Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Fire can help people in many ways. But it can also be very harmful. Fire can make water hot and house warm, give light and cook food. But fire can burn things, too. It can make trees, houses, animals and other things catch fire . If some people can't run away from fire, it can kill them. This happens in every country every year. Sometimes big fire can burn forests. A month ago, a large forest fire broke out in Yunnan Province. It lasted nearly half a month. The forest in Heilongjiang Province and the grassland in Inner Mongolia caught fire in May, 2006. After more than ten days' fight, over 30,000 people and soldiers put out the fire at last. Nobody knows clearly when people began to make fire, but there are many interesting stories about the first time a man or a woman started a fire. One story from Australia tells about a man who went to the sun and brought fire down a long time ago. Today people know how to make a fire with matches . Children sometimes like to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous. The match can burn a piece of paper and then it can burn a house. A small fire can become a big fire, and destroy many things. Fire kills many people every year. So you must be careful with fire. ,. Question: Which of the following is TRUE? Options: A: Someone started a fire in Heilongjiang Province. B: Fire was brought down from the sun long, long ago. C: We can only make a fire with a match. D: Playing with fire is dangerous.
D

Read the article and select the best answer. Article: I still remember quite clearly the day when my parents got divorced . Dad kissed me goodbye and left. For a long time 'Mum and I lived a peaceful life. Then one day, Jim came over for lunch wearing a blue suit with a short brown tie and a green shirt I couldn't believe this was going to be my new stepfaLher. It couldn't be true that my beautiful mother would many someone who dressed like a clown . I hated him. Lunch was terrible. Mother kept trying to start a conversation, but neither Jim nor I would say much. Finally I offered to bring in the dessert just to get away from the clown Something unpleasant happened, but I didn't mean to do it. I guess the plate slipped. But one minute I was handing Jim his blackberry pie, and the next, dark purple berries were oozing all over his shirt and tie. I was mortified. My face turned bright red. Jim looked very much surprised at first, but then he began to laugh. I started to laugh too. Maybe this guy was all right, after all. Then I had a quick look at my mother. She looked happier than I had seen her in a long time.[:ZXXK] Question: The best title for this story would be _ . Options: A: I Love Pie B: My New Stepfather C: The World's Worst Lunch D: Mothers Shouldn't Marry.
B

Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: June and I were both poor when we were young. At that time, June always said, " If I got rich, I would buy a bigger apartment and a new wardrobe ." Of course, she said this just for fun and she never imagined that she would really become rich. A few years ago, June was surprised and excited when she came into a fortune from her uncle, who had been single. After receiving it, she made a shopping list. On it she wrote down all the ways she could use to spend the money. Every time I told her not to spend all of the money and to save some, she would always say impatiently , " I know, I know!" One day, when I was in June's home, she passed a piece of paper to me. "I thought over your suggestion for several nights. I've decided how to use the money. I hope my money will be helpful to those who need help," she said. I was pleased to hear what she said. Then I took the paper and only saw the two words written by her: Charity and Family. I smiled and played a joke on her, "Don't you want to move to a new apartment? That is what you have been dreaming of." "Actually, I have been looking forward to it, but now it doesn't seem so important to me anymore," she answered with a smile. When I was about to put the paper on the table, I found there were still a few words. June had written: and a new wardrobe. Question: How did the writer probably feel after seeing June's shopping list at first? Options: A: Relaxed. B: Worried. C: Happy. D: Impatient.
A: B

Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Mother's Day is a holiday for mothers. And on this day, mothers don't work. It is on the second Sunday in May. It is celebrated in the United States, England, Sweden, India, Mexico and some other countries. Little by little, it becomes widely celebrated. On that day, many people send presents of love to their mothers. Those whose mothers are still living often wear a pink or red rose or carnation , while those whose mothers are dead wear a white one. The idea of a day for mothers are first given by Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia . The celebration of the first American Mother's Day was held in Philadelphia on May 10, 1908. Soon the holiday became popular around the country and the world. Question: The first American Mother's Day was _ . Options: A: on May 10, 1908 B: on May 2, 1908 C: on May 10, 1809 D: on May 2, 1980
Answer: A

Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Have you ever thought about your life after you grow up? It is not easy --- that's what some US students say after they try out adult life at school. Mount Logan Middle School, Utah, has an activity called Reality Town. Each student gets a "job" and some money. The higher the grade , the better the job they can get. Then, they have to pay for different things in the real world, such as transportation and groceries . Some of them have a "husband " or a "wife" and maybe a few "kids". Student Jason Peisley, 13, became a father with a 5-year-old girl. The hardest part for him was paying taxes ."I make $90,000 (571,000 yuan), but after I pay my taxes, I only have $66,000 left," he said. " _ " "It's a _ for these students," said Greg Aullman, a teacher at Mount Logan, "to learn how much it costs to live. So, they'll study harder than before and love their parents more. " Question: According to the passage, what is not easy for students in Mount Logan School .? Options: A: Doing their homework. B: Having exams. C: Going to school. D: Growing up.
D