Q: John is a good boy. He studies hard and is never late for school. He has a lot of friends. And he often helps them and they like him. But he always thinks himself the cleverest in his class and looks down upon others. This term a new student, Fred, comes to his class. He's thin and short and never talks with the boys. So no children know him well. And John laugh at him.But he doesn't mind it at all. One day John goes to Mike's birthday party. He sings, dance and show all his talents to the children. After that he says to Fred, "What are you going to show us, my friend?" "I'm not clever," says Fred."Can you guess some of my riddles ?" "Certainly, I can,"says John. Fred tells some riddles, but John can't guess any.At last the boy says,"Now I'll tell the easiest riddle. Listen to me carefully. You'll guess it this time. An animal has two heads, six legs, a long nose and a short nose. Can you tell me what it is?" John thinks hard and hard, but can't guess it. His face turn red and says,"What's it?" "It's a man riding an elephant!" John doesn't say anything any longer at the party.

Answer the following questions:
1. what color did John's face turn?
2. what was the answer to the riddle?
3. how many friends does John have?
4. who is the new student in his class?
5. does he talk to the others?
6. whose party does John go to?
7. is Fred there?
8. what does he tell the other kids?
9. does John guess any?
10. was the last riddle easy or hard?
11. does John say anything else for the rest of the party?
A: 1. red
2. It's a man riding an elephant
3. John is a good boy. He studies hard and is never late for school. He has a lot of friends.
4. Fred
5. no
6. Mike's
7. yes
8. riddles,
9. no
10. hard
11. John doesn't say anything any longer at the party.

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Miami, Florida (CNN) -- NBA superstar LeBron James arrived in the Miami area Friday, the morning after he spurned the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat.

Southern Florida's newest VIP is causing a stir already. The Heat announced it has sold out its "currently available" season ticket inventory. After "extremely brisk" sales over the past couple of weeks, sales peaked "in a new intensity the last couple of days," Heat President of Business Operations Eric Woolworth said in a press release.

Since Wednesday, James and his fellow U.S. Olympian and perennial NBA all-star Chris Bosh have committed to leaving their old teams to join the Heat and its star, Dwyane Wade.

Wade led the Heat to the 2006 NBA championship and has agreed to re-sign with Miami and Bosh was a standout with the Toronto Raptors. Wade said Bosh's decision made it easy for him and James to choose their destinations.

"When Chris Bosh said he wanted to be down here in Miami, I think that opened up the floodgates for all of us to say, 'You know what? This is the time to do something in history that hasn't been done,' and that's all three players of this caliber come together in their prime to do something amazing." Wade said.

"We're going to be a really good team," James said.

James, who joined the Cavaliers straight out of high school and played forward for the team for his entire career, announced his decision during a much-ballyhooed ESPN special Thursday entitled "The Decision."

1. Who arrived?
2. Where?
3. When?
4. Who did he used to work for?
5. And now?
6. Are tickets available?
7. How many players left their old teams?
8. Who else left?
9. Who is the Heat's star?
10. When did the Heat win?
11. Which championship?
12. Where did Bosh play?
13. How many players will be together?
14. Did James go to college?
15. Why not?
16. What is his position?
17. When did he announce it?
18. On what network?
19. On what show?
20. Has James played for another team?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. LeBron James
2. in the Miami area
3. Friday
4. Cleveland Cavaliers
5. Miami Heat
6. no
7. two
8. Chris Bosh
9. Dwyane Wade.
10. 2006
11. NBA
12. Toronto Raptors
13. three
14. no
15. he joined the Cavaliers straight out of high school
16. forward
17. Thursday
18. ESPN
19. "The Decision"
20. no

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Dick often goes traveling when the summer holiday begins. But he was out of luck this summer. He went to an old temple on a high mountain by himself. On his way there it suddenly began to rain heavily and he hurried to go down the mountain. When he got to the foot of the mountain, he found the wooden bridge was under the water, so he had to spend the rainy night in a broken farmhouse. He was so hungry that he hardly fell asleep. The next morning the rain stopped and he found the bridge was damaged. He saw the river was not too deep and tried to swim across it. In the middle of the river the water nearly washed him away. Luckily , two farmers saved him, but he lost his bag. They gave him some food and dry clothes. He thanked them and went to the nearest town to call up his parents. At the end of the street, Dick found a small hotel and went in. He asked the price for a room. "A room on the first floor is twenty dollars, on the second floor, fifteen dollars and on the third, ten dollars," answered the owner. The young man had only eight dollars in all his pockets. He said thanks and was leaving. The owner asked, "Don't you like our hotel?" "Yes, it's good," said Dick, "but it's not tall enough!"

1. What does Dick do in the summer?
2. Where is he visiting this summer?
3. Where was this?
4. What was the weather like?
5. Was it a light rain?
6. Who was he with?
7. What did he do when it started raining?
8. Was he able to get away?
9. What was wrong with the bridge?
10. What did he do then?
11. What did he eat?
12. When did the rain stop?
13. Was he able to leave them?
14. Why not?
15. Did he try to leave anyway?
16. How?
17. Was he successful?
18. Did he die?
19. Why not?
20. Who?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. travel
2. an old temple
3. a high mountain
4. raining
5. no
6. noone
7. hurried down the mountain
8. yes
9. under water
10. spent the night in a farmhouse
11. nothing
12. The next morning
13. no
14. the bridge was damaged
15. yes
16. swim across
17. no
18. no
19. someone saved him
20. two farmers