Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Tom is a fat boy when he is ten. He likes watching TV very much. He watches TV at least 5 hours every day. Wherever he goes, he will be late. One day, he finds a pair of special glasses in his post-box. He also finds a message saying, "With these you can see time." The boy wants to have a try. He puts the glasses on, looks at his brother, a tall and thin boy, and sees a big box of flowers on top of his head. And it isn't just like his brother. When he looks at his parents, he also sees the flowers. The three boxes are very beautiful. Then, he looks at himself from the mirror. He sees the flowers, too. But his flowers goes to the mouth of the television. Its mouth is big. His flowers becomes fewer and fewer. At last, he learns that watching TV is a _ of time. He can learn nothing from it. He decides he will never again let the television eat his time. Question: Which of the following is TRUE? - Tom finds the glasses in the schoolbag. - Tom looks the same as his brother through the glasses. - Tom looks at his brother first with the glasses. - Tom doesn't have any flowers when he looks at himself.
Tom looks at his brother first with the glasses.

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: "Homestay is a form of study abroad program. It allows the visitor to rent a room from a local family to better understand the local lifestyle. It also helps to improve the visitor's language ability,"said a teacher during a school meeting last term. "Students who wish to learn more about foreign cultures or to get foreign experience should join this kind of holiday. I am sure you won't be disappointed ." After this special meeting,I always thought about this kind of holiday. Last month,I had a chance at last to go on such a holiday with some of my schoolmates and we went to London,a place where I had wanted to go since years ago. As we were still young,we had a group leader who planned things for us and looked after us. After we got to London,we went to stay with different families. I was lucky that my host family was a white couple who had a daughter about my age. They treated me as a daughter of their family during my stay there. They were interested in me and I learnt a lot of things from them,too. The holiday was filled with activities every day. After breakfast,a local teacher would come to take us in his car. Then we would have classes or go on a sightseeing trip to different places of interest like the Big Ben,the London Bridge,and the Buckingham Palace. We would go back to our own homes after the activities. The holiday was a valuable experience for me. I enjoyed every minute of it. Yet,time really flew fast. Three weeks later,we had to leave "home" for Hong Kong. Question: From the passage,we know that the writer _ in London. - spent three weeks in her home - had classes in many interesting places - wished to stay a little longer - helped the teacher take the students in a car
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wished to stay a little longer

Ques: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: A peacock and a tortoise were good friends. One day, a bird catcher caught the peacock and was going to sell him on the market. The peacock asked the bird catcher to allow him to say goodbye to his friend the tortoise. The bird catcher agreed. The tortoise asked the bird catcher to let the peacock go, but he refused. The tortoise then said, "If I give you a nice gift, will you let my friend go?" "Certainly," answered the bird catcher. So the tortoise jumped into the river and after some time, he came up with a big pearl . The bird catcher was so surprised. He was so happy that he let the peacock go. A few days later, the bird catcher came back to the tortoise. He thought he didn't get enough for letting the peacock go. He told the tortoise that he would catch the peacock again unless he got another big pearl. The tortoise knew his friend the peacock went to a safe place. "Well," said the tortoise, "please return the pearl that I gave you and I will come back with two." The bird catcher thought for some time and gave the pearl to the tortoise. Then the tortoise swam away and said, "I am not so stupid to take one and give two!" The bird catcher could only stand by the river and feel sorry for being greedy . Question: What did the bird catcher get at last? - Nothing. - Two birds. - A big pearl. - Two big pearls.
Ans: Nothing.

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Weekends are important for us. We can relax ourselves. Do you know what Americans in the early twentieth century (1900~1925) did on weekends? What do you do on weekends now? In the early twentieth century, people spent lots of time at home on weekends. Then, new inventions changed the weekends. *People used electric streetcars to travel in the cities. On weekends, they rode the streetcars to the parks. Young people like roller coasters. * The first movie _ only one minute. In the 1920s, movie theaters sold millions of tickets each week! In 1927, movies finally had sound. Sometimes people stayed at home and listened to another new invention --the radio. * People in cities worked indoors during the weekdays, so they wanted to be outdoors on weekends. Bicycling became a popular activity. * Now there are more inventions in our life. People have more time and money, too. So they have many ways to spend their weekends. * People travel by their own cars. Or they can visit big parks like Disney World and ride modern roller coasters and go higher and faster than ever before. * They can choose from lots of different movie theatres. Or they can watch videos at home. * More and more people begin to do all kinds of sports at gym. Others turn on their TV and watch sports on "Family Night". Question: Before 1927, _ . - people can watch videos at home - the movie had sound - People could go to the movie theatres to see movies - people could watch sports on "Family Night"
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People could go to the movie theatres to see movies

Ques: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Mrs. Brown's old grandfather lived with her and her husband. Every morning he went for a walk in the park and came home at half past twelve for his lunch . But one morning a police car stopped outside Mrs. Brown's house at twelve o'clock, and two policemen helped Mrs. Brown to get out . One of them said to Mrs. Brown . " The poor old man lost his way in the park and phoned to us for help , so we sent a car to bring him home . " Mrs. Brown was very surprised , but she thanked the policemen and they left . " But , grandfather , "she then said " you have been to that park nearly every day for twenty years . How did you lose your way there ?" The old man smiled , closed one eye and said , " I didn't quite lose my way , I just got tired and I didn't want to walk home !" ,. Question: The old man lived _ - by himself - with his grandfather - with his grandson - with his granddaughter and her husband
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with his granddaughter and her husband