Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: It is a Sunday morning. There are many children in the beautiful park. They are having a good time. Some are playing games under a big tree. Some are singing and dancing. Some boys and girls are running up the small hill. Others are boating on the lake. Where is Dick ? He is sitting by the lake. What's he doing? He is drawing. Look ! What is Jane doing? She is on the grass. She is running after a nice butterfly. She wants to get it. Question: What is Dick doing ? _ . Options: A: He is running after a bird B: He is singing C: He's drawing D: He's boating
A: C

Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: There was once a violinist who said he was not afraid of animals that are dangerous. He said in a proud way, "Even a bear would be as quiet as the friendliest cat when hearing my music." But he had never played, and no one believed him. A chance to show his words arrived just when a circus came to the town. The musician came to the ringmaster and told what he could do. "Wow, that's interesting." The ringmaster said. "We just have three new lions and they haven't worked with the lion tamer yet. Let's see what you can do with them." The violinist agreed and the whole town crowded the hall to see what would happen. The violinist was standing quietly in the center of the ring with a smile. Then the ringmaster opened the door of the cage and jumped out angrily a huge lion, shouting and showing his teeth. Everyone was too nervous to breathe. Still with the smile , the violinist began to play. The beautiful music rose , then the lion sat down and began to enjoy the music. Everyone lost themselves in the music. The lion did, too. For the second lion, _ . Then it's the third lion's turn to appear and everyone there was waiting for the lion to be quiet just like the other two . But the lion ran up to the man and ate him. All the people were surprised. The other two lions asked angrily, "What have you done ! We were enjoying the music!" The third lion put his paw( ) to its ear and said, "Sorry, I can't hear you. I have been deaf for 5 years." Question: The violinist said that he _ . Options: A: was very friendly to the animals B: could train wild animals in town C: could make dangerous animals quiet D: was not good at playing the violin at all
A: C

Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: People have strange ideas about food. In the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous . They called tomatoes "poison apples." President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way, for a cream of tomato soup . This beautiful pink soup was served at the President's next dinner party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their President would sever his dinner guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his guests about the fact. Question: Which of the following is true? Options: A: Americans never ate tomatoes after the 17th century. B: Even now Americans don't eat tomatoes. C: It was not until after the 18th century that Americans began to grow tomatoes for food. D: Americans didn't eat tomatoes before the 19th century.
A: C

Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: In the 13th century , the famous Italian traveller, Marco Polo, travelled a long way to China.During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things. One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15th century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century . A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost 2,000 years ago. He made it from wood. He took the wood from trees and made it into paper. He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book. Now paper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth. If there are no trees, there will be no paper. Every day, people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper.This means that we are cutting nearly 48,000 trees every day. Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don't, we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper. So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially when we are making notes. We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs and not paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant gives us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later. Everyone can help to save paper. If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. But we should do it now , before it is too late. Question: People in western countries first used paper money in the _ century. Options: A: 17th B: 15th C: 13th D: 7th
A: B