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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee announced it on October 2,2009.Rio de Janeiro beat Chicago, Tokyo and Madrid to win the bid .It will be the first South American city to host the Olympics. The city will also host the 2014 World Cup. Rio de Janeiro is the second largest city in Brazil. *Population: 6 million *Language: Portuguese * Rio de Janeiro has the world's largest urban forest ,Which is made up of many kinds of green plants. *Every year Rio de Janeiro holds a carnival . It is like a big party. People dress up, dance samba and have fun. It usually lasts for a week. More than two million tourists come to Rio de- Janeiro every year. About half a million people visit the city for the carnival each year. Question: Which of the following is TRUE? Options: A: We can have fun in the carnival for nine days. B: The carnival in Rio de Janeiro is held every four years. C: Both people in Rio de Janeiro and tourists can take party in the carnival. D: About one million people visit Rio de Janeiro for the carnival each year.
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C

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Morgan is very happy these days. She is in Grade 7 at L.B Clarke Middle School, the USA. She gives her journals to the teacher. She writes them in the summer holiday. She says, "I read many books to finish them." In the summer holiday, most schools in the USA ask students to read. But L.B.Clarke starts a program this year. Students write their journals three times a week. The journals are about books they read or their everyday life. _ says a teacher in the school, "Our program also asks them to read, but in a different way." Caroline, another student, finishes six journals. She writes about her favourite books and family trips. "The program helps me learn new things," she says, "and if I forget something, I can look in my journals." Question: One of Caroline's journals may be about _ . Options: A: a movie called the Smurfs B: a basketball game between Lakers and Heat. C: a student called Morgan D: a book called the Joy Luck Club
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D

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Baseball is one of the favorite sports in the USA. Children play baseball in sports fields or parks. At summer picnic, there is often an informal baseball game. Boys and girls, young and old take turns to bat. There are nine players on each team. The baseball season goes from April to September. During this time, baseball matches are showed on TV and members of the important baseball teams become America's heroes . At the end of the season, the two top teams play against each other. Many baseball fans go together to watch the game. Millions of others listen to the radio or watch the television. People seem to talk only about the game. Even long after it is over, they still talk about the result and the players. American football is perhaps the most popular sport in the USA. The football season begins when the baseball season ends. More people are interested in football than baseball. When there is an important game, thousands of people sit beside radios or in front of television sets to get the result. ,. Question: What happens at the end of the baseball season? Options: A: People talk only about football games. B: Many baseball fans become members of top teams. C: A lot of people join in the games. D: Two top teams play a wonderful baseball game against each other.
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D

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: I'm Cindy. Today is January 20th. It's my birthday. I get up at 7:30am. My parents say"Happy birthday!" to me. Today I get lots of gifts from my parents and my friends. My father gives me a book. My mother gives me a blue skirt. Ben, one of my good friends, gives me a basketball. There is a green note on my table. It says," I'm your gift, and I'm behind your schoolbag." Aha, it's a radio! It's from my brother, Jim. I'm a very happy girl. I love my family and my friends very much. Question: Cindy's birthday is on _ . Options: A: January 19th B: January 20th C: January 21 st D: January 22nd
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B