Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Beethoven was born in a small city near the Rhine in Germany. His father always drank and his mother was a maid . They lived a poor life. Beethoven was a talented child in music. People at that time thought he was as clever as Mozart. His father wanted to make money from his talent, so he told him to practice and play all the time. If he didn't do that, his father would be angry with him and beat him. Beethoven was very short and ugly. He couldn't hear well from the age of 22 and later he heard nothing, but all these unhappy things didn't make him dislike music. He began to write sonatas at 12, and later he became a great musician. His life was so short that he didn't leave many works. But people think he was one of the best musicians in the world. ,A, B, C, D,. Question: Beethoven's father told him to practice and play all the time because his father wanted to make _ . Answer: | OPTIONS:
- him be a great musician
- him not drink too much like him
- himself rich
- him beat Mozart in music
A: himself rich

Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Mr. Weeks is fifty years old. He's taught maths in a middle school for twenty years. He works and always comes to his office on time. He hopes his students will be honest and he is strict with them. Some of his students have become famous persons, but they still remember him and often write to him. Of course the man is proud of them. This term he began to teach Grade One. Some of the new students were told about him, but the others didn't know about him. On the first day of school he told the students how to be an honest person. He gave them some examples and said, "I don't like telling a lie." Before class was over, he told all his students to finish Exercise 8 in Lesson 1. The next morning, as soon as he came into the classroom, he asked. "Who's finished Exercise 8?" A few students raised their hands. He shook his head and said. "Open your workbooks and see if there's Exercise 8 in Lesson 1." The students had a look at their workbooks and their faces turned red at once. Question: What is Mr. Weeks proud of '? Answer: | OPTIONS:
- All his students have become famous persons.
- All his students often write to him.
- Some of his students have been famous.
- He's been a teacher for twenty-six years.
A: Some of his students have been famous.

Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Everyone has a family name. In China, the family name is the first name, but in English countries the family name is the last name. Do you know how English people get their family names? And what do they mean? English people usually get their family name in these ways . Some family names come from the places of their homes. A man live on or near a hill, his family name may be Hill. In England, people's names may be Wood, Lake because they live near the wood or the lake. Some family names come from a person's job. If a person is a cook, his family name may be Cook. And many people get their family names from their father's family names. If you hear the name "Jackson", you can know that he is the son of Jack. Question: The passage mainly talks about _ in English countries. Answer: | OPTIONS:
- family names
- English people
- hills and lakes
- jobs and homes
A: family names

Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: It was 8:40 in the evening and I was at Starbucks -- Plaza Singapura,the place we are going to meet.I was 20 minutes before meeting time.It is not polite to be late for a date for the first time anyway.I waited,looking at the people coming and going.I was daydreaming about today's soccer match I played and started thinking about life and soccer.Life is like soccer.You never know when you are going to get hit by the ball in your face.You have to live! As I was trying to relax myself,I felt her appearance -- the smell,I can never forget.I looked up and saw her smiling and making her way towards me.She was pretty-looking and she was in fashion .I stood there watching her coming.A bright color T-shirt with a beautiful skirt.Wow,I really love girls wearing skirts.It makes them look more attractive and natural. "Sorry I am late." "No,it's OK.I am just early myself." "So what film are we going to see?" "It's OK,we will check it out later,and anyway what matters most is whom I am going to see it with,not the show." Question: Why was the man at Starbucks alone? Answer: | OPTIONS:
- He got there much too early.
- He was there for his first date.
- He wanted to be more polite.
- He enjoyed watching people there.
A: He was there for his first date.