Bob was only seven years old. One night Bob was at home alone while his parents were out for a party. He had often stayed alone before,so he wasn't afraid. As he waited for his parents to return home,he watched a film on TV. His eyes became heavier and heavier as time passed by. Suddenly Bob's eyes opened wide--what was the sound in the next room? Bob heard the window being opened slowly. For a minute,Bob was so frightened that he could not move,and his body felt like ice. He knew that he couldn't lose his head and began to think of the things he could do. Again he heard the sound of someone trying to climb into his home through the window. Bob's drums were standing in the corner near the TV. "Wait,maybe there is something I can do,"thought Bob. He beat on his drums as hard as he could. The sound was so terrible that Bob surprised even himself. He also surprised the man in the window,who ran away as fast as possible.How clever he was! How do you think of Bob? A) foolish B) lovely. C) funny. D) clever
D

For many people the subject of hiccups is a joke, but for Harry Mendes, a fifteen-year-old schoolboy from Birmingham, it was something quite different. His hiccups began one Sunday lunch time and continued day and night for two weeks. After the first week, Harry's parents took him to hospital, but it took another week for the doctors to cure his attack. Harry, who is now back at school, described what happened to him. "When I began to hiccup, I drank a glass of water but that didn't do any good. That evening I had hiccups every four seconds. We tried everything to stop them. I held my breath and drank cold drinks. My father even tried to give me a shock but that didn't work either." After a week of sleepless nights, he went to hospital. The doctors took an X-ray of his chest but they couldn't find anything wrong. "They gave me some medicine and my hiccups slowed down, but it was another week before the medicine worked completely and my hiccups stopped." Harry was very lucky. The world record holder is the American farmer Charles Osborne, who hiccupped for sixty-eight years. He stopped in 1990 at last, but nobody knows why. His hiccups completely stopped one week after the doctor _ . A) gave him some medicine B) took an X-ray of his chest C) gave him a shock D) let him drink cold drinks
A

Colors play an important role in our world. They have different meanings to people of different cultures. Here are some colors and what they _ to various people of the world. Red is the favorite color of brides in Vietnam. In this country, red represents fortune, success, and good luck. In China red is a symbol of luck and is used for many celebrations such as weddings and the beginning of the new year. In India red is a symbol of purity and commitment, and it is used in wedding clothing. In the United States red represents love and is used during Christmas and Valentine's Day. Red also represents speed and power in the west, which is why it is a popular color for race cars and toy rockets. In Paris, all garbage collectors are clothed in green. They drive green trucks and dispose of waste in green bins. In many parts of the world, green has become a symbol of kindness to the earth. In Ireland, green symbolizes Catholicism, and in India it is the color of Islam. Yellow is the color that symbolizes the sun. Yellow can make people feel happy and excited, but at the same time can make people feel angrier or more frustrated. In the United States, school buses and taxicabs are often yellow, because you can see this color ruore easily. In Japan, yellow is the color of bravery. To the Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese and Koreans, white symbolizes death. To people of India and in the west white is a color of purity. ,. A person will be even angrier when he sees _ A) red B) green C) yellow D) white
C