Read the article and select the best answer. Article: A student was going to spend his holiday in a cool mountain village. That evening he stayed at an inn near the railway station . Before going to bed, he went to the boss of the inn and said, "Excuse me, sir. Will you please wake me up at a quarter to five tomorrow morning? I'll take the five o'clock train." "Oh, sorry, sir," the boss said in a hurry, "I'm afraid I can't. I won't be able to get up so early." The student was disappointed . When he began to return to his room, be stopped and asked, "Have you got an alarm-clock ? Maybe it can help me." "Wait a minute, then." The boss said and brought out an alarm-clock. "Here you are, sir." "Thank you very much." The student said happily. But he found it was rusty when he had a look at it. And it sometimes worked and sometimes didn't. He asked, "Will it ring in time?" "I don't know, either." said the boss, "But it doesn't matter. You just give it a good shake at a quarter to five. And it will ring on time." Question: The student stayed at the inn because _ . Options: A: it was in the cool mountain village he was going to B: the boss of the inn was kind to him C: the boss could wake him up at the right time D: it was near the railway station
D

Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Five-year-old Susie loved to listen to her older sister, Emma, play the piano. Susie wanted to play it, too. But every time Susie asked to play, her mother would tell her how much work it needed to learn to play the piano well. Susie was sure she could learn to play it. She decided to make her mother believe that she was ready to learn to play the piano, so Susie helped her mom do the dishes and clean the house. "Mom, can I start taking the piano lesson?" asked Susie. "Susie, if you take the piano lesson, you must practice every day," said her mom. Susie was so excited. She could not wait to learn how to play her favorite songs! Susie was excited for her first piano lesson. When she was finally in class, she was surprised: her teacher had flashcards and a book for her. Susie didn't know there were so many other things to know about the piano first. During that first lesson, the teacher didn't let Susie play the piano. The next day, after Susie got home from school, she ran outside. "Where are you going?" asked her mom. "Outside to play volleyball," said Susie. "Bye, Mom!" "You must study your piano flashcards," said her mom. "Susie, this is what you wanted, now you have to do it." Question: What can we learn about Susie's first piano lesson? Options: A: Her lesson was very easy. B: She did not play the piano. C: She had the same teacher as Emma. D: Her piano flashcards were interesting.
B

Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Some students, parents and teachers in Shanghai were surveyed last month. According to the result of the survey, the generation gap between students and parents as well as teachers is becoming wider. Here is what they said. Voice of the students: "Our parents hold too high _ which put us under lots of pressure. They care too much about our lives and studies," one student said. "It's impolite that some students' parents read their children's diaries without permission!" one student said angrily. "Some of our teachers are so serious that we can't make friends with them at all," another student said sadly. Voice of the parents: One mother said, "After school, my daughter usually locks herself into her room and spends lots of time talking with others on the phone. And I can't stand her clothes and hairstyle!" "I thought my son was doing very well in his studies. I didn't realize I was being cheated by him until I got a call from his teacher," said a father. Voice of the teachers: An English teacher said, "Today, the role of the teacher is to put knowledge into students' brains. The power of teachers has kept students away from them." "Some parents pay too much attention to their children's grades instead of creating a lively and colorful environment at home," another teacher said. "In the past, teachers and students often played games together or talked with each other. Today, only studies and grades are talked about," said a teacher. "A school should be a place where students can learn not only knowledge, but also how to face failure and frustration bravely enough. Question: Which of the following could be the best title for the passage? Options: A: Unhappy teenagers B: Serious parents C: Educational rules D: The generation gap
A: D

Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: It is not a good idea for children to have to work hard. Children should study in school as hard as they can. They should not have to do heavy work with their bodies. When parents or others force their children to work hard, the results are never good. Many may be very bad. If a farmer makes his son work like a man, he may easily learn to hate farming. Children sometimes do too much in gardens, in shops, or even in their own homes. They soon begin to hate such work with a force, because that can destroy their happiness. But there may be a worse loss, child's love for its parents. The feeling may become something different. When that happens, the old kind of love never returns. Question: It is not a good idea for _ to have to work hard. Options: A: men B: women C: children D: boys
Answer: C

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Many years ago,there was a very popular sport in America. Who invented the sport more than 3,000 years ago? We don't know . But everyone thinks it was the 01mecs made it popular. People don't have the same rules about the game all over the world . People in different parts of the world play the game in different places at different times. If we want to bring back the sport, we need to have two teams of players standing on each end of a court. When the game begins, the two teams need to pass a ball with their hands and feet. The players can't touch the ball with their hands and feet. But they can use their elbows and other parts of their bodies hit it. If a player does not pick up t he ball in time and lets it fall to the ground, that team loses a point. Or if a player makes the ball through a hoop ,that team scores a point. The team with the most points wins the game. Question: The player can't touch the ball with their _ . Options: A: feet B: legs C: elbows D: heads
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A

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: The following diaries were written by an Australian boy named Tony. He was on holiday with his family in South Asia. Question: It can be learned from the diaries that _ . Options: A: people are willing to set up websites B: Tony's father worked in the hospital there C: people can do something to help each other D: Tony went there to look for his family members
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C