Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: When I was seven years old, my family made me an ant farm. First, we put clean sand in a thin glass box. Then we waited for the ants to arrive. After the ants were in the glass farm, they started to make tunnels . I was amazed that each one knew exactly what to do. Each had its own job. On the fifth day a tragedy happened. I put my face so close to the glass farm that I knocked it over. All the tunnels fell down. Although the ants remained alive after their earthquake, one by one began to die. I was scared as I watched them give up building their tunnels to carry the bodies to a corner the farm. My mother said that the ants were dying of sadness. They simply could not stand that their tunnels were gone. Although much time has passed, I still think of that ant farm. Mom had hoped it would teach me about the natural world, but it taught me much more. Over the years, I came to realize the importance of teamwork. Working together, the ants were able to make an amazing world for themselves. I also learned that they should be admired for their hard work. But there was an even larger lesson that I did not realize until recently: Adversity is a natural part of life, and must be accepted. Unlike the ants, we cannot give up when we are sad. We have to realize that if a tunnel is gone, we must build another. Giving up, I say, is not a good choice. Question: What did the writer's family do for him when he was seven? - They built a farm of ants. - They bought a few ants. - They caught a lot of ants. - They found an ant city.
They built a farm of ants.

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: It is difficult to say exactly how the music we call "rock" or "rock and roll" began. Its roots go back to many different countries and many different kinds of music and many musicians. Rock music developed mainly from the interaction of black African and white European music. The Europeans and the African slaves who came to America during the seventeenth century each had their own different kinds of music. Black Africans used heavy drumbeats,a rough singing voice,and the calling of a melody and answer of a chorus. The white Europeans,mostly English and Scots,used a stronger melody,a less heavy beat,and instruments such as guitars,horns,and fiddles. The history of rock and roll is the history of how rock changed from these two traditions. From the seventeenth to the twentieth century, musicians in the southern United States developed two new forms of music: the blues,usually played by blacks,and country music, played by whites. Black musicians sang the blues with a guitar. This music was similar to work songs:stories of troubles and pain, with lines that were repeated several times. The word "rock and roll" probably came from the black churches in the South, where people sang and danced to the strong rhythms, which they called "rocking and reeling". At the same time, whites were playing country music, which was mostly traditional dancing music and slow songs that told sad stories. The singers played with string instruments such as fiddles and guitars. During this time blues and country musicians had some influence on each other, but the influence grew stronger after phonograph records became popular in the late nineteenth century. The birth of the electric guitar changed country and blue music in the 1940s. The sound of the electric guitar would become the sound, of rock and roll. No one thinks of early rock and roll without thinking of Elvis Presley,the"King of Rock and Roll".Rock music continues to develop and change, but the heart and soul of rock is the same heart and soul that Elvis expressed. Question: Which of the following NOT right according to the passage? - In the seventeenth century, many visitors went to America from Europe and Africa. - Rock music developed mainly from the interaction of black African and white European music. - Musicians in the southern United States developed two new forms of music: the blues and country music from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. - Blues and country musicians had some influence on each other during a time in history.
In the seventeenth century, many visitors went to America from Europe and Africa.

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman carrying a large box. It was half in and half out of her car. So the man went up and said, "The box looks very heavy. Let me give you a hand." "That's very kind of you," the woman said, "I'm having a lot of trouble with it. Maybe it sticks in the car door." "Together we'll soon move it," the man said. "I'll get in and take the other end." And he got in the car. "Right," the man said. "I'm ready," and he began to push the box hard. For several minutes, the man and the woman tried to move the box. Soon they felt very tired. They rested for a moment. Then the woman said, "Let's try again. One, two, three!" They went on moving the box. At last, when they were _ , the man said, "I'm sorry, but I don't think there's any way to get it out of your car." "Get it out?" the woman cried. "I'm trying to get it in! You know?" Question: Which of the following is TRUE about the story? - The man stuck in the car door. - The woman asked the man for help. - The man refused to help the woman. - The woman tried to get the box into the car.
The woman tried to get the box into the car.