Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Everybody needs water. Everything needs water. We use water to wash the bowls , clothes and ourselves. We use water to plant trees, flowers and crops . Where does all water come from? It comes from clouds. Some of rain goes into the ground. Many people get it under the ground. Some rain water goes into the hills. It runs into lakes and rivers. Many people get it there. ,. Question: Which statement(,) is right? _ . Answer:

OPTIONS:
- Not everything needs water.
- Not everybody needs water.
- Nobody needs water
- All of us need water

A: All of us need water

Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: My dad used to say he knew I would be a singer. When I was a baby, I was always singing loudly. Dad was a big sports fan, but he was happy I loved music. After dinner, Dad would often ask me to sing. He always said I sang I Will Always Love You much better than Whitney Houston! At every school concert he cheered me on. The look of pride on his face made me happy. My life was full of concerts, singing lessons and laughter. Though my mum and brothers helped me, they did not share our love for music. Our lives changed when Dad was told that he had cancer. We always hoped that something would happen and he would get better, but the doctors told us that they could not save him. About a week before my dad died, he fell into a coma . The nurses said even though Dad did not reply, he could still hear me. The nurses said I should sing him a song. I sang one of our favorites. As I sang, my dad gave a big smile, and clapped . I will always remember that smile. I was so pleased to know that Dad had heard me sing one more song. My dad died on May 14, 2000. It was hard to believe: he was so full of life. I don't know how to say how much I miss him. Now I have all the memories of him and his beautiful smile deep inside my heart. I will always know that he is listening from his front row seat in _ . He used to say: "Sing from your heart." My dad has been and will always be my hero. Question: What's the best title of the passage? Answer:

OPTIONS:
- My hero.
- M y favorite song.
- My dream.
- My family.

A: My hero.

Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Although I had left school against the advice of my teacher, I had, without telling anyone, tried to continue my studies in literature at evening classes. It was a tiresome walk from one end of the city to another and to sit among adults was uninteresting. I was the youngest in the class, so the friendship I knew at school was absent, I put up with it for a short period. It was too long a walk on cold winter's nights and it was hard to put my heart into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I continued reading books and started writing poetry at home. By chance, I won some prizes and rewards for literature. A young woman from a TV company came to the college one day. She wanted to make a short film about me, to which I said, "No, I couldn't do that." Not that I had any real excuse, I was just frightened. In the end she persuaded me that I should do it the following day. So I did. They made a short film of me reading one of my poems and I became more interested in literature than ever. I wondered what I should do after this, and decided some weeks later that I could not imagine myself spending the rest of my days dealing with machines. So one evening, I hesitatingly told my parents that I wanted to return to school. They wanted to know if I was sure, if I knew what it meant and whether I realized that if I gave up my job training, it would be very difficult to get a good job. But nothing could stop me, and they asked about the matter on future. Question: The writer did NOT feel comfortable at the evening school because _ . Answer:

OPTIONS:
- he found it difficult to make friends with his classmates
- he had to walk a long distance to the evening school
- he could not put his heart into reading books after he was caught in the rain
- all of the above

A: all of the above

Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: If you have failed in the past to try to make big changes in life, try again now, one tiny step at a time. Every year it's the same. As December comes to an end, you think about the new year and all the ways you want to improve your life. But as you start to write down your hopes for the new year, you think about the last year. You excitedly write down all the changes you are going to make, but by the end of January those ideas get lost in your busy life. Here's a suggestion: Forget the too big, hard-to-achieve goals and just think about the small ones. "We often think that we have to do everything in big steps, even though it's so hard for us to reach it." said Robert Maurer, who recently wrote the book One Small Step Can Change Your Life. "What we try to do is to begin with such a small step that we can't find any excuse not to do it." "Kaizen", a Japanese word, is used to mean to change behavior and attitudes . During World War II, American factory managers were able to _ by trying small, continuous improvements instead of sudden changes. After the war, the idea was brought to a rebuilding Japan. It made Japan develop fast. The Japanese called it "kaizen", which means "improvement". Maurer studied the idea and did some experiments with it. "Kaizen" could possibly help people succeed in doing everything. Question: The writer of the passage suggests we should _ . Answer:

OPTIONS:
- take a tiny step to achieve big goals
- make changes at the end of the year
- do few experiments with "kaizen"
- do things with hard-to-achieve goals

A:
take a tiny step to achieve big goals