Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: A neighbor of mine, while visiting his mother in Boston, took her to a shoe store to buy a new pair of shoes. While she was trying on different styles, my neighbor took the manager aside. "When she picks out a pair that she likes," he said, "Just tell her that the price is 12 dollars. I'll pay the regular price. I don't care how much it is." The following week, my neighbor was walking by the shoe store and the manager recognized him and called him in. "What's the problem?" asked my neighbor as he entered the store. "Wasn't my check any good?" "That's not it," answered the manager, "The problem is that your mother is bringing all her friends in for those 12-dollar shoes!" Question: It seems very probable that my neighbor wanted to _ . - please his mother - cheat his mother - cheat the manager - please his mother's friends
please his mother

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Do you know Australia ? Australia is the largest island in the world . It is a little smaller than China . It is in the south of the earth .Australia is big , but its population is not large . The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai . The government has made enough laws to fight pollution . The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution .The sky is blue and the water is clean . You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers . Plants grow very well . Last month we visited Perth , the biggest city in Western Australia , and went to a wild flowers' exhibition . There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before . We had a wonderful time .Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers .In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers' exhibition .After visiting Perth, we spent the day in the countryside . We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill .It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves . Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill .What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could .There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path . Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos . After a short drive from any town , you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep . Sheep , sheep , everywhere are sheep . Question: Which of the following is true ? - Australia is famous for its sheep , kangaroos and wild flowers . - We ran back to the car because we were in the middle of white sheep . - Three hundred sheep came towards us because they saw us . - If you go to the countryside in Australia , you will see a large number of whit sheep .
If you go to the countryside in Australia , you will see a large number of whit sheep .

Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Now I'm a senior high school student in Grade Two . I feel that school life is a little hard , just as my friends said . However , a hard life doesn't have to mean a boring one at all . School life is not just about studying and getting high marks . Getting involved in student clubs can be a unique and unforgettable experience . Wang Tian enjoys Tuesday afternoons more than any other time of the week . Why ? Well , that's when Wang and 47 other members of the DIY ( do it yourself ) club learn to make things such as rondo flowers ( ) and cross-stitch( ). Wang also knows how to knit scarves and make clay accessories( ). They even sell their products to raise money for poor students ! When Chen Mo started the High School , there was a drama club and a rock band , but no street dance club . So the girl started one . "Street dancing is dynamic and helps us relax and keep fit ," Chen said . There are around 30 students in Chen's club . They practice dance skills on Sundays . Sometimes they go to street dance performances in the city . "We watch , learn and make friends . People in this circle are actually very nice and sweet ," she said . There are dozens of clubs for me to choose from , such as basketball club or science club . But I love the translation club best . The 30 club members get together once a week . With the help of a volunteer teacher , I've learned the general principles of professional translation . It's the first step to becoming a good translator . Besides ,after attending this club , my English has improved a lot . I like my school life very much . And I believe whether a life is meaningful or not depends on the person who leads it . Question: Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage ? - The members in the DIY club sell their products to raise money for the club . - There are more members in the DIY club than in the translation club . - Chen Mo joined the street dance club and played an important part in it . - The members of the translation club meet on Tuesday afternoon .
A: There are more members in the DIY club than in the translation club .

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: American magician David Blaine left the glass box in which he had lived for 44 days without food on October 19, 2003. Hundreds of people came to watch the end of his starvation experiment, which has become one of London's main tourist attractions. Looking thinner and darker, 30-year-old Blaine was taken out of his box over the River Thames and immediately went to hospital. He was then slowly reintroduced to food, a process doctors say could be life threatening. He had been drinking only water since September 5. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Blaine first became known as a street magician in the early 1990s. He soon found himself doing magic tricks in bars for the likes of American actor Leonardo DiCaprio and his super model friends. Over the last decade Blaine has become famous with a combination of breathtaking magic and clever tricks aimed at getting a lot of attention. In 1999, he was buried in a coffin for one week and, in 2000, he spent 62 hours in a giant block of ice. Last year he stood on top of a 25-meter pillar in the center of New York for 35 hours before jumping into a pile of boxes. "I think a lot of people are unable to accept that they're able to do what they can do," he said. "They don't realize we can survive. The human being is an amazing creation." But he seems to have suffered from spending so long in the glass box. He said that at times he was unable to see, had serious back pains and lost his sense of taste. Question: Having spent such a long time in the glass box, he suffered the following EXCEPT that _ . - he had become blind - he had serious back pains - he lost his sense of taste - he was in weak health
he had become blind