Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Miss Williams is a teacher, and there are thirty children in her class. They are nice children, and Miss Williams like them all, but they often lose some of the clothes. It's winter, and the weather is very cold. The children's mothers always take them to school with warm coats and hats and gloves . The children come into the classroom in the morning and take off their coats and hats and gloves, and put the gloves in the pockets of their coats. Last Tuesday, Miss Williams found two small blue gloves on the floor in the evening, and the next morning, she asked the children, "Whose gloves are these?" But no one answered. "Haven't you got blue gloves, Dick?" she asked him. "Yes, Miss Williams," he answered, "but those can't be mine. I've lost already." Question: Miss Williams found the gloves _ . - in the chair - on the floor - on the road - on the desk
on the floor

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: One day, my mother said, "Let's buy you some new clothes." I was very happy and surprised because my family didn't have much money at that time. I bought three dresses, a pink one, a blue one and, best of all, a yellow and blue one. I loved that yellow and blue dress. I showed my three new beautiful dresses to my best friend Emily. She loved them all and was happy for me. But she also felt sad and said her father could only buy her new clothes for her birthday. So I asked her to pick one. Then she picked the best one--the yellow and blue dress! You should know that I was only 7 years old and it was my turn to feel sad. She wore it and I saw her smiling, so happy and beautiful. I could feel her joy! So, I told her it looked great on her. That day, I did my best to explain this to my mother. She smiled and said, "I understand. You're always my good little girl!" I shared my dress with my friend, and she shared her joy with me. That's friendship. And we are still best friends today! Question: Why did the writer feel surprised when her mother wanted to buy her some clothes? - Because her mother never bought her clothes. - Because her family was poor at that time. - Because she just wanted one dress then. - Because her mother didn't love her.
Because her family was poor at that time.

Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Mr. and Mrs Black live in a small house near London with their children. Usually Mr Black comes back from work very late. At that time, his wife and the children are sleeping. So he opens the front door of his house with his keys and comes into the house quietly. One night he comes home very late. It is 11:00 p.m. But he can't find his keys. He rings the bell . Nothing happens . He rings it again. Again nothing happens. No one can hear it. Mr. Black knocks on the bedroom window. He calls his wife's name. He shouts but his wife doesn't wake up. At last he stops and thinks for a few minutes. Then he begins to speak like a small child. "Mother," he says. "I want to go to WC." Mrs Black wakes up at once . Then he speaks to her, and she opens the door for him. Question: Which of the following is TRUE? - Mr Black often can't come into the house. - One night Mr Black comes back early. - Mrs Balck often waits for Mr Black at night. - At last Mrs Black opens the door.
A: At last Mrs Black opens the door.

Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Watch for us on TV THIS summer, many Beijing middle school students had a different kind of vacation. Instead of hanging out with friends or traveling, they were training hard for the National Day celebration. To mark the special anniversary of China this year, the students performed a group dance in a big parade on Tian'anmen Square on October 1. Students were training from 7:30am to around 10:00am or from 4 pm to 6:30pm. It was to avoid the summer heat. They wore white hats, T-shirts and dark-blue trousers. The hats and T-shirts were printed with a red logo, the number '60". The first week of training was PE. Students practiced standing and squatting . Then they moved on to practice the group display. The use colored sheets in the shape of flowers as a prop . When we watch the parade on TV we will see them making colorful patterns with them. What do the students think of their unusual summer? "Sometimes we find it a bit tiring." says Lu Wenqi,13."But most of us think it's a great honor to take part in such an important celebration." Li Hui, 15, thinks the same as Lu. She says her classmates are seldom late for training. "It's a wonderful chance for us,' says Li. "When my parents were in college, they also took part in a national day celebration. Now it's my turn!" By Wang Min 21st Century Teens staff Question: How long were the students training every day? - two and a half hours - five hours - six hours - five and a half hours
Answer: two and a half hours

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: One dollar a week The doorway of the house where Chandler has a room. He is dressed in his best clothes, ready for his evening out. He is going out as his friend, Jeff 'White, comes in. WHITE What are you doing this evening, Towers? CHANDLER (Smiling) Tonight I'm going to live like a man with a million dollars! WHITE What are you talking about? You haven't got a million dollars! CHANDLER How much money are you and I paid each week, Jeff? WHITE Eighteen dollars. Why? CHANDLER And how much of that eighteen dollars do you spend each week? WHITE All of it, of course. CHANDLER Well, I don't. Each week I save one dollar out of my eighteen. Then, every ten weeks, I can buy myself an evening to remember. WHITE What do you do? CHANDLER I put on my finest clothes, go to one of the best restaurants in New York, eat the most expensive food on the menu, drink the best wine, and then take a taxi home! WHITE ( _ ) Why? CHANDLER Why? Because it makes me feel wonderful to sit with some of 'the richest people in America, and to make them think that I'm rich, too. WHITE You're crazy! CHANDLER (Laughing) Perhaps I am! Mrs Black comes in. MRS BLACK Ah, Mr Chandler. I wanted to see you. CHANDLER Good evening, Mrs Black. What a lovely evening! MRS BLACK Lovely evening perhaps, but you haven't paid me for your room this month. When am I going to get the money? CHANDLER Soon, Mrs Black. Very soon. Mrs Black looks at Chandler s clothes. MRS BLACK You can spend money on expensive clothes, but you can't pay for your room. Is that right? CHANDLER (Hurrying away) Good night, Mrs Black! Question: This is most probably part of _ . - a play - a novel - a poem - a speech
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a play