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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: It was a dark and stormy night. I was about to go to bed when I heard a tapping sound on my window. "Who's there?" I shouted. Suddenly there was a flash of lighting; I saw a face at the window. It looked like an alien that I have seen on the television show. I felt very scared. I ran to my bed and pulled my blanket over my head. I started to shout for my parents but there was no reply. Then I remembered that they were at a dress party. After a while my head showed up out of my blanket but it was too dark to see anything. Then I heard footsteps. They were getting louder and louder. It was dark but I knew the way to drawer where I kept my camera. I ran there and took out my camera and started to take pictures in the direction of the window. Soon the footsteps _ , maybe because of my taking picture. The grandfather clock struck...It was 12 midnight. I went back to my bed and tried to sleep. But I couldn't sleep. I felt too frightened. I sat up; my mind was full of thoughts. Time passed, one o'clock, two o'clock, ... Finally, I fell asleep. I woke up only after eight and decided to find out the truth. I found some footprints outside my bedroom window. I measured them with a tape and found them to be exactly the same size as my father's shoes. The footprints ended at the door of my house. I then went to town to get the film developed . But when I saw the photos, they were black and I could hardly see anything. Then I remembered that I did not use the flash. When I reached home, I told my father the whole matter and he started to laugh. I also started laughing when he told me that he had dressed up as an alien for the party. Question: The writer _ when a face appeared at the window. Options: A: was tapping the window B: was watching a flash of lighting C: was about to go to bed D: was watching TV
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C

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Little James likes sports, so he is tall and strong in his middle school. He likes playing soccer very much, he thinks it's interesting. His grandma lives in a village . One day, she comes to school and sees him. Grandma doesn't find the boy in the classroom, so she goes to look for him in the school. She finds James and some boys play with only one ball. Grandma says to him:"Don't play with them, I can buy a ball for you." Question: From the story ,we can know _ . Options: A: Grandma loves James. B: Grandma knows how to play soccer. C: Grandma thinks soccer is interesting. D: Grandma is a teacher.
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: At school many things happen to us .We may feel excited when we have success in a school play.We may feel sorry if we lose an important game .We want to keep the memory for the rest of our lives . How to keep the memory ?Our English teacher ,Miss Wang ,has taught us a good way of remembering things to make our own yearbook .What is a yearbook ? A yearbook is a kind of book which is used to keep the memory of exciting moments .It's usually made at the end of the year . Last December ,we began to make our yearbook .First we chose the persons who had done something special ,then some students interviewed them ,some wrote down their stories ,others took photos of them .Every one in our class had something to do .Finally our teacher helped us to put the things together .We had our first yearbook . All of us put a lot of love into making the yearbook .It is so wonderful that not only the students but also our parents and teachers will remember the special time forever . Question: Miss Wang's good way of remembering thing is to _ . Options: A: buy a new book B: write down stories C: make a yearbook D: make friends
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: How do you spend a usual holiday at home? My alarm clock wakes me, which reminds me of school. I usually would sleep like a log, but today is a holiday and I have to be at the pool for swimming practice at a quarter to seven. About 30 swimmers show up for practice. An hour later, I ride my bike home. The suburbs are quiet in the morning, with few cars on the street. I know I should be studying German but instead I wander to my room, lie down on the bed and sleep like a log. When I open my eyes again, the first thing I see is the alarm clock. It's 10:40 and I have a basketball class in less than 20 minutes. With the help of a shortcut I arrive on time. About 15 kids and I spend the rest of the morning "shooting hoops ". A bus takes us home,and I see a neighbour walking her dogs. It's past noon. Lunch is "dousha baozi" ,which my younger brother Richard doesn't eat. He devours part of a cake from the fridge. I wonder if I should practise on the keyboard, study German, finish my homework, play chess,read or sleep like a log. I decide to play computer games for an hour and promise myself that I'll work on German later. As the computer games hit higher and higher levels, Richard and I become more and more bored. He has been aching for someone his own age to play with, and I write , he is _ . He is too sleepy. I think I'll turn off this computer and take him to the park. Then maybe I'll call on some of my old classmates. Holidays can be a time to learn, a time to play, a time to grow or a time to sleep like a log. Whatever you choose to do with your time, do something that you'll remember! Question: Which of the following statements is TRUE? Options: A: The writer finally decided to play chess. B: The writer's brother didn't eat anything for lunch. C: The writer's brother wanted very much to have someone his age to play with. D: They found the computer game more and more interesting.
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C