Read the article and select the best answer. Article: "It is never too late and you are never too old to start something new!" says Englishtown student Ellen Rema. Ellen began to learn English at the age of fifty, and in just a few years, she has made great progress! Ellen chose to study on Englishtown because no evening classes were offered in the German countryside where she lives. On Englishtown, she has conversation classes online and speaks with native English-speaking teachers. "Englishtown is a wonderful place for study," she says. Ellen began with the first level of Englishtown and quickly progressed. "I spent hours and hours studying," she said. "Maybe I wanted too much in a short time. I finished all my courses after 2 years, but I still had grammar difficulties." Instead of giving up, she chose to continue. After another two years on Englishtown, she's still studying in the online classroom. "Studying online is never boring, but you need practice, practice, practice!" Ellen says studying English isn't all about hard work. It should also be fun. "I really like the online conversation classrooms," she says. "I have learned so much about other cultures and traditions." Ellen has been able to put her English to use by visiting England five times! "I'm very thankful to Englishtown because my life has improved because of it," Ellen says. Question: How long has Ellen learned English? Options: A: For 2 years. B: For 4 years. C: For 6 years. D: For 15 years.
B

Read the article and select the best answer. Article: February 11th is the birthday of the most famous American inventor,Thomas Alva Edison.Edison was born in 1847.He was not a good student when he was a young boy.His teacher said he was one of the most dumb headed students .He did badly in many subjects and left school after only three months.So his mother took him home and taught him herself.Edison didn't like school at all,but he loved science.He liked to ask questions. One day his father found him sitting on some eggs.His father asked him why.The boy didn't answer.He asked his father instead,"Why can't I hatch chickens,but hens can?" Edison invented 1328 things in his life,and these things made our lives more comfortable and the world more beautiful.People will never forget him. Question: Edison was born _ . Options: A: in winter B: one hundred years ago C: in Canada D: in January
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Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: If you want to be a better reader,what should you know about the speed of reading? Some people read very quickly,when others read very slowly. But which one is better? The quick reader may be a good reader when he reads a story-book for fun. But he may not be able to slow down to read instructions carefully. The slow reader may be a good reader. But he may spend too much time reading a story for fun. So the reader who reads everything quickly or the one who reads everything slowly isn't really a good reader. Here are four things to remember about the speed of reading. Knowing why you are reading will help you to know whether to read quickly or slowly. Some things should be read slowly _ . Examples are instructions for making or doing something. Math books,science and story-books are full of important information. You must read these things slowly to understand and remember every important idea. Some things should be read quickly throughout. Examples are stories for enjoyment,letters from friends,and some news from newspapers. In some of your reading,you must change your speed from fast to slow and slow to fast. You will need to read some pages quickly and then slow down and do more careful reading when you come to important ideas. Question: Which following is true? Options: A: Reading everything quickly is a good reader. B: A slow reader isn't a good reader. C: Reading instructions must be carefully. D: You must change your speed from fast to slow.
A: C

Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Our town has a big zoo. There are a lot of animals in it. There are some tiger and two lions. They eat a lot of meat everyday. There are also two big elephants and a baby one. I want to ride one of them, the elephants are tame and kind, They eat a lot of grass every day. The elephants like children, because sometimes Children give them bread and bananas, elephants like bananas very much. In our zoo there are also brown bears and white bears. They stand on their hind legs. Hold up, their arms and ask for food. They like cakes very much. There is a good place for children. They can ride horses and donkeys and watch the monkeys there. The monkeys are very funny. They climb up ropes again and again and play with each other like small children. They love apples, bananas and bread. . Question: What kind of animals eat bread and bananas? Options: A: Lions and tigers B: Elephants and monkeys C: Bears and donkeys D: Elephants monkeys and monkeys
Answer: B

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Can you speak to dolphins? Of course you can but you won't be able to understand them! We interviewed a biologist and asked her what research on dolphin communication has shown. This is what she told us. Just like dogs, cats and other mammals, dolphins communicate by using sound, vision , touch and taste. Each dolphin has its own signature whistle to identify itself and to call others. Dolphins don't have the ability to smell, but their hearing and eyesight are excellent. We also asked Jane if dolphins have got their own language. She told us that they have and that dolphins started talking to each other from birth. They make different sounds, including whistles, squeaks and click. Sometimes they even sound like a heavy metal band! We then asked Jane if any interesting experiments have been done. She told us that a very interesting experiment had been done with a mother dolphin and her two-year-old baby in an aquarium. They talked to each other over the telephone! The two dolphins were in separate tanks which were connected by a special under water system. Unfortunately the biologists couldn't understand what the dolphins were talking about because they haven't been able to decode dolphin language yet. However, it was very clear that the dolphins knew what they were talking about. Finally we asked Jane if there was hope that we would be able to understand dolphins in the near future. She told us that she and her team have been listening to dolphins for more than 17 years, using special equipment to record and analyze their language. Unfortunately they haven't been able to decode it yet, but who knows -- maybe one day we'll get a phone call from a dolphin. Question: It's clear that _ . Options: A: we can speak to dolphins but not talk with B: dolphins have not got their own language C: researches on dolphins have just begun D: only biologists know what dolphins talk about
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: When I was a kid, I never had any problems watching some cartoons. It was so much fun and a great education too. Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Tom and Jerry were my idols . Even now I really feel that they are worth watching at any age. The problem I've found is the cartoons at present. Some of them contain something ugly. Most of the time, they show such many terrible characters with violence that you wonder what they really mean. Cartoons are supposed to be funny but they aren't. If you are expecting to teach your kids good manners and behavior, then they are the worst for your kids to watch. Kids often imitate what they see in cartoons. If your kid is a fan of such cartoons, he or she will follow his or her favorite cartoon character and try to do something extremely dangerous. Therefore, try not to let your kids watch too many today's cartoons. Make sure to keep an eye on what they are watching. Question: The writer doesn't like the cartoons at present because _ . Options: A: he is no longer a kid B: they are bad for kids' education C: they are long and boring D: they have ugly characters in them
B