Read the article and select the best answer. Article: My name is Jim. My story begins when an old sailor came to the inn where I lived with my father. My father was the innkeeper. "Do many people came here?" the old sailor asked my father. "No," my father told him. "It is a very quiet place." "Good," the old sailor said. "Then this is a place for me." "And what's your name, sir?" my father asked him. "Just call me 'captain'", the man said. He put some gold coins on the table. "Tell me when I have spent all these," he said. Not long after he came to the inn, the captain said to me, "Do you want to earn some money?" "Yes, please," I answered. I was only a boy at the time and never had any money. "What do you want me to do?" "Keep watch for a man with one leg." he said, "Tell me as soon as you see him. Do that and I'll give you a coin every week." At first, the Captain was a very quiet man and did not want to talk to anyone. But there were nights when he drank a lot of _ Then he talked a lot and became very noisy. He told stories about bad men doing bad things, and he sang the same song over and over again at the top of his voice, "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest. Yo-hap-ho! And a bottle of rum." My father wanted him to leave because some visitors stopped coming to the inn. But, even when the gold was spent, my father didn't dare to tell him to leave. Then father became ill, and Dr. Livesey came to see him. After giving my father some medicine, the doctor came into the inn. When the doctor waited for a man to bring his horse. The Captain started singing the same song again. The doctor asked him to be quiet. "There was a sick man here," he said angrily. The Captain took out his knife and pointed it at the doctor. "Put that knife down, man," the doctor said. "And if you keep drinking rum, you'll soon be dead." The Captain was very angry. He began to move toward the doctor. "Keep away from me. If you do anything bad, you'll be in trouble." said the doctor. Then the doctor's horse came, and he rode away from the inn. For a few days after this, the Captain was quiet. Question: The Captain asked Jim _ . Options: A: to give him some money B: to bring him some drinks C: to watch the doctor D: to look for a man with one leg
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: If you have no special plans for your free time, why not spend your time helping others? Don't listen to people who say that young people today often think only of themselves. It is not true at all. More and more young people in the United States volunteer(,) to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don't do it for money. Here are some of their stories. Alice Hamiton, 17 I'm going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains. It sounds terrible. I'll spend the whole summer living in a tent and breathing the clean mountain air. I'm going to sleep under the stars. It will be nice, and I'll be able to do something good at the same time! Jason Moore 18 This summer, I'm going to volunteer with Special House Program.They build good, low-cost houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. They'll teach me what to do, so I'll help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses. Trish Anderson, 16 I'm going to teach kids who have trouble in reading. I'll work for a program called Reading For Life. Every day, I'm going to help kids choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher, and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me. ,. Question: Young people in the USA volunteer to help others _ . Options: A: on school holidays B: on weekdays C: every morning D: every afternoon
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Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Mike is an American. Now he's in No. 8 Junior High School in Tengzhou. He's in Class 5, Grade 7. Every day he gets up early. He always goes to school in his father's car. His classes begin at 8:00 a.m. He has four classes in the morning. He has lunch at school at about 12:00 a.m. He has two classes in the afternoon. After school, he goes home by car at 5:30 p.m. and has dinner at 6:30 p.m. After dinner, he does his homework with his sister and then he plays the guitar for a while. At about 9:00 p.m. he goes to bed. Question: How does Mike go to school ? Options: A: By bike B: By car C: On foot D: By train
Ans: B

Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Gail Mirabella works as a dog trainer for a circus . She used to train her dogs to do _ when she was a kid. Finally, her hobby turned into her job. Several days ago, she talked to Time Magazine reporter, Cameron Young, about her love for dogs. Reporter: Did you always want to be a dog trainer in a circus? Mirabella: When I was a little kid, I did my first dog show, a kid's dog show. And I took first place . From then on, I knew I wanted to work with dogs, but who would know I'd be in a circus? Reporter: Did you have any dogs growing up? Mirabella: Of course. I had a white dog when I was a little baby. Three years later, it died. And then we got two family dogs. On my fourteenth birthday, my uncle bought me a dog. It was a big dog. Reporter: How long does it take you to train a dog, one month, half a year or one year? Mirabella: That depends on the dog. I have thirteen dogs and I let them all play together, but I do a lot of special work with each dog. They know I am their owner because I do all the feeding. Reporter: If you aren't a dog trainer, what will you be? Mirabella: A dog. Just joking. I will probably still work with animals. Question: How many dogs does Mirabella have? Options: A: 12. B: 13. C: 14. D: 15.
B