Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Kids at the Interlake School Division were the first Canadian students to take part in a program to send experiments to the International Space Station.(ISS). Jordan Schott and three other sixth grade students came up with the idea to test royal jelly in space . Their experiment came very close to be tested on the space station. "We were seeing if we could send it to space, and if it would lose its nutritional value" faster and or slower, "said Schott. Schott is one of the 18 students in the Space Knights Club at Woodlands Elementary School, part of the Interlake School Division. Over 450 students from the Division took part in the program. "I thought we were just students and we couldn't do much in the way of that. It's a way to communicate with people up there ," said Braeden Clark, a seventh grade student who is also in the club. The astronauts shared what they learned with their school with a full day of activities all about science and space. Teacher Maria Nickel is the organizer of the club. She said the day was great for students to learn what they could do. "Space is one of those great things that get kids excited, but it also gives them the chance to do so much. They can be an astronaut; they can be an engineer, "She said. The day was held in honour of Chris Hadfield, a Canadian astronaut now in the Internal Space Station. "It gives kids someone more to look up to. Here's a real hero to look up to who's doing it all, doing it through education," said Nickel. Jordan Schott thinks it's really cool. "To me it seems so cool how people can go up to space, and science is something I've always liked," She said. Schott says she wants to follow in the footsteps of Hadfield and be an astronaut when she gets older. One of the winning experiments in the competition was produced by students from Argyle, Manitoba. It will travel to the space station in the fall of 2013. Question: We can infer from the text that Maria Nickel _ - Options: A: thinks it's cool to live in the ISS B: encourages students to be astronauts C: helps students develop their interest in space D: thinks Chris Hadfield sets a good example to the students
Ans: D

Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: From now on, never spend your precious time thinking of reasons for your failures and shortcomings. Instead, realize that the seeds of success were planted within you when you were born. Only you have the power to make those seeds grow. The seeds, and the power to grow them, are contained in the most awesome machine ever created: the human mind. Success is a choice and not a chance. You were born a winner. You were born rich. You can be a success if only you make the right choice. You cannot be successful without first developing your self-confidence. Your level of self-confidence is always based on the degree of control that you are able to exercise over yourself, and thus over your life. People with low self-confidence are people who do not believe that they have any power, or responsibility for their lives. They are mere victims. They are leaves tossed by the winds of chance blown about with any sudden change in the weather. You can exercise control over your life only to the degree that you believe that you are responsible for everything that happens in your life. Failures think that everything happens by accident and chance. Successful people realize that they are responsible. Everything happens as a result of something. If we can identify the cause, we can control the effect. We are responsible for what we choose to think and believe. One generally rises to the level that one expects. We are responsible for setting our expectations. Our success is dependent upon our level of confidence. If you associate with positive-thinking people, you are definitely going to achieve success. On the contrary, the opposite happens. We are responsible for finding, planting, and nurturing the seeds that contain future victory, born from setbacks. In short, in all areas of your life, whether they be financial, physical, emotional, or spiritual, you are responsible. Once you recognize this, accept it, and firmly believe it, you are on the road to success. Question: People with low self-confidence are compared to leaves because they _ . Options: A: are ready to change their minds B: are easily affected by windy weather C: don't have the power to face their fate D: can't control themselves in life
Ans: D

Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Because of the change in the American public school system over the last several years, now many parents choose to home-school their children. There are many reasons behind this. Let's take a look at a few of them. For some parents, they have religious reasons for home-schooling. The public school system does not have religious teachings, so these parents want to put religion into the children's daily school activities. This might include teaching religion-based courses rather than coursework that is taught in public schools. For some parents, they do not feel that their local school system offers their children the best learning opportunities. So they want to take matters into their own hands. This may be because the local school has low educational standards or for some other reason the parents think it necessary to take their children out of the system. Sometimes the parents just feel the children will get a better education at home. Some parents may not be rich enough to send their children to a private school, so the next best thing in their eyes is home-schooling. Thus they can teach their children what they like. One should remember that the laws about home-schooling _ from state to state. In some states, the parents are required to hand in monthly attendance records to their local school system. What's more, most states require state testing at certain periods such as the CRCT. Question: The writer wrote this passage mainly to _ . Options: A: advise parents to home-school their children B: explain why some parents choose to home-school their children C: tell us the advantages and disadvantages of home-schooling D: praise home-schooling and private schools
Ans: B

Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Benjamin Franklin only studied in school for two years. But he liked to read and write very much. Once he discussed a question with his friend in letters. His father found the letters and read them. He felt Ben did not express himself well. Nor did Ben make his meaning clear. He agreed that his father was right, From then on, he paid more attention to the style of his writing so that he could write better. About that time he bought a copy of the British periodical called The Spectator (<<>> ). He read it over and over. He thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to write in the same style. With this in mind, he studied some of the stories and made a note of the thought in each sentence. Then, a few days later, without looking at the magazine, he tried to write the stories. He tried to express each thought as fully as it had been expressed before. Then he compared his writing with the magazine. He found some of his faults in the compositions. In this way he discovered he needed to know many more words. He felt that writing poetry would help him since that needed to use many different words which had the same meaning. So he turned some of the stories into poems; and after a time, he wrote them as stories again. He insisted on doing this for a long time. He learned much from his efforts and went on to practise his writing. Then he became the first famous writer in American history. Question: What did his father do to him? Options: A: He found his son's letters written very well B: He felt his son expressed himself very well C: He told his son what he wrote wasn't so good D: He bought a copy of The Spectator for him
Ans:
C