Read the article and select the best answer. Article: You can see Pizza Hut every some blocks, so it must be a very big business. Indeed it is. But believe it or not, the business was started in 1958 by two college students with a _ of 600 dollars. The Carney brothers were trying to make some money .so that they could pay their way through college. They borrowed the money from their mother and sold pizza in a small house in their neighborhood. That's how they got the name of the business. On the first day of business, they gave away pizza to draw customers . Year after year, their business grows and now they often give free meals and work chances to those in need. Question: The word "loan" here in the story means _ . Options: A: money the brothers borrowed from others B: money the brothers lent to others C: something bought for nothing D: something given away
A

Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Fun places to visit in Singapore Jurong Bird Park At Jurong Bird Park you can see more than 5,000 birds and even feed some of them by hand! If feeding birds makes you hungry, you can join the park's parrots for lunch. PulauUbin Take a small boat into Singapore's past.A 10-minute ride will take you to this island.The life on the island has not been changed since the 1960s. Malls and Markets Walk through Orchard Road's modern malls.Then try an open-air shopping experience at the markets.There you can buy inexpensive clothes,toys and old furniture. Night Safari Night Safari lets you see animals that are active at night in their natural environment.Walk through the park at night to get close to the animals from seven different areas. Question: How many fun places are talked about? Options: A: 2 B: 3 C: 4 D: 5
C

Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: One day, Susie was unhappy when she came home from school. "What's the matter, my dear?" asked her mother, drawing her to her side and smiling. "All our class must hand in compositions tomorrow. We must write 12 lines at least. But I can never write one. I'll have to go to school without a composition, for I won't copy one from a book, or ask you or papa to write one for me." "That's right," said her mother. "You'll be happier with a poor composition, if it's your own, than with a fine one written by somebody else. But cheer up. Run into the garden and play. I'll call you in half an hour. Don't think about your composition now. Just have a good time." It seemed just a few minutes to Susie before she heard her mother calling her. She went into the house immediately -- her hands full of sweet flowers, and her face red with exercise. Then her mother asked her to sit by the window with a nice piece of paper and a pencil, and write something about what she could see. "Never mind your composition; do this to please me, and we'll talk about that later." Although Susie thought her mother's request was strange, she knew she always had a good reason for everything she did. So she did as her mother requested. As she looked out, she first saw the western sky and some bright, sunset clouds. "Oh, mother, what a sunset!" "Don't talk. Just write." The pencil began moving rapidly across the paper. She wrote about the sunset clouds, the look of the distant hills, the streets, the river, the garden with its flowers, and the birds flying past the window. She forgot all about the terrible composition! Just as she had reached the bottom of the page, her mother came in and said with a smile, "Well, Susie, how does that composition come on?" "Composition! You told me not to think about it, and I've never thought of it once. I've had such a nice time writing about what I could see from the window." Mrs. Smith took the paper and read what Susie had written. She said, "There, Susie, that's a very nice composition, really." "A... Question: From the story we can know Susie's mother _ . Options: A: had never understood her daughter B: had never talked with Susie's teacher C: knew how to write a good composition D: wrote the composition for her daughter
A: C

Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Nowadays more and more people care about the exploitation of the natural _ , such as oil. Though there're many kinds of resources, with the fast increase of population and the increase of many more factories, the more we use, the fewer there will be left for the future. Oil is getting less and less year after year. It's said that oil can last for only 50 years. Natural gas perhaps will last about 38 years. Oil can be used in many ways and it's difficult to imagine what the modern world will be like without oil. But oil isn't easy to find and get out of the earth. Men must study the rocks. When they think the rocks in a certain place may have oil, a metal tower is built. A machine in the tower cuts a hole down into the ground. At the same time, a steel pipe is pushed down to stop the sides from falling in and to keep out water. At last if the men are right, usually the oil rushes up the sides with great force by the pressure of the gas in the top of the rock, and it rushes high into the air. If the oil catches a light, there will be a terrible fire. So a kind of cover is fixed on the top of the pipe, and the oil can run out through taps . If we are near the middle of the oil field, we can also get gas. Such gas is sent through pipes to towns far away and used in houses and factories like coal gas. Today oil is under pressure as never before. The price of oil keeps rising all the time. In many countries, the governments encourage people to save oil as much as possible. Question: Which of the following can be true according to the passage? Options: A: Coal gas can't be used in houses and factories. B: Oil is very important in the modern world. C: Many governments encourage people to waste oil as much as possible. D: It's very easy to get the oil.
Answer: B

Read the article and select the best answer. Article: You may feel curious about students in other countries: Do they also have so much homework? What do they do in their free time? On April 8, a report came out on the life of high school students in China, Japan, South Korea and the US. It surveyed around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. You will find the answers to many of your questions in this report. Who studies hardest? Chinese students spend the most time studying. Nearly half of Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day. That's much more than students of the US(26.4%), Japan(8.2%) and South Korea(5.2%). Who sleeps most often in class? Japanese students fall asleep in class most often. About 45% of them said they sometimes doze off in class. In South Korea is 32%; in the US, 21%; and 5% in China. South Korean students don't like taking notes. About 70% said they write down what the teacher says in class, many fewer than in Japan(93%), China(90%) and the US (89%). Who is the most distracted ? American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted: 64.2% said they talk with friends in class; 46.9% said they eat snacks in class; and 38.9% said they send e-mails or read unrelated books in class. What do they do after school? In their free time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students go out with their friends. Most Japanese students do physical exercises. Most South Korean students watch TV. Question: What is the article about? Options: A: It is a report about the students' lessons in four countries. B: It is an article about the students' study and life in four countries. C: It is a story about students' sports after class. D: It tells us that American students don't like studying.
B