Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Matt's hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries, like America, Egypt and China. On his birthday, can you guess what people gave him? That's right----stamps. Matt's favorite stamps came from France. He had almost every stamp from 1954 to 2003 except one. That was a 1974 special edition . It was very hard to find. He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends and relatives to help him. But nobody could find the stamp. It made Matt very sad. "Don't worry," his father said to him. "You'll find it one day." "I hope so," Matt said. "Be patient ,"his father said. "Don't give up." Besides collecting stamps, Matt liked writing. He had a pen friend in France. They wrote to each other every month. Matt's pen friend, Philip, gave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. When Matt received the letter, he was very surprised. On the envelope, he looked closely at the stamp. It was the 1974 special edition stamp. Matt was so happy! He told his sister, his mother and his father. "You see," his father said, "You did find your stamp. So, you see, it's good to have two things in life." "What are they?" Matt asked. "Friends and patience ." he answered. Question: Matt loved the stamps from _ best. Options: A: America B: Egypt C: France D: China
C

Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Twenty years ago almost all nurses were women, and almost all pilots were men. Today women fly planes, and men care for patients. The jobs are the same, but not both men and women are working as nurses and pilots. There are many other examples of changing job roles for men and women. Forty years ago there were no women news reporters on television. Now women report the news, the weather, and even men's sports. Women are reporting games and interviewing athletes. Fifty years ago there were almost no women lawyers or doctors, but today over half of all medical students are women. Today men teach very young children. Men work as librarians and secretaries. Some men stay at home to take care of the house and children. They are called "househusbands" or "stay-at-home dads". However, many women still work as homemakers. Jobs are changing. Today men and women are working in every field. Question: What is said about men in the passage? Options: A: Only men are sports reporters. B: All lawyers are men. C: Men never take care of home. D: Some men stay at home with the children.
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Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Most people in America live in small family groups. More than a quarter of homes in America have only got one person in them. Some of these are old people but some are people of twenty or thirty years old who would like to live alone. 35% of homes have two people in them, and another 17% have three people. 15%have four people in them, and the other homes have five or more. The families in America are small. It is unusual for parents to have more than two children. When children are about eighteen or nineteen years old, they leave their parents' homes, and they often go to different cities. Sometimes they only visit their parents two or three times a year. Question: At what age do children in America usually go away from. heir parents' homes? Options: A: About 30 or 31 B: About 20 or 21 C: About I ? or less D: About 18 or 19
A: D

Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Presents For Children's Day Charles M. Schulz was born in 1922 in Minneapolis, the only child of a housewife and a barber. His interest in comics was encouraged by his father, who loved the funny pages. Charles M. Schulz sold seventeen cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post from 1948 to 1950 and Li'l Folks to the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Peanuts debuted on October 2, 1950, and ran without interruption for the next fifty years. Charles M. Schulz died in 2000. *IT'S A DOG'S LIFE SNOOPY It's a Dog's Life, Snoopy brings all your familiar friends together for great times and fun. *IT'S A BIG WORLD CHARLIE BROWN Charlie Brown faces some of life's little challenges with the help of Snoopy, Lucy, Peppermint Patty, Linus, and the rest of the gang in It's a Big World, Charlie Brown. *PEANUTS 2000 The last one is the special edition Peanuts 2000, which includes all the last year's Peanuts comic strip and Charles M. Schulz's famous farewell strip. Come and visit our website at www.ballantinebooks.com or come to Ballantine Bookshop, you'll have a big surprise. Question: Which of the following appeared last? Options: A: Peanuts 2000 B: Li'l Folks C: It's a Dog's Life, Snoopy D: It's a Big World, Charlie Brown.
Answer: A

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Mr Brown is one of my friend . He can run very fast and likes to show people how fast he can run . One day , a thief got into his house , took some of his things and ran out of the house fast . Mr. Brown found it and ran after him , and shouted ,"Hey ! Don't you know you can't get away from me ?" But the thief ran much faster . Mr. Brown got angry and ran faster , too . He was soon a few kilometers away from his house . He was running hard when he met me. " Why are you running so fast ?" I asked , " I want to catch a thief ." said Mr. Brown "But where is the thief ?" I asked . " Kilometers and kilometers behind ." Said Mr. Brown proudly . " He thought he could run faster than me , but you see he is wrong ." Question: Did the thief steal anything from Mr. Brown's house ? Options: A: Yes, he was. B: No, he wasn't . C: Yes, he did . D: No, he didn't .
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C

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Harry likes driving his car very fast, and one day he hit another car. He jumped out and ran to it. There was an old man in the car. He was very angry and said to Harry." What were you doing? You nearly killed me!" "Yes," Harry answered," I am very sorry." He took a bottle out of his car and said, "Drink some of this. Then you will feel better." He gave the old man some whisky and the man drank it, but then he shouted again, "You nearly killed me!" Harry gave him the bottle again. "I feel much better now. But why aren't you drinking?" "Oh, well," said Harry, " I don't want any whisky now. I am going to sit here to wait for the police." Question: After drinking the bottle of whisky ,the old man _ Options: A: felt much better B: began to cry C: was very happy D: felt much worse
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A