Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: One day, Mr Smith is going to take a train to his hometown. When the train starts, one of his shoes falls to the ground. The train is going faster and faster, and he can't pick it up. Then he quickly takes off the other shoe and throw it on the ground near the fallen shoe. A little boy on the train asks him, "Why do you do that? You have lost one shoe. "Mr Smith answers, " If a man picks them up, he may get a pair of shoes. " Question: What happens to Mr Smith when the train starts? He lost _ . - his bag - his watch - one of his shoes - nothing
one of his shoes

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Beethoven was born in a small city near the Rhine in Germany. His father always drank and his mother was a maid . They lived a poor life. Beethoven was a talented child in music. People at that time thought he was as clever as Mozart. His father wanted to make money from his talent, so he told him to practice and play all the time. If he didn't do that, his father would be angry with him and beat him. Beethoven was very short and ugly. He couldn't hear well from the age of 22 and later he heard nothing, but all these unhappy things didn't make him dislike music. He began to write sonatas at 12, and later he became a great musician. His life was so short that he didn't leave many works. But people think he was one of the best musicians in the world. ,A, B, C, D,. Question: Beethoven's father told him to practice and play all the time because his father wanted to make _ . - him be a great musician - him not drink too much like him - himself rich - him beat Mozart in music
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himself rich

Ques: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal. If a friend of yours asks you to have lunch with him, you may say something like this, " I'm afraid it'll have to be somewhere cheap, as I have little money." The other person may say, "OK, I'll meet you at McDonald' s." This means that the two agree to go Dutch, that is, each person pays for himself. He may also say, "Oh, no, I want to take you to lunch at Smith's." or " I want you to try the Chinese dumplings there. They are great." This means the person wants to pay for both of you. If you feel friendly towards the person, you can go with him and you needn't pay for the meal. You may just say, " Thank you. That would be very nice." American custom about who pays for dates is much the same as in other parts of the world. In the old days, American women wanted men to pay for all the meals. But, today, a university girl or a woman in business world will usually pay for her own. Question: If your friend says to you " I want to take you to lunch at noon", that means _ . - the person wants to lend some money to you - the person wants to pay for both of you - the person will be angry with you - the person can't understand you
Ans: the person wants to pay for both of you

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Hello! My name is Becky Sharp. I'm 11 years old. I have one brother. His name is Jason and he's 14. I don't have any sisters. We live with our mum, dad and grandma in a small house in Chesterfield, in the north of England. There are lots of things to do here. My friends and I sometimes go to the cinema on Saturdays. Do you like sports? I like football. My favourite team is Manchester United. I sometimes play football with my brother. I am good at it but my brother isn't. I have lots of pets---one tortoise and six goldfish . I want a dog or a cat, but my mother doesn't like them. Question: There are _ people in Becky's family. - three - four - five - six
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five

Ques:Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: "What's the name of our neighbor? I can't remember right now. " Have you ever heard your grandparents ask questions like this sometimes? Usually, we think that older people's memory becomes bad because their brains get weak. But now a team of scientists at the University of Tubingen in Germany has a new idea.[ "The human brain works slower in old age," says Michael Ramscar, the lead scientist. "But only because they have stored more information overtime. " The findings are based on a series of computer simulations of learning and memory. Scientists let the computers read a certain amount of words and learn new things each day. When the computer "reads" only so much, its performance on cognitive tests is similar of a young adult. But if the computer learns the experiences we might encounter over a lifetime, its performance is similar to that of an older adult. Often it is slower, but not because its processing capacity has declined. Rather, increased "experience" has caused the computer's database to grow, giving it more data to process-which takes time. This is similar to old people. Imagine a person knows two people's birthdays. Another person knows the birthdays of 2000 people, but can only match the right person to the right birthday nine times out of 10. Can you say the first person has a better memory than the second person? Question: According to the research, why do old people forget people's names easily? - Because they have a very poor memory. - Because they are too old to remember things. - Because their brains become weaker than before. - Because they have stored too much information.

Ans:Because they have stored too much information.

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: It's nine o'clock in the evening. The family are all at home. Jim's father is sitting in a chair. He's watching TV. Jim's mother is standing near the window. She's giving some food to a bird. Polly says,"Thanks ! Thanks!" Where's Jim ? Oh, he's behind the door. Kate, Jim's sister, is looking for him. They are playing games. They have no homework on Sunday evening. Question: The children _ doing their homework - aren't - isn't - don't - not
aren't