Read the article and select the best answer. Article: It was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and I moved into our first house. Children were upstairs unpacking , and I was looking out of the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. My parents lived nearby ,and Dad had visited us several times already. "What are you doing out there?" I called to him .He looked up, smiling. "I'm making you a surprise." Knowing my father, I thought it could be just about anything. A self-employed jobber, he was always building things out of odds and ends. When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us. Today, however, Dad would say no more, and caught ups in the busyness of our new life, I eventually forgot about his surprise. Until one gloomy day the following March when I glanced out of the window. Any yet... I saw a dot of blue across the yard. I headed outside for a closer look. They were crocuses , throughout the front lawn. Lavender, blue, yellow and my favorite pink ---- little faces moved up and down in the cold wind. Dad! I smiled, remembering the things he had secretly planted last autumn. He knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down. What could have been more perfectly timely to my needs? My father's crocuses bloomed each spring for the next four or five seasons, bringing the same assurance every time they arrived: hard times was almost over. Hold on, keep going, light is coming soon. Then a spring came with only half the usual blooms. The next spring there were none. I missed the crocuses. I would ask Dad to come over and plant new bulbs. But I never did. He died suddenly one October day. My family was in deep sorrow, leaning on our faith. I missed him terribly. Four years passed, and on a dismal spring afternoon I was driving back when I found myself feeling depressed. "You've got the winter depression again and you get them every year." I told myself. It was Dad's birthday, and I found myself thinking about him. This was not unusual --- my family often talked about him, remembering how he... Question: The writer's father should be best described as _ . Options: A: a full-time gardener with skillful hands B: a part-time jobber who loved flowers C: a kind-hearted man who lived with faith D: an ordinary man with doubts in his life
C

Read the article and select the best answer. Article: In 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened America, killing over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. A father rushed to the school where his son was supposed to be, only to discover that the building was as flat as a pancake. After the shock, he remembered the promise he had made to his son: "No matter what happened, I'll always be there for you!" And tears began to fill his eyes. As he looked at the pile of ruins that once was the school, it looked hopeless, but he kept remembering his promise to his son. Remembering his son's classroom would be in the back right corner of the building, he rushed there and started digging. Other parents tried to pull him off the ruins, saying: "It's too late! _ 're all dead! You can't help!" He replied, "Are you going to help me now?" The fire chief showed up and tried to pull him off the school's ruins saying, "Fires are breaking out, explosions are happening everywhere. You're in danger. We'll take care of it. Go home." This loving, caring American father asked, "Are you going to help me now?" The police came and said, "You're, anxious and it's over. Go home. We'll handle it!" He replied, "Are you going to help me now?" No one helped. Courageously he went on alone. He dug for eight hours...12 hours...24 hours...36 hours...then, in the 38th hour, he heard his son's voice. He screamed his son's name, "ARMAND!" He heard back, "Dad! It's me, Dad! You promised no matter what happened, you would always be there for me! You did it, Dad!" "What's going on in there? How is it?" the father asked. "There are 14 of us left out of 33, Dad. " "Come out, boy!" "No, Dad! Let the other kids out first, because I know you'll get me! No matter what happens, I know you'll always be there for me!" Question: Which of the following best describes the son? Options: A: Calm, hopeful and strong-minded. B: Careful, helpful and absent-minded. C: Frightened, hopeless and thankful. D: Cold-hearted, honest and faithful.
A

(Question)
Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Perhaps you do not know your school principal well . But you might be wise to take him or her seriously . Beijing University will enroll students recommended by high school principals this year . If the students recommended pass the interviews by Beijing University , they will have 30 extra points added to their national college entrance exam scores if they want to apply to the university. Beijing University said the reason was a desire to give students with comprehensive or special abilities a chance to stand out . However , a survey showed 10,046 out of 14,227 people are against the measure . Some experts agree to the criticism . Liu Daoyu , former president of Wuhan University is one strong opponent . " There are so many high schools in China . But only 39 schools are allowed to recommend students ." Is it fair to the rest of the schools in China ? Besides , most of the 39 schools are in big cities , which is more unfair to other regions ." The reform is also unfair to other students , some day . According to Liu , in the competitive exam , one extra point can put a student ahead of a large number of others------never mind 30 . " Principals do not know students well . How can they guarantee the recommendation will be fair ?" asked Wang Xuming , an education expert . The Ministry of Education said the move is a good experiment in college admission reforms and the public should support it even if it is not yet mature . It said Beijing University promised a series of supervision measures to avoid cheating . For example , the information of schools and principals that recommend students , and the recommended students will be put online for a week for public supervision . Question: The best title of the passage could be _ Options: A: Beijing University Will Enroll More Students B: Beijing University's Reform Causes a Debate C: People Are Against Beijing University's Reform D: The Government Supports Beijing University's Reform
(Answer)
B