Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Steven is six years old. He gets some money from his mother every week. He buys a lot of things from the shops, but he doesn't really need them, and he puts them everywhere. One day his mother gives him a notebook and says, "Now, Steven, when you buy things, write their names down in the notebook, and also write down how much they are. Then you can look at it again when your money is all gone , and you don't waste so much money next time." After a week, Steven says to his mother, "Do you know, Mum, before I spend any money now, I really stop and think!" His mother is very happy and thinks, "Well, my son knows the value of money now." But then she hears him say, "Mum, before I buy something, I always ask myself, 'Can I spell that word and put it down in my notebook?' " Question: Why does Steven's mother give him a notebook? - She wants him to play with it. - Steven asks her to buy one for him. - She wants him to write down the name and how much it is after he buys something. - Steven needs one to do his homework.
She wants him to write down the name and how much it is after he buys something.

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: A young man worked very hard at his lessons. He was too busy to have a rest. At last, he became ill, so he couldn't go to sleep. Every night, when he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep. But he always stayed awake and couldn't fall asleep. After some days, he decided to see a doctor. "I just can't go to sleep at night. What should I do? Could you please help me?" "I have a suggestion ,"said the doctor. "Try counting numbers. By the time you reach one thousand, you'll be asleep. I'm sure of it." The next day the man returned to the doctor's office. "Well," said the doctor, how are you today? Did you try my suggestion?" The man still looked tired. "Yes," he said, "I tried counting one, two, and three-- up to one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drink some tea so that I could go on counting up to one thousand. But then I still couldn't fall asleep." Question: The young man couldn't go to sleep because _ , - he was worried about his homework - he worked too hard and became ill - he didn't finish doing his lessons - there was a lot of noise there and he couldn't have a rest
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he worked too hard and became ill

Ques: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Nearly half of elementary and high schools in the US use the Presidential Fitness Test. It checks kids' fitness levels. Students are tested at least twice a year. In 1956, US President Eisenhower created the test, and it has been a tradition in schools since 1966. There are five activities in the test: sit-ups , push-ups , sit and reach, endurance run or walk and shuttle run . Students who get scores at or above 85 percent on all the activities can get a Presidential Physical Fitness Award. The test encourages students to live a healthy and active life. Students taking the test are really testing their limits, according to the US National Association for Sport and Physical Education. China has a similar test: the physical education(PE) test. Beginning at the age of 7, students in China are tested twice a year to check if they are healthy and strong. They also finish activities like the endurance run, sit-ups and the shuttle run. However, unlike students in the US who get awards, Chinese students get points in PE tests. The highest score is 100. For junior school students, the PE test is more important because it is worth 30 to 40 points in the entrance exam for senior high school. In order to get a good score, most students begin to prepare for the test in their junior one year. Question: What's the purpose of the test? - To encourage students to live happily and actively. - To help students prepare for college entrance exams. - To encourage students to get good scores. - To help students learn how to overcome difficulties.
Ans: To encourage students to live happily and actively.

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Each year, up to six young inventors, grade K-12, in America can receive the nation's most excellent young inventors' honor, "The Thomas Edison Innovation Award ," for their invention ideas. They can receive the following honors: * Thomas Edison Innovation Award, "The Tommy", a handmade trophy * US$1,000--US$ 5,000 in prize money * All-expenses-paid trip for the inventor and one parent to the ceremony. * Chances in the future to connect with universities and industries to further the inventors' ideas * A place in history! The inventors' names and ideas can be preserved at the National Museum of Education Question: Why do some students win award? - They are good at music. - They have great invention ideas. - They often help other people. - They are excellent sports players.
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They have great invention ideas.

Ques:Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: It is a beautiful spring morning. There isn't a cloud, and the sun is warm but not too hot. So Mr. Green is surprised when he sees an old man at the bus stop with a big strong black umbrella in his hand. Mr. Green says to him, "Do you think we are going to have rain today?" "No," says the old man,"I don't think so." "Then are you carrying the umbrella to keep the sun off you?" "No, the sun is not very hot in spring." Mr. Green looks at the big umbrella again, then the man says, "I am an old man, and my legs are not very strong. So I really need a walking stick . When I carry a walking stick, people will say, "Look at that poor man. " And I don't like that. When I carry an umbrella in fine weather, people only say,"Look at that foolish man. " Question: Where does Mr. Green meet the old man? - In the bus. - Near the bus stop. - At the bus stop. - In a big shop.

Ans:At the bus stop.

Ques: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: A men went into a shop to buy a parrot.There were three parrots in the shop.One was $1000; another one, $2000; and the third one, $3000. The man asked the owner, "Is this brid really $1000?That's so expensive for this kind of parrot."The owner said, "Because I have trained him and he can talk." Then the man asked him, "How about this one?What can he do that makes him so expensive?" The owner said, "Well, he can not only talk but also do some amusing actions,like dancing and so on.That"s why he's so expensive?" Then the man asked, "How about the third one? What can he do that makes him so expensive" The owner of the shop said, "I don't know.Usually,I have never heard him talk, nor dance, nor say, nor sing, nothing at all! But the other two call him The Boss . Question: What kind of the shop did the man go into? - A food shop. - A flower shop. - A pet shop. - A goldfish shop.
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A pet shop.