Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Mr. Green and his wife had a dog. When they went out, they always left the dog inside the house. One evening they wanted to go to the cinema, so they left the dog in the house and locked the door and their garden gate. They went off in their car. When the film was finished, they went home. They opened the gate and put the car away. When they came to the front door, they found that the glass in the door was broken. The door was not locked and it was open. A robber! They went in and quickly looked in all the rooms to see if the robber had taken their things. However, everything was in the right place and nothing at all was missing. The dog was sleeping in the sitting-room. The wife was angry with the dog."Why didn't you guard the house?"she said. The dog was pleased to see Mr. and Mrs. Green. It began to wag its tail and then it went to a comer of the room and picked up something in its mouth. It went to the wife and dropped the thing at her feet. When she went to pick it up, she was very surprised. Can you guess what the dog's present was ?It was a man's finger! The end of the story is this. Mr. Green telephoned the police and told them everything. Three days later the police caught the robber. They found him easily. Question: The robber stole _ . Options: A: everything from the house B: something expensive from the house C: nothing from the house D: a car from the house
C

Read the article and select the best answer. Article: For years I went to school by bus,so I met many"familiar"strangers.We took the same bus but didn't know each other's names.I used to think it was impossible for us to be true friends.How wrong I was!Smiles from the"nameless"people have changed my thoughts. The first time I got on the bus,I saw different faces.We met,greeted and cold faces turned into smiling faces.As days went on,we chatted like old friends. But I felt it a pity that I was unable to set up the same friendship with a silent girl in the front of the bus.Her old clothing suggested that she didn't have much money,but she always took a cup of water for the driver.I guessed she was a kind girl.But why did she sit in silence instead of talking with us?Why did she never reply to our friendly greetings?Couldn't she smile? Then,one evening,I got the answer.I walked to the park nearby and found the girl sitting alone under a tree,lonely and sad.I greeted her with the same warm smile that I had shown to her all these months,but this time her face turned red,then a shy smile appeared.As soon as she began her first words,I understood why she hadn't spoken to us before.Talking was hard for her. I learnt her story:Her parents worked hard somewhere.She lived with her disabled grandparents.She said,"I can't express myself very well.Most of the time,I can't say what I want to say.I have no friends but...you always smile to me like an angel...so I also want to smile."That evening,we exchanged our names and we said goodbye like old friends. Smile is the key to opening the door of the heart;it can break the cold walls in front of us. Question: The writer often met the girl _ . Options: A: on the bus B: in the park C: at school D: under the tree
A

Read the article and select the best answer. Article: A teacher takes a very big bottle and puts a few big stones into it. He asks the students, "Is the bottle full?" They all answer, "Yes!" The teacher then puts some small stones into the bottle. The small stones are between the big stones. He then asks, "Is it full now?" Some students give no answer, but most answer, "Yes!" The teacher then starts to put some sand into the bottle. For the third time, the teacher asks, "Is it full?" Now most students give no answer, but some still answer, "Yes!" Then the teacher pours a cup of water into the bottle. "What does it tell us?" asks the teacher. One clever student answer, "No matter how busy you are, you can always find time to do some more things." "No," says the teacher. "If you don't put the big stones into the bottle first, you can never get _ in. The big stones are the important things in your life. If you fill your life with small things like the small stones, sand and water, you'll never have the time for the important things." Question: What is the main idea of the article? Options: A: We should use our time to do some more things. B: We should try to ask the teachers more questions. C: We should not put sand or water into our life. D: We should try to find the important things in our life.
D