Read the article and select the best answer. Article: A well-known poem by Tang dynasty poet Du Mu tells of a scene in early April: "Rains fall heavily as Qingming comes, and passersby with lowered spirits go." This scene takes place on Tomb Sweeping Day, also known as Qingming Festival. Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival. Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival. It began in the Zhou dynasty, over 2, 500 years ago. Chinese people celebrate it to remember and honor their ancestors . This year, it falls on April 4. Tomb Sweeping Day became a public holiday in the Chinese mainland in 2008. People have one day off for that day. On this day. families bring flowers, food and wine to the grave sites of their ancestors. They place cakes, fruits in front of the grave and some may bum joss paper as money for the dead. After that, they sweep the tombs and cherish the memories of their dead family members. Tomb Sweeping Day gives us a chance to show respect to our ancestors and family members who have passed away and show that we miss them. This tradition shows that family values are an important part of Chinese culture. Tomb Sweeping Day is also the beginning of the time for gardening and outdoor activities in China. Families often get together for outings or to fly kites at this time. Question: What does the passage mainly discuss? Options: A: People bring many things to the grave site. B: Du Mu wrote a poem about Qingming Festival. C: Tome Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival. D: Qingming Festival is a good time for outdoor activities.
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: In America, most people don't get enough sleep. Children aged 5 to 12 are advised to sleep 10 to 11 hours every night, but most of them can't sleep that long. A study found that about 41 million American workers got less than six hours of sleep every night. Scientists worry that parents are passing their bad sleeping habits down to their children. In the study, Reut Gruber and some other scientists either added or reduced on hour of sleep for healthy children aged 7 to 11. They watched the children for five nights. They wanted to know if the amount of sleep can affect a child's behavior. Before the study began, students were asked to sleep the same amount of hours as usual. Their teachers were asked to record their behavior. After five nights of the records, scientists found that those who slept one hour less behaved worse than those who slept one hour more. Students with less sleep were more likely to feel sad and had more problems paying attention. The scientists chose to study children in their homes instead of in a laboratory, because they wanted to find out how everyday changes might affect children's behavior at school. "In the study, nobody became a talent, and nobody became crazy. But small changes in children can really make a big difference," says Gruber. Question: According to the new study, children with less sleep _ . Options: A: were more likely to feel excited B: were more active in playing games C: had more problems paying attention D: didn't want to answer questions in class
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Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Kate is an English girl. She lives in a tall building in the city of London. There are sixteen floors in the building, and she lives on the tenth floor. She uses a lift to go up and down. Kate studies in a middle school near her house and she works hard. She goes to school early. Every day she leaves her home at half past six. She walks to the lift, and it takes her down to the first floor. There is a bus stop near the building. Usually she takes No.7 bus to her school, but sometimes she goes on foot. It is only four kilometers to her school from the building. She gets to school at about seven twenty. Classes begin at eight. She goes to play games at three forty. She gets home at a quarter past five. She begins to do her homework at eight and finishes it at half past nine. Question: She goes up and down the building _ . Options: A: in lift B: by a lift C: by lift D: use a lift
A: C

Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Now satellites are helping to forecast the weather. They are in space and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere , because this is where the weather forms . They send these pictures to the weather station. So meteorologists can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change. Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours .This may mean the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this. So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for 3 or 5 days. Soon, perhaps , they may forecast the weather for a week or more ahead Question: The main idea of this passage is that satellite is now used in _ . Options: A: taking pictures of the atmosphere B: receiving pictures of the atmosphere C: doing other work in many ways D: weather forecasting
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Top student Lin Yijian had a problem recently . The 14-year-old boy from Xiamen used to get marks of over 110 points (out of 120 possible points)on his math tests . But during last semester's final exams , his math score was only 90 points . It was a shock . "I didn't know what happened , "said Lin , who kept feeling nervous and frustrated about math during the following month. . Like Lin , many of us have setbacks in life . What would you do to deal with these setbacks ? Would you just let them be and give up ? Lin chose to face his problem . His parents and teacher also gave him help . After some hard work he now gets marks between 100 and110 points on his math tests . Although he still isn't at his original level , Lin doesn't panic anymore . "Don't be scared by setbacks ,"he said . "You will beat it . " Chen Xingzhu in Shenzhen also has a story to tell . The 15-year-old girl is not good at doing sit-ups ,which is necessary for the coming high school PE entrance exam . One has to do at least 35 sit-ups in a minute to pass the test . Most of Chen's classmates can do 40 . However , Chen could only do 20 . Feeling worried , Chen decided to do something . She did sit-ups for half an hour every day after school . Now , after a month , she can do 30 sit-ups a minute . "I finally found what made me slow through continuous practice and then improved little by little , "said Chen . "I believe next month I will be able to do 40 !" Question: What problems does Chen Xingzhu have according to the passage ? Options: A: He is also not good at math . B: He is also not good at PE . C: He is also not good at sit-ups . D: He is also not good at PE entrance exam .
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