Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Do you like walking? A 13-year-old girl named Jenny likes walking very much. She likes walking because she thinks it is good for her health. "It's about 6 kilometers from my home to school. I get up at 6:00 every morning. After having breakfast, I walk to school. I can enjoy the beautiful _ on the way. I feel very happy. I can also think about what to do or how to do things at school on the way," says Jenny. "My father buys a new car and he wants to take me to school every morning. But I think I need to exercise and I hope my father can exercise, too. Now he often walks to work. After dinner, my father, my mother and I often take a walk in the park near our house. I have a healthy and happy family." Question: How does Jenny get to school every day? Options: A: By car. B: On foot. C: By bus. D: By bike.
B

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Four boys were at the same school. They were good friends, so they often studied and played together. They went to school every day by taxi. One day one of the boys said, "There is a test this morning. Let's go to school late. Then we won't have to take the test." "What can we tell the teacher?" One of the boys said. "He'll be angry. We'll need a good excuse. " The boys thought for several moments, then one of them said, "Let's tell him that our taxi had a flat tire ." "That's a good idea," the other boys said. "We'll tell him that." They arrived at school an hour later. The test was finished. "Why are you late?" the teacher asked, "You miss the test." "Our taxi had a flat tire," one of the boys said. The teacher thought for a moment, then he said, "Sit down, one of you in each corner of the room." The four boys did this. Then the teacher said, "Write the answer to this question on a piece of paper: Which tire was flat?" Question: One day the four boys were late for school because _ . Options: A: their taxi had a flat tire B: they wanted to miss the test C: the traffic was busy D: they didn't like the teacher's class
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B

Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Passage 1 Mobile Phone Madness How much do you love your mobile phone? A Chinese student had to call 110 for help this week after he got his arm stuck in a toilet trying to rescue his mobile phone. After dropping his phone in the toilet, he decided to wrap(,) his arm in newspaper in the hopes of keeping clean. But the newspapers became larger in size in the water, and then even his roommates couldn't help him pull his arm out. So policemen were called and they spent an hour unsticking the stuck student. Passage 2 Crazy Pet Lovers How much do you love your pets? Many people in China are famous for how much they love their pets. They dress them up in fashionable clothing and buy them high quality food. But would they spend 7,000 English pounds (68,000 yuan) on a wedding for their pets? And that's what a couple in Brazil spent on a fancy wedding for their pet Yorkshire terriers( a kind of dog). Passage 3 Oh, rats! When something goes wrong, you can often hear Westerners cry "Oh, rats". But when it comes to Southern China, "Oh, rats!" can mean it's what you want for dinner. According to a report in China Daily, some restaurants in Guangzhou serve rat meat. But, actually, most of those rats are field mice. What would Mickey Mouse say? Passage 4 Liar , liar Here's some news that most women already know. Men tell more lies than women. The London Daily Mail cites a new study that says men tell about three lies a day, while women tell only two lies a day. Men are also less likely to feel guilty about lying, according to this week's survey of 3,000 people by a research organization called One Poll. According to the Poll, lying to our mothers is very popular. But then, so is lying at work. And both men and women will lie when it comes to how much they've drunk. So how easy is it to tell when someone is lying? Question: What is NOT mentioned? Options: A: It is difficult to unstick the stuck student. B: The couple's pets are Yorkshire terriers. C: People in China enjoy eating rat meat. D: 3,000 people took part in the survey made by One Poll.
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Mr Evans works in Sydney. Last week he had a two-week holiday, but he didn't know where to go. He said to his friend Robert, "I hate the hot weather here, but I can't think of a cool place in Australia. Where shall I take my holiday?" "That's easy," said Robert, "You can go to Moscow. Snow and ice are covering the ground there now." Mr Evans agreed with his friend. He bought a plane ticket and soon arrived in Moscow. He was having a good time there, but one day he got into trouble . After lunch, he went to a park outside the city. He noticed a dog following him when he was walking past a house. It was hungry and wanted some food to eat. But Mr Evans had no food in his pockets. He tried to shoo it away, but it began to bark at him. Just at that moment, he saw a stone on the ground. He tried to pick it up, but he couldn't. "How strange these Russians are!" Mr Evans said to himself, "They do not tie up their dogs, but firmly tie down the stones!" Question: Mr Evans couldn't pick up the stone because _ . Options: A: it was too cold B: it was too heavy C: the Russians tied their stones to the ground D: it was not a stone
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A

Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Jack was born in a poor family. His father had a small boat and went fishing in the morning and sold the fish in the market in the afternoon. Then he bought some food for his family. When winter came, they were often hungry. One morning the hungry man fell into the river and nobody found him. Jack's mother left her three-year-old son without saying goodbye. His aunt had to look after him. Twenty years passed. Jack became a tall, strong man. He worked on a farm. He worked hard and wanted to get more money to marry . He often went to see his aunt with some nice presents. The woman was very happy. But one day she died in a traffic accident . The young man was very sad. After he buried her, he decided to buy a beautiful tombstone for her. He went to the town and came into a shop, but all the tombstones were too expensive. He asked, "Do you sell an old tombstone, sir?" "Yes, we do, sir," answered the shopkeeper. "Is it as expensive as the new one?" "No, it is much cheaper," said the man. "But another name was engraved on it." "It doesn't matter," said the man. "My aunt could not read." Question: Jack wanted to get more money to _ . Options: A: build a house B: buy a farm C: give his aunt nice presents D: marry a wife
D