Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Head teacher, teachers, grandparents, parents and classmates, I'm very proud that I have been chosen to speak to you all today. I'm a bit nervous as I've never made a speech before to so many people, so please forgive me if it shows! www.xkb1.com As we all know, this is the school leavers' party, and it's time to say goodbye to everyone. We're sorry to leave you at the end of our junior high school education, and we promise that we'll never forget the happy times we have spent in these buildings with you all. I'd like to thank three groups of people for the three things I've learnt while I've been a pupil at our school. The three things are friendship, love and knowledge. The first group is my friends, and what I've learnt is the importance of friendship. We've worked hard together, we've even shared some difficult times together, but we've also had a lot of fun. Many of us will go to new schools and we may not see each other so often in the future. Others will go on to senior high school and continue their close friendships. But friends don't have to see each other all the time. Sometimes the friends you treasure most are the friends you see less often. A life without old friends is like a day without sunshine. We'll always stay in touch. The second group is our parents and grandparents. We thank you for the love you have shown us during our years at junior high school, for making a home where we feel both safe and relaxed, and where we can prepare ourselves for our school days. We also thank you for your help with our homework. How many of us owe our good grades to the suggestions you have made during those long evenings? And finally, the third group is our teachers. We can never pay you back for your kindness, your patience, and gift of knowledge which you have offered us; sometimes you've made us work very hard. But you have always been fair and you'll always be our role models. There's a saying from Ireland which is a favourite of mine: Strangers are only friends you haven't met yet. I couldn't say it... Question: What's the purpose of the speech? Options: A: To thank people. B: To look forward to the future. C: To say sorry. D: To worry about the tests.
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Life in Britain today Food British people like good food, and more than half of them go to a restaurant every month. Fast food is also very popular---30% of all adults have a burger every three months, but 46% have fish and chips! Sports British people don't do a lot of sport. Only 17% of people go swimming every week. 9% go cycling and 8% play golf. Only 6% people play football (but 32% go to watch it). Cinema and TV Films are very popular in Britain, and about 60% of people between 15 and 24 go to the cinema every month. At home, men watch TV for about three hours every day--half an hour more than women. Holidays British people love going on holidays. Most of these holidays aren't in the UK---27% are in Spain, 10% are in the U.S, and 9% are in France. Maybe this is because the weather in Britain is terrible! Question: British women watch about _ of TV every day. Options: A: 2 hours B: 3 hours C: 2.5 hours D: 4 hours
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Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Once upon a time,a hippo lived in a river next to a big tree. One day,a bird came and nested in the tree.The songs of the bird filled the hippo with so much envy that he couldn't think of anything else.Every day he would think why he wasn't born to be a bird even though the bird told him many times he was so lucky to be so big and such a good swimmer. Finally,the hippo made up his mind that he would come out of the river,climb the tree and start singing.However,when he tried to climb the tree,it was very clear that the hippo didn't have wings,nor claws to climb with. Realizing that he would never climb up the tree,he angrily hit the tree until it came crashing to the ground.Then he stepped onto the leaves of the fallen tree,and began singing. Unfortunately,hippos can't sing,either.All that came from his mouth were terrible noises,and when the other animals heard this,they all came around to make fun of the hippo. He was so ashamed by this.He also felt bad about having knocked the tree over.He used all his strength to raise the tree back up again,and look after it until it completely recovered. . Question: The hippo envied the bird because _ . Options: A: he could fly high B: he could build a nest C: he could sing well D: he could live in the tree
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: The voice of China was not hot during the summer of 2012. The voice of China is a large music show in China. This show is also the only one which regards the voice as the only ruler. It premiered at 21:15 on July 13,2012,on the Zhejiang Television. It has attracted great attention. The show became an overnight sensation. The first season used "Real voice, real music " as its slogan . As a mentor ,singers like Liu Huan, Na Ying, Yu Chengqing and Yang Kun were responsible for seeking world-shaking voices of China in the following three and a half months, through four steps ,namely "blind choosing" "blind selecting" "team PK" "yearly grand ceremony". It is really a miracle that The voice of China can stand out in the flood of today's talent shows in China , and attracts the audience . A great number of audience said this was the best television show last summer. They were all proud of these good voices of China. The students' beautiful voices moved everyone. Xu Haixing , a girl from Chengdu ,sang Self to realize her father's dream and Liu Huan was moved to tears by her song . Huang Yong sang In Spring showing his sticking to his dream and Yang Kun cried for this. The blind girl Zhang Yuxia, a busker from Taiwan, played while singing. She was called "Deng Lijun No.2" for her unique voice, and her sincere feeling touched everybody. Na Ying went to the stage to sing with the students together twice. The voice of China doesn't care about magnificent clothes and wonderful dancing. It regards "inspiration" and "professionalism" as the ruler of music. The singer uses their songs to tell real stories and the happiness of life. Question: Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? Options: A: The best title of the passage is The voice of China. B: The voice of China lasts three and a half months. C: The fourth paragraph tells us The voice of China is hot in China. D: Magnificent clothes and wonderful dancing are rulers of the show.
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D