Read the article and select the best answer. Article: There once was a man and a woman. They had been married for more than 60 years. They kept no secrets from each other except that the old woman had a shoe box on the top of her closet . She told her husband never to open it or ask about it. For all these years , he had never thought about the box, but one day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would never get better. The woman said it was time that he should know what was in the box. The old man took down the shoe box and took it to his wife's bedside. When he opened it , he found two beautiful doilies and some money. The money was over $25,000. "When we got married," she said, "my grandmother told me that the secret of a happy family was never to argue. She told me that if I ever got angry with you, I should just keep quiet and crochet a doily." The little old man was so moved. Only two doilies were in the box. She had only been angry with him twice in all those years. "My dear," he said, " but what about all this money?" Where did it all come from?" "Oh," she said, "that's the money I made from selling the doilies." Question: The old woman let her husband open her shoe box because _ . Options: A: she was badly ill B: it was 60 years old C: she believed in her husband D: her husband made her angry
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Most students , who are learning a foreign language . like to choose Homestay when they 6tudy abroad. Others also prefer homestay even if they go on a visit or a holiday in another country. Presently, homestay has become a form of accommodation( ) which is very popular all around the world. If you want to stay at a comfortable and home-like house and experience the life of local people, you can book a homestay on the Internet before you go abroad. It is easy for you to pick out a host family that you want to live with from all over the world. So what is homestay? And what makes it so popular nowadays? Homestay means living with a foreign family or "host family" as we 8tay abroad. It is usually called a home away home. There are three ways of doing it : Choose to learn English in a language school near your homestay where you live ; Have your English classes in the house with a member of family who is a qualified teacher; Don't have any classes at all when you visit a foreign country-a popular choice if you want to be a tourist far example. Even in the busy summer period the organization that provides the homestays will always try to place you with the most suitable host family to meet your needs. With the help of the or organizations. you don't worry about where you live, your interests, your language level. eating habits. medical care and anything else you may have during the homestay. Though the price of homestay is ,mainly depended on your needs, high- quality homestay accommodation can be relatively economical . And if you want your homestay in or near the city center, you may pay for an extra amount of money. Even if you 8tay further out. you can expect your journey into the center not to Go beyond 30 minutes. Not only does homestay accommodation represent value for money, it also gives you an excellent opportunity to practise the foreign language with your host family. This is a very important extra for students who like t0 8peak as much language as possible. Bui if you plan io learn English .... Question: What's the passage mainly about? Options: A: It introduces famous, places of interest around the world. B: It tells us why homestay has been popular in the world. C: It give* us advice on how to learn foreign languages well. D: It describes how homestay works between different countries.
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Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: My name is Bill. I come from China. Now I am in Grade Eight. I have to get up very early in the morning , because my home is very far from the school. After breakfast, I take the subway to get to school. This term, I have a new subject . It's physics. I like it best. I think it is very easy and interesting. I have physics classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. They are all my favorite days. Mr.White is my physics teacher. He is now forty years old . Now he is in front of the blackboard. What's he doing now ? "Where is my physics book ? I am looking for it ." My deskmate , Mike , stands up and says , "Sir , it's in your hand ." We all laugh . Mr. White is very forgetful . ,. Question: Who is Mr. White? Options: A: Bill's father. B: Bill's deskmate . C: Bill's politics teacher. D: Mike's physics teacher.
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: There are different ways to store fish. One way to keep fish for future use is canning it. We'll have this article describing, step by step, how to prepare dried fish. Begin with fish that are out of the water. If the fish are small, leave their heads on. Cut off the heads if the fish are longer than twenty centimeters or weigh more than one hundred fifteen grams. Now clean the freshly caught fish. Cut off the scales and cut open the stomach. Remove everything inside. Then wash the fish in clean water and fill salt into them. Next, put the fish in a container with a solution of three hundred grams of salt and one liter of water. This will remove the blood from the meat. Keep the fish in the saltwater for about thirty minutes. After that , wash them again in clean water. Next, put the fish in a solution that has more salt in the water. The water should be salty enough so that the fish can float to the top. If the fish sink to the bottom of the container, add more salt to the water. Cover the container with a clean piece of wood. Place a heavy stone on the wood to hold it down. Leave the fish there for about six hours. After that, remove them from the saltwater and place them on a clean surface. Cover the fish with a clean piece of white cloth and let them dry. ,. Question: Which of the following is TRUE? Options: A: Cut off the heads if the fish are longer than twenty centimeters. B: Cut off the heads if the fish are very small. C: If the fish weigh more than one hundred fifteen grams, leave their heads on. D: Leave all the heads of the fishes on.
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Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: As I stood outside with my two dogs yesterday , it was so cold that my nose and face felt frozen ( ). Of course, that doesn't matter to Ricky and Lucy. They have a habit that they must find a place to fight with each other no matter how cold or hot it is. As cold as it was, I was excited thinking about how wonderful this special cold really was. Then the sun broke through the clouds and memories of summer's really hot days came through my mind. I could remember standing in heat of the afternoon, with sweat pouring down my head and the hot, burning sun against my face. I told myself then and there that in the cold of the winter I would wish I had this heat. Because of the special cold, I enjoy the heat more. So I realized that without the extremes in my life, I would never _ the days When things just right. without the extremes, life would be boring. For example, heath problems remind us that we need to pay more attention to how we live. Now, I want to start finding a reason to be happy, even if it's simply the fact that I'm still alive in the world. ,. Question: What is the best title for this passage? Options: A: Memories of summer's hot days B: Follow the habit C: Two extremes in life D: Weather information
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C