Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: My grandmother was from a town in Michigan. Summer after summer, I enjoyed staying with my grandparents as a young child. I was from the city and loved the small town they lived in. People knew everyone, their kids, their pets, their ancestors. The bond with them continued to grow as I grew and they got older. Grandma was always using her hands for something exciting. She would make little sandwiches and we'd have tea parties. She'd make beautiful quilts for each one. I remember the small thimble she would use while doing her needle work. A few years ago, when Grandma left this earth, I bid farewell to a loving grandmother. How quickly our lives can change. We had just had tea together a couple of months earlier, on her 91st birthday. I missed her very much. On one particular birthday, when I was feeling a little low, something happened to make me feel like she was sharing that special day with me. I was arranging some colorful pillows that she had made, and suddenly I felt something inside one pillow. It was small and hard. I moved the object to a seam that I carefully opened, and to my delight out came a tiny silver thimble! How happy I was to find something that had been a part of her. Not realizing it had fallen off her finger, I pictured her sewing it in that little pillow that I just happened to place on my bedspread that day. I carefully laid the thimble alongside the others I've collected over the years, where I could continue to see the gift God chose to reveal to me. What a precious memory of a very special lady who somehow, I knew, was laughing in delight at sewing her thimble inside my pillow. I made some tea, using my best china, as Grandma always did, and enjoyed my tea and Grandma's thimble. What a wonderful birthday that was! Question: The author liked staying with her grandparents because _ . Options: A: they often bought her some gifts B: she was curious about people and things there C: she could have tea parties and eat sandwiches D: she could learn to sew quilts
Answer: B

Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Parenting has never been an easy job,but mothers and fathers today face challenges in raising their children that their own parents may never have had to deal with While children have always been particular eaters,for example,parents today are trying to supply healthful food in a world full of chicken nuggets,processed snacks and soft drinks.Bike riding and hopscotch have given way to video games and text messaging.And working parents have to cope with all things around day care,jobs and family. At the same time,a large amount of health information on the Internet and elsewhere has introduced a higher level of stress for parents.Web sites provide supplements that increase a child's brain health while news organizations report on the latest scare from baby bottles or too much television. All of this makes raising a healthy child overwhelming.But it doesn't have to be. This Well guide offers small steps and simple ways to improve a child's well-being in four areas --nutrition,development,playtime and safety Inside,there's advice from experts on how to raise a healthy,active youngster;tips on diet and behavior,help for problems like insomnia,and the latest thinking on day care,discipline and other topics.It's all designed to help kids stay well every day. Question: What is the best title of the passage? Options: A: How difficult the parents are now B: How to improve a child's well-being C: Parents' worries D: the difference between parents and their parents
Answer: B

Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Christian Eijkman, a Dutch doctor, left the Netherlands for the island of Java. Many people on the island had a disease called beri-beri. He was going there to try and find a _ . At first, Eijkman thought some kind of germ caused beri-beri. He raised some chickens. He didn't eat them, but made experiments on them. The local people were quite surprised at that. One day he noticed that his chickens became sick when they were fed the food most Javanese ate -- refined white rice . When he fed them with unrefined rice, also known as brown rice, they recovered. Eijkman realized that he had made an important discovery -- that some things in food could prevent disease. These things were named vitamins . The Javanese were not getting enough vitamins because they had actually removed the part that contains vitamins. Later, other diseases were also found to be caused by the lack of vitamins in a person's food. Today many people know the importance of vitamins and they make sure they have enough vitamins from the food they eat. If they don't, they can also take vitamin pills. Question: Why did Christian Eijkman raise some chickens? Options: A: To eat them. B: To give the Javanese a surprise. C: To carry out his experiments. D: To make money by selling them.
Answer:
C