Read the article and select the best answer. Article: I grew up in one of the poorest areas in Bradford. I live in a three-bedroom house with six brothers and sisters. I studied very hard . I got the best results in the history of the school. Other students would be happy with receiving such results. Their parents would give them an MP5 player as a prize or take them for a trip. What about me? In fact it made me sad. It was because my application to Imperial College London didn't pass. It is my dream to study medicine there. I know that nothing in life is easy. I won't give up. I will apply again the following year. While some students are traveling during the holiday, I am working hard. I help the doctors look after sick people in a hospital . I believe I must become a doctor one day. Question: How many brothers and sisters does the writer have? Options: A: Three. B: Four. C: Five. D: Six.
D

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: It's interesting that the arrival of snow has a different effect on people in different countries. For some countries it is an important happening to celebrate each year, while for others it is a catastrophe or even a wonder. There are countries between these two extremes that normally expect snow some time over the winter months, but never receive snow regularly or in the same quantities every year. Britain is one such country, for which the arrival of snow quite simply creates problems. Within hours of the first snowfall, however light, roads are blocked, trains and buses stop in the middle of traffic. Normal communications are affected as well, telephone calls become difficult and the post immediately takes more time than usual. Almost within hours, there are also shortages -- bread, vegetables and other things -- not because all these things can no longer be produced or sent to shops, but mainly because people are frightened, and go out to store up these commodities , "just for fear that something bad should happen." Why then does snow have this effect? After all, the Swiss, Austrians and Canadians don't have such problems. It is simply because there is not enough planning and preparation. We need money to buy equipment to deal with snow and ice. To keep the roads clear, for example, requires snow ploughs and machines to spread salt. The reason why a country like Britain does not buy some ploughs is that they are only used for a few days in any one year, and the money could be more useful in other things such as hospitals, education or helping the old. Question: The arrival of snow in Britain affects all of the following except _ Options: A: traffic B: communication C: food supplies D: service quality
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D

Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Two friends were walking through the desert. During the journey they had an argument , and the taller boy slapped the shorter one in the face. The short boy was hurt, but without saying anything, he wrote in the sand: "Today my best friend slapped me in the face." They kept on walking until they found a pond, and they decided to take a bath there. But the short boy got stuck in the mud and started to sink . He cried, "Help! Help!" Luckily, he was pulled to safety by his friend. After that, he carved on a stone: "Today my best friend saved my life." The taller boy asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote it in the sand and now you carve it on a stone. Why?" The shorter boy replied: "When someone hurts you, you should write it in the sand where winds can erase it easily. But when someone does something good for you, you must carve it in the stone where no wind can ever erase it." You have to learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your benefits in the stone. ,A, B, C, D,. Question: The taller boy slapped the shorter one in the face because _ . Options: A: the shorter boy took him to the desert by mistake. B: they had an argument C: the shorter boy kept wasting time writing and carving. D: he had to save his friend, and this almost took his own life.
Ans: B

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: One day, Allan and his friend Henry went swimming in a river. It was very hot. How happy they were in the river! After they got out of the water, they played games in the sun for a while. On their way back, Henry saw some flowers. He liked flowers very much and ran into the green field to look at them. Now Allan was walking by himself. Then he heard Henry calling out, "A snake ! Help!..." "What's wrong with you?" asked Allan. "A snake bit me in the leg. Come here!" Allan ran over and saw a small red wound on Henry' s leg. "The snake was in the grass. I didn't see it." "Sit down quickly"! Allan told Henry. Allan put his mouth at the little red wound and began to suck at it. In this way he saved Henry's life. "Oh, Allan, it's very kind of you to help me." "That's all right. We are friends and we must always help each other." Question: It was _ when-Allan and Henry went out. Options: A: hot B: cold C: raining D: wet
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Ques:Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Mrs. Black wants to visit her son. Her son works in a post office in the city ,but she doesn't know where it is , She begins to look for it , but she can't find it. She asks an old man, "Excuse me , how can I get to the post office?" "We have about forty post offices in the city," says the old man. "Which one do you want to go to ?" She gives her son's letter to him and the old man says , Walk along this street to the first crossroads and then turn left. You will see it on your left," She thanks the old man and soon finds her son . They are very happy. Question: There are about _ post offices in the city Options: A: thirty B: forty C: fifty D: twenty.

Ans:B

Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: *Teachers Wanted Are you a teacher? Do you like kids? Can you help them with Chinese? Come to join us. Call John at 378-5788. *Ping-pong Club Do you like to play ping-pong? Do you want to play ping-pong well? Mr. Cai can teach you. You can come here every Saturday afternoon. Tel: 368-5778 Add: Room 212 in School's P.E. Buliding. Question: Where is the ping-pong club? Options: A: In the park. B: At home. C: In the school. D: In the library.
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C