Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: In the past, many people depended on horses for transportation , farming and other kinds of work. Nowadays a lot of people still like to ride horses. So it is not surprising that many expressions about _ are still used by Americans today. Long ago, people who were rich or important rode horses that were very tall. Today, if a girl is too proud and looks down upon others, you might say she should "get off her high horse." Last night, I got a telephone call while I was watching my favorite television show. I decided not to answer it because "wild horses could not drag me away" from the television -- there was nothing that could stop me from doing what I wanted to do. Sometimes you get information "straight from the horse's mouth." It comes directly from the person who knows most about the subject and is the best source. Let us say your teacher tells you there is going to be a test tomorrow. You could say you got the information "straight from the horse's mouth." However, you would not want to call your teacher a horse! You may have heard this expression: "You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink." That means you can give someone advice but you cannot force him to do something he does not want to do. In politics, a "dark-horse candidate" is someone who is not well known to the public. Sometimes, a dark horse unexpectedly wins an election . Another piece of advice is "do not change horses in midstream." You would not want to get off one horse and on to another in the middle of a river. Or make major changes in an activity that has already begun. Question: What's the best title of the passage? Options: A: The horse is a kind of useful animal. B: The expressions used by Americans. C: Some expressions about the horse. D: It is popular to use the word "horse".
Ans: C

Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: What would turkeys do if they could think like us? Maybe the first thing is to run away from our dinner! That's the idea of Reggie and Jake. They are two turkeys in the new movie Free Birds (<<>> ). On Thanksgiving Day, people in the United States eat turkeys. But why? Reggie and Jake want a change. In a time machine, they go back to the first Thanksgiving in 1621. Reggie liked to be alone . But this time, he learns to become part of a team to make a big change. Question: The first thing for Reggie and Jake to do is to _ Options: A: run away from people's dinner B: have a big dinner C: think like us D: act in the movies
Ans: A

Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Americans think a great deal about time. From childhood they learn to value time. As children, they are taught to be on time to go to school, to do work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time flies. When a person is dying, they say he is living on borrowed time. Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working America has to work hard for 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week. This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money. Even Saturday and Sunday are filled with activities. In the street you can hardly see a man who walks slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running. They love time because time brings them money, comforts and progress. But sometimes they also hate time, for they feel they have become servants of the clock. Question: Which of the following is NOT TRUE? Options: A: The Americans usually value time. B: The Americans are often on time. C: All Americans love time and don't hate time. D: Sometimes the Americans hate time.
Ans: C

Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Bill,a 13-year-old boy, thought he had grown up to be a man. But his parents told him, "You won't be a real man until you begin to think about helping others." One moming, his parents gave him some money to buy some milk. Outside a shop he saw a homeless old~man who looked very sick. Bill went to him and asked. "what's wrong with you?" The old man answered, "I'm hungry,I haven't had any food for two days". "Let's go to the restaurant." When they got there, Bill asked the waiter to bring out bread and coffee to the old man. The old man finished the meal quickly. Afier the waiter took away the plate and the cup, the old man said, "Sorry for giving you too much trouble. I'm fine now. I'Il never forget your kindness! You're a very good young man." Bill was happy when he heard this. Just when he wanted to pay for the meal, the waiter came.To their surprise, Bill and the old man leamed that their food was free because it was the birthday of the boss, and they were the first customers that day. Question: How old was Bill? Options: A: Eleven. B: Twelve. C: Thirteen. D: Fourteen.
Ans:
C