Read the following article and answer the question. Article: When I was nine years old, I wrote my first poem. My mother read the little poem and cried. "Buddy, it's a beautiful, beautiful poem!" My mother poured out her praise. "What time will Father be home?" I asked. I could hardly wait to show him my poem. My father had begun his movie career as a writer. He would be able to appreciate my poem even more than my mother. I confidently put the poem right on my father's plate on the dining table. My mother said he would be home around 7. But My father got home an hour later than expected. He sat down at the table and noticed his plate. "What is this?" I heard him say. "Ben, Buddy has written his first poem. And it's beautiful, so amazing!" Mother said. "If you don't mind, I'd like to decide that for myself," Father said. I kept my face lowered to my plate. It was only 10 lines long. But it seemed to take hours. "I think it's bad," my father said. I couldn't look up. My eyes were getting wet. "Ben, sometimes I don't understand you," my mother was saying. "This is just a little boy. He needs encouragement." "I don't know why," _ "Isn't there enough bad poetry in the world already? No law says Buddy has to become a poet." I ran from the dining room, threw myself on the bed and cried. A few months later, I read that first poem. It was a bad poem. I worked up the courage to show him a short story. My father thought it was not good but hopeful. I was learning to rewrite. As I worked my way into other books and plays and films, I realized how lucky I was to have a mother who said, "Buddy, it's wonderful!" and a father who shook his head "I think it's bad." Both are love that forces me to improve. In fact, all of us in life need both loving force. Question: What did the mother think of the Buddy's poem? Answer:

OPTIONS:
- She was so moved that she cried.
- She thought the poem was well written.
- She considered Buddy had no talent for poetry.
- She believed Buddy needed advice from his father.

Answer: She thought the poem was well written.

Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Language is always changing and developing. This isn't a bad thing. If English hadn't changed for a long time, we won't have words to describe telephones, washing machines, computers or some other new things. Language changes for several reasons. First, it changes because the needs of its speaker change. New technologies, new products, and new experiences need new words to express them clearly. Another reason for change is that different people have different language experiences. People use different sets of words and expressions, because they have different ages, jobs, education levels and so on. How does language develop then? On the one hand, many of the languages changes begin with young people. When young people communicate with others of their own age, their language grows in grammar, words and expressions that are different from the older people's. Some have a short lifetime but others can influence the language for long. On the other hand, we get new words in many different ways. We borrow them from other languages, we create them by making words shorter or combining words and we make them out of proper names. Languages that don't change over time are considered dead languages. The fact that English changes so much shows that it is alive and well. Question: How many reasons for language change are mentioned in this passage? Answer:

OPTIONS:
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5

Answer: 2

Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Mr Robin had his house in a tree. His four baby robins lived in it. They grew very fast. Soon the house was too little for them. "It is time for you to fly," said Mr Robin. "Oh, we can not fly," said the baby robins. "You can, if you try, " said Mr Robin. A robin tried. He flew into a tree. "Oh, how interesting!" said the little robin. "I like to fly. See me go!" Then the other robins tried. In a little while they could all fly. The robins could fly, but they could not sing. "No, Dad, we can not sing." "You can, if you try. Hear the other birds sing. Look at the pretty flowers and the blue sky. Then you will want to sing. Hear me sing to you. Now sing for me." One little robin sang. Then they all sang. A little girl came by. "Wow, hear the birds sing!" she said. "How happy they are!" Question: What else did the baby robins learn to do? Answer:

OPTIONS:
- To have dinner.
- To take a trip.
- To have a party.
- To sing.

Answer: To sing.

Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Not everyone has a chance to be a detective , but I got one when I was 13 years old. It happened in 1994. One afternoon, I was walking down the street when I saw my father's new car. I expected to see my father in the driver's seat. But to my surprise, I saw a young woman driving instead, "She has stolen my father's car," I thought. So I quickly stopped a taxi and got in. I said to the driver, "Follow that new car in front," I told him why. The taxi driver had a car phone, so I asked him to call the police. Soon we heard the sound of a police car. The police told the woman to stop the car using a loudspeaker. The taxi came to a stop, too. I got out right then and said to the woman, "This is not your car. It's my father's car." The woman smiled and said, "Oh. You're Mr. Johnson's son, right? I've seen your photo in your father's office." Before I could say one word, the woman explained that she was my father's new assistant . My father had asked her to take his computer to the shop to have it repaired. He lent her his car. After hearing this, I called my father and he told us what the woman said was right. The police and the taxi driver laughed. I felt very sorry. It was both the first time and the last time I worked as a detective. Question: When did the story take place? Answer:

OPTIONS:
- Thirteen years ago.
- Twenty years ago.
- Thirty years ago.
- Before 1994.

Answer:
Twenty years ago.