Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Tom walked into a shop. It had a sign outside:" Second-hand clothes bought and sold. " He was carrying an old pair of trousers and asked the owner of the shop." How much will you give me for these?" The man looked at them and then said, "Two dollars ." "What!" said Tom. "I had guessed they were worth(...) at least five." "No," said the man, "they aren't worth a cent more than two dollars." "Well," said Tom. Taking two dollars out of his pocket, "Here's your money. These trousers were hanging outside your shop. The list price of them was six dollars and a half. But I thought that was too much money, so I wanted to find out how much they were really worth. " Before the shop owner could think of anything, Tom walked out of the shop with the pair of trousers. Question: At first the owner of the shop thought that Tom _ . - Was trying to fool him - was trying to steal the trousers - wanted to sell the trousers - wanted to buy the trousers
wanted to sell the trousers

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is the name of a huge clock in London, London is the capital of the UK. This clock has four faces, so no matter where you stand, you can read the time on the face of Big Ben. Each face is the size of a double-decker bus. The hands are about four meters long. It is about the size of two people standing on top of each other. If you go to London, you may want to visit the House of Parliament . You will find Big Ben sitting at the top of the clock tower in the House of Parliament. You will hear it as well as you see it. The big clock makes such a loud sound, "Ding dong, ding dong," it goes every quarter of an hour. A big man gave the clock the name. He was Sir Benjamin Hail. He did much building work in London many years ago, Question: The clock strikes every _ of an hour. - ten minutes - fifteen minutes - thirty minutes - forty -five minutes
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fifteen minutes

Ques: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Once upon a time in Greece, there lived a young man called Narcissus. He lived in a small village on the sea and was famous in the land because he was quite handsome. Villagers would turn up on the streets to stare at the beautiful child . When he grew up , people always said "How handsome Narcissus is!" Villagers thought that Narcissus could not be any more handsome than he already was. But as years passed Narcissus became a teenager. His beauty grew and became so great that he was known all over country of Greece. As he grew ,Narcissus was very proud of his good-looking face. "Oh! You are so handsome ,Narcissus!" Narcissus said one day as he looked into a pool."There's nobody more handsome in the whole world ! I'd love to kiss you . And that's just what I'll do!" He leaned closer to the water . Suddenly he lost his balance and fell into the pool . Narcissus tried to reach the bank of the pool, but he could not swim and he drowned. Question: The story is mainly about _ . - a poor man who didn't want to do anything - a man who thought himself to be better than he really was - how to teach children to learn better - what to do when you met a handsome boy
Ans: a man who thought himself to be better than he really was

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Today people can use the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. But when you use the phone , you don't see the person you are talking with . That may change in the near future . Today some people are using a kind of telephone called the picture phone or vision phone. With _ , two people who are talking can see each other Picture phones can be useful when you have something to show the person you're calling . They may have other uses in the future. One day you may be able to ring up a library and ask to see a book. Then you'll be able to read the book right over your picture phone. Or you may be able to go shopping through your picture phone. If you see something in the newspaper that you think you want to buy, you'll go to your phone and call the shop . People at the shop will show you the thing you're interested in right over the phone. You'll be able to shop all over the town and never leave your room! Question: The word "it" in the passage means _ . - the picture phone - any phone - the use - the change
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the picture phone

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: A farmer had a faithful horse who was old and couldn't do much work. So the farmer no longer wanted to give him anything to eat and said, " If you can bring me a lion here, I will keep you." The horse was sad, and went to the forest. There he met a fox. After the fox heard the story, he said. "I will help you. Just lie down, as if you were dead, and do not move.'' The horse did what the fox asked, and then the fox went to the lion and said, "A dead horse is lying out there. Just come with me, and you have a rich meal." The lion went with him, and they were both standing by the horse, the fox said, "Now let me tie the horse to your tail and you can take it home and eat it." The fox's words made the lion very happy. But the fox tied the lion's legs together with the horse's tail. When the fox finished his work, he said to the horse, "Pull the lion to the farmer." Then the horse pulled the lion away with him at once. The lion was very angry but he couldn't do anything. When the farmer saw the lion, he was in a good mood , and said to the horse, " You can stay with me.'' And he give him enough food to eat until the horse died. Question: Which of the following is TRUE? - The farmer was angry with the fox. - The fox helped the lion eat the horse. - The farmer accepted the horse at last. - At last the horse left the farmer.
The farmer accepted the horse at last.