Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: I still remember quite clearly the day when my parents got divorced . Dad kissed me goodbye and left. For a long time 'Mum and I lived a peaceful life. Then one day, Jim came over for lunch wearing a blue suit with a short brown tie and a green shirt I couldn't believe this was going to be my new stepfaLher. It couldn't be true that my beautiful mother would many someone who dressed like a clown . I hated him. Lunch was terrible. Mother kept trying to start a conversation, but neither Jim nor I would say much. Finally I offered to bring in the dessert just to get away from the clown Something unpleasant happened, but I didn't mean to do it. I guess the plate slipped. But one minute I was handing Jim his blackberry pie, and the next, dark purple berries were oozing all over his shirt and tie. I was mortified. My face turned bright red. Jim looked very much surprised at first, but then he began to laugh. I started to laugh too. Maybe this guy was all right, after all. Then I had a quick look at my mother. She looked happier than I had seen her in a long time.[:ZXXK] Question: In this story the word "mortified" means _ . Answer: | OPTIONS:
- happy
- bored
- embarrassed
- angry
A: embarrassed

Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Hi! I'm Tina. This is a photo of Class 2. This class has twenty-five students, twelve girls and thirteen boys. These are Amy and Bob. Amy is Bob's sister. Amy is 12 and Bob is 13. Amy likes math and English. Bob likes music . He has a CD collection. This is Bruce. He is 14. He likes sports and has a sports collection. Jerry is a teacher . He is twenty-four. He likes blue, black and green. Many of his clothes are in these colors. Do you know the relationship between Jerry and Bruce? Aha! Jerry is Bruce's uncle. ,. Question: What color does Jerry NOT like? Answer: | OPTIONS:
- Blue.
- Yellow.
- Black.
- Green.
A: Yellow.

Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: You-yes, you!-can help keep people from getting sick this flu season. How? It's not too hard. Just take these steps: *Wash your hands often, especially before eating and after coughing or blowing your nose. *Keep your coughs to yourself(use a _ instead of your hand). *Keep your hands out of your eyes, mouth, and nose. You may have heard all this before, but flu season is a great time to really start doing them. By following these pieces of advice, you might be able to keep yourself from getting sick and stop germs from spreading around and making other people sick. So your hands are very important. A lot of germs get in our bodies from there. Germs get on our hands and we put our hands in our eyes, noses, and, especially, our mouths. How to stop germs? Yeah, hand washing. You might pick up germs here and there. So when you wash your hands, you wash away germs. But how to wash your hands? That's easy: wash your hands with soap and warm water(not cold or hot). Don't forget to wash around your fingernails . This is one place germs like to be. Wash for about 15 to 20 seconds---about how long it takes to sing "Happy Birthday" twice. Question: The passage mainly tells us _ . Answer: | OPTIONS:
- how to stop the flu spreading
- how to wash our hands
- how germs get into our bodies
- how we keep ourselves from getting sick
A: how we keep ourselves from getting sick

Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Gina's sister lives in England. She knows something about China on TV. But she wants to know more. So she is looking forward to visiting China. She will have a holiday next week. She is going to visit Beijing because she likes Chinese culture. She is going there by plane and then stay in a hotel. In Beijing she is going to do sightseeing, and visit the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace and walk up the Great Wall. Gina's sister also likes animals. She likes Chinese pandas very much. So she is going to visit Beijing Zoo to see the pandas there and take some photos of them. On the last day in Beijing she is going shopping. She wants to buy Gina a present. She knows that Gina likes Chinese silk and Chinese paintings. Question: Where is she going to visit in Beijing? Answer: | OPTIONS:
- The Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Great Wall and a hotel
- The Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, and a hotel
- The Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Great Wall and Beijing Zoo
- The Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, Beijing Zoo and a hotel
A: The Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Great Wall and Beijing Zoo