? - On the table. - On the desk. - In the bookcase. - In the desk.
Answer: In the bookcase.

Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Here is a dog with a lantern  in his mouth, he is looking for his master . Carlo, a lovely dog, had been taught to be useful. The roads, in the place where his master lived, were often so bad that it was not safe for any person to go out without a light on dark nights. So Carlo's master taught him to carry a lantern for him at night; and he did it as steadily  as any boy could have done. Carlo never trotted  too far before his master so that the bright light of the lantern might guide his master's steps. When he came to a deep rut or hole in the road, he would turn round to his master, seemed to say, /Take care, there is a hole here. " The dog's master lived about a mile from the town; and when he could not get home before dark, Carlo used to be sent to him with the lantern. Carlo knew where to go. He also knew the road which his master would take. But Carlo didn't always find his master right away. When he reached the town, he would run off to a house where his master often was. Still holding his lantern, he would scratch at the street-door with his feet and bark ;  as much as to say,  6/Here am I, Master, with the lantern, are you ready for home? " Someone would perhaps come to the door and sa 6/Your master is not here. " Carlo would growl , seemed to say, "Then he is somewhere else, and I must find him. " He would then run off to one house after another, until he found his master, then the two went home together. Question: The roads in the place where Carlo's master lived were  _  . - bad - dark - dangerous for people to go out - full of deep ruts and holes


assistant: A: bad