Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: When I was about 12, I had an enemy , a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings . Week by week her list grew: I was very thin; I wasn't a good student; I talked too much; I was too proud , and so on. I tried to hear all these as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes. He listened to me quietly. Then he asked, "Are the thing she said true or not? Janet, didn't you ever think about what you are really like? Well, you now have that girl's opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said." I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn't change (like being very thin), but a good number I could --- and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I got a very clear picture of myself. I brought the list back to Daddy. He wouldn't like to take it. "That is just for you," he said, "You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you will find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don't shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do the right thing." Daddy's advice has returned to me at many important periods. In my life, I have never had a better piece of advice. Question: Why did the writer's father listen to her quietly? Because _ . Options: A: he believed that most of what his daughter's "enemy" said was true. B: he had been so angry with his daughter's shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping quiet for some time C: he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment D: he wasn't quite sure which girl was telling the truth
A: A

Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Successful students have good study habits. They have these habits in all of their lessons. Read about each study habit. Work to develop any study habit you do not have. Try not to do too much studying at one time. If you try to do too much studying at one time, you will get tired easily and your studying will not be very effective. Taking short breaks will help get back your mental energy. Try to study at the same times each day. Studying at the same times each day makes it become a regular part of your life, just like sleeping and eating. When a study time comes up during the day, you will be mentally prepared to begin studying. Set clear goals for their study times. Goals will help you stay focused and check your progress. Simply sitting down to study has little value. You must be very clear about what you want to get during your study time. Start studying when planned You may not start your studying on time because you don't like a task or think it is too hard. If you do this, you are _ . If you procrastinate for any reason, you will find it difficult to get everything done when you need to. You may rush to make up the time you wasted getting started, resulting in careless work and mistakes. Work on the task they find most difficult first. Your most difficult task will require the most effort. Start with your most difficult task since this is when have the most mental energy. Review their notes before beginning a task. Reviewing your notes can help you make sure you are doing a task correctly. Also, your notes may include information that will help you complete a task. Review their schoolwork over the weekend. Yes, weekends should be fun in time. But there is also time to do some review. This will help you be ready to go on Monday morning when another school week begins. Question: Why should we work on the most difficult task first? Options: A: Because it is easy for us to solve it correctly B: Because we have more mental energy than any other time C: Because we don't feel it more difficult D: Because it requires the most time
A: B

Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Mary is an American girl. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Smith find work in China. So Mary is living in China now with her parents. Mr. Smith works in a big shop. Mrs. Smith teaches English in a middle school. Mary goes to school from Monday to Friday. On Saturdays she goes to the library with her mother. She likes reading magazines there very much. Then she eats dinner at a restaurant with her parents. On Sundays, Mary often helps her mother do the housework. That makes her mother very happy. But last week Mary had a busy Sunday. On Sunday morning, she stayed at home and studied for an exam. On Sunday afternoon she went to the park and played tennis with her friend, Lee. Question: What did Mary do last Sunday afternoon? Options: A: She visited her friend. B: She played tennis. C: She went to the library. D: She helped her mother.
A: B

Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Mr White works in an office. He's very busy and has no time to have a good rest. Every evening, when he comes back from his office, he's always tired and wants to go to bed early. But his wife often has a lot of interesting things to tell him after dinner. She doesn't stop talking until she falls asleep . But it's usually too late and Mr White has to get up early in the morning when she is still sleeping. One day Mr White felt terrible and couldn't go to work. He decided to go to see a doctor. Mrs White went to the hospital with him. Before her husband said what was the matter with him, the woman told the doctor all. The doctor wrote out a prescription . When Mrs White took the medicine to the doctor's room, the doctor said to her, "The bottle of medicine is for your husband and the pills are for you. " "For me?" the woman said in surprise. "I'm fine. I don't need any medicine!" "I don't think so, madam," said the doctor. "They are sleeping pills. Your husband will be all right soon if you take them. " Question: One day Mr White couldn't go to work because _ . Options: A: he was ill B: his wife was ill C: his wife didn't let him go D: he didn't want to go to work
A: A