Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Almost every child like sweet things ,such as candies, chocolate, ice cream and _ .But do you know there is a holiday called Sweetest Day in the USA? Does it mean people can eat lot s of sweets on that day? Sweetest Day is a popular holiday for Americans. People celebrate it on the third Saturday in October. On that day, people show their love to the elderly, children, their good friends or anyone else they want to help. Orphans and patients can a1so enjoy people's greetings. In fact, anyone may get a gift on that day. It is just a day that offers people a chance to show their 1ove and care to others. Where did the holiday originate ? Here is a story.In 1922,a very kind man in Cleveland, a city in Ohio of America,thought that many poor people in the city needed care from others.He wanted them to be happy and he hoped they would find people always remembered them and cared about them.So he gave them boxes of sweets or small gifts to show his love.He also asked his friends and neighbours to help him do these things. Many people thought it was a great idea.After that,more and more people in Cleveland began to do things like him every year. Gradually it became a popular holiday for lots of Americans. Question: Sweetest Day has a history of about _ years. Options: A: 84 B: 94 C: 104 D: 114
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: That was my grandmother's first Christmas without Grandfather. When my parents and I arrived at her little house ,we found she had waited up all night for us. Grandfather had always said that the Christmas tree was the most important decoration of all. So first we took out the beautiful tree that was stored in the closet . But the star was _ . It was my grandmother's favorite part of the tree. "Why? It must be somewhere in the closet," my grandmother said. As we opened up boxes one by one and found no star, my grandmother's eyes were full of tears. Grandfather had given it to her some fifty years ago, on their first Christmas together. But on her first Christmas without him, the star was gone. The next morning, my family sat down together to open the presents. "The last gift is to Grandmother from Grandfather," Father said, in a strange voice. "From whom?" There was surprise in my grandmother's voice. "I found this gift in Grandfather's closet when we got the tree down," Mother explained. My grandmother opened the box. There was a shinning golden star and a note in it: Don't be angry with me, dear. I broke your star while putting away the decorations, and I couldn't bear to tell you. I hope it brings you as much happiness as the first one. Merry Christmas! Love, Bryant ,A, B, C, D,. (10) Question: The family couldn't find the star on the Christmas tree because _ . Options: A: the grandfather had taken it away with him B: the grandfather put it in a box C: the grandfather had broken it D: the family didn't look carefully enough for it
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C

Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: MIT ( Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is a world-class university mainly in math, science and technology, but you may be surprised to learn that MIT sets arts courses. MIT believe in the passion of learning, the value of working and teaching methods. MIT's teaching power is quite strong. There are eight Nobel winners and many other national and international winners in the teacher group of MIT. MIT is proud of these top scholars and thinkers. The ratio of teachers and students in MIT is about 1 to 7.5. About 63 percent of the classes have fewer than 20 students each. Only 4 percent of the classes have more than 100 students each. Most MIT students can learn courses that they like. The students in MIT have many activities when they finish their lessons, for example: Student Life And Culture Student Organizations Music & The Arts @ MIT Athletics Most students in famous universities feel serious pressure both in life and study. In MIT the students have the same pressure which encourages them to have to study hard. But MIT usually gives one year for the new students to adjust to the transition (;). In their first term all the new students are graded by a test. In this test if he or she receives a C or the level better than C, his or her result will be kept forever. If she or he receives a D or an F, no record will be kept. Question: Which courses are well-known in MIT? Options: A: math B: science C: technology D: all above.
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Musicians wanted We want four good musicians for our rock band. Are you a musician? Can you sing? Can you play the piano, the guitar or the drums? Do you want to be the best musician? If you want to join us, please send an e-mail. Our e-mail address is rockband2009@pep. corn.cn. Or you can call Mr. Liu at 790 -4566. Teachers needed Are you an art teacher? Can you paint( ) or draw well? Are you good with children? We need two teachers for our art club. Please find Mrs. Wang for more information or call 628 -1183. Question: How many musicians do they want? Options: A: Two. B: Three. C: Four. D: Five.
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Ques:Read the article and select the best answer. Article: If you go into the forest with your friends, stay with them. If you don't, you may get lost. What should you do if you really get lost? You should sit down and stay where you are. You mustn't try to find your friends. Let them find you. If you want your friends to find you, you need to stay in one place. You can also shout three times. Then stop. Then shout three times again. Keep up shouting. Always three times together. When people hear you, they will know you need help and where you are. If you don't think that you can get help before night comes, you should make a little house with some small trees or branches or something else. And make yourself a bed with leaves or grass. When you need some water and you have to leave your little house to look for it, don't just walk away. Leave small branches or something else on the way and then you can find your way back easily. Question: If you get lost in the forest, you should _ . Options: A: try to find your friends B: stay where you are C: walk around the forest D: try to find a house

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Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Tom likes chocolates very much,but his mother doesn't give him chocolates , because they're bad for his teeth,she thinks. But Tom has a very nice grandfather. The old man loves his grandson very much and sometimes he buys Tom some chocolates. Then his mother lets him eat them,because she wants to make the old man happy. On Sunday evening,it is Tom's birthday. He says,"Please,God ,let them give me a big box of chocolates for my birthday."His mother says,"God can't hear you. Don't shout.""I know,"says the clever boy with a smile."But Grandfather is in the next room,and he can." Question: What day is Tom's birthday? Options: A: Monday. B: Sunday. C: Friday. D: Saturday.
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B