Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: My father died when I was 5. It was hard on us all. My brother is 8 years older than me, he began to look after my mother and me. My mother had to do a full-time job. My brother would get me up for school, and cook breakfast for me .When I was eating he would get my clothes and school bags ready and make my bed. As we waited for the school bus, he would play the games my father used to play with me. He did his best to make me happy . When we arrived home from school , he would help solve the problems in my homework and help Mom to cook . It was a Saturday in June a few years later. My mother and I were at the store .They were selling Father's Day cards. I stared at them. "My dear, I know this is a hard time for you." Mom said. "No, Mom, that's not it. Why don't they have 'brother's day' cards?" She smiled and said, "You're right, your brother has certainly been a father to you. Go ahead and choose a card. " So I did. On Father's Day, my mother and I sat my brother down and gave him the card .As he read it, I saw his eyes watering. I heard the cracking in Mom's voice as she said, "Son , your father is proud of you. You do your best to _ . We love you, and thank you." Question: The writer's brother started taking care of his younger brother and mother at the age of _ . - five - Twelve - fourteen - thirteen
thirteen

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Hi! My name's Frank. Look! This is my schoolbag. It's black and red. My pens, my ruler and my books are in it. I have 2 pens, they are blue. My ruler is yellow and white. My books are purple and brown. Look! What's this? It's a map. It's red, yellow and green. I like them very much. Question: _ are blue. - My books - My schoolbag - My pens - My ruler
My pens

Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Last year in the UK at least 45 people died and 900 more were injured in car accidents where drivers were using their mobile phones. Yet many people continue to use them while driving even though it' s dangerous. Research has shown that it is difficult to concentrate on driving and talking at the same time. It can even be more dangerous than driving after drinking too much. A recent study found that when drivers were talking on their mobile phones, their stopping times were 30 percent slower than when they had drunk too much - and nearly 50 percent slower than when they were driving normally. It also found that drivers talking on mobile phones were less able to control their cars than drunk drivers. And talking isn't even the most serious problem, but texting is. Unbelievably, another recent study reported that 22% of adults admitted they had sent a text message while driving at least once in the past month. An average text message takes 90 seconds to write and send. That means for one and a half minutes a driver is looking at their phone's screen and not at the road. The arrival of new smart phones such as the iPhone will only make things worse as they will allow users to do more things than ever before. Using a mobile phone while driving puts others' lives at risk. No matter how well we drive, if another driver is*not careful, we are put in danger by their actions. Such drivers are selfish, careless and should have their driving licenses cancelled. There is no doubt that mobile phones can be fun and are useful, especially when you're in trouble. But there is no need to use them while driving. Just wait until you stop or you will probably get into trou-ble of your own. Question: According to the passage ,if a driver needs 10 seconds to stop when driving normally, they will need _ seconds to stop when talking on a mobile phone. - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15
A: 15

Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: I have six baskets. Three are big . Three are small . I have some pears and some oranges . I put three pears in each big basket and four oranges in each small basket . The number of oranges is my age . Question: What are those in the small basket ? - Nine pears - Four oranges - Three pears and three oranges - Nine pears and three oranges.
Answer: Four oranges

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Extracurricular School Activities Many schools today provide various extracurricular activities. Some activities are before school, some are after school, and a few may even take place on weekends. Many parents like their children to take part in these activities. Yet some parents are still a little _ it. Actually, these activities have many advantages for students. It is a wise choice for parents to allow students to get involved in extracurricular activities at school. It can help students to develop many working skills, people skills, and more. When students get involved in extracurricular activities, they get involved in different interests. These activities allow them to develop various interests that they may have. It also helps to raise the self-esteem of students. Many students feel worthless or there is nothing they are good at. Everyone wants to find something that they are really good at, and extracurricular activities provide the opportunity for them. Students can also learn relationship skills. They need to get involved in social activities and learn how to act properly in social situations. These activities give them a chance outside of school to do this, while they are still supervised by adults. Of course, while there are many excellent benefits of extracurricular activities for students, you need to consider how much is too much. It can be a great choice to get involved in a few different activities, but too many activities can have negative effects. If students take part in too many activities, they often have problems in their studies. They may not get enough rest. They may not have time to relax. It's important for students to set some limits to extracurricular activities. Students can pick out a couple of their favorites and make sure they can handle them. Some kids feel like they have to take part in many activities to be a success, and this is not good to them. When students get involved in extracurricular activities, there are certainly excellent benefits that they'll enjoy. They... Question: From the passage we can learn that _ . - most extracurricular activities take place on weekends - extracurricular activities help students have same interests - students feel worthless in extracurricular activities - extracurricular activities are supervised by adults
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extracurricular activities are supervised by adults

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: If you go to Beijing and Shanghai, you can see the same and the different _ between them. In some ways they look the same, in some ways they look different. Both of them have tall buildings and wide streets, although some buildings in Shanghai are taller than in Beijing. They are both important in China. Beijing is the capital of China, there are more places of interest there, but Shanghai is the biggest city in China. Now they are becoming more and more important in China. Question: Shanghai is the _ city in China. - tallest - biggest - smallest - busiest
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biggest