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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Almost every child like sweet things ,such as candies, chocolate, ice cream and _ .But do you know there is a holiday called Sweetest Day in the USA? Does it mean people can eat lot s of sweets on that day? Sweetest Day is a popular holiday for Americans. People celebrate it on the third Saturday in October. On that day, people show their love to the elderly, children, their good friends or anyone else they want to help. Orphans and patients can a1so enjoy people's greetings. In fact, anyone may get a gift on that day. It is just a day that offers people a chance to show their 1ove and care to others. Where did the holiday originate ? Here is a story.In 1922,a very kind man in Cleveland, a city in Ohio of America,thought that many poor people in the city needed care from others.He wanted them to be happy and he hoped they would find people always remembered them and cared about them.So he gave them boxes of sweets or small gifts to show his love.He also asked his friends and neighbours to help him do these things. Many people thought it was a great idea.After that,more and more people in Cleveland began to do things like him every year. Gradually it became a popular holiday for lots of Americans. Question: More and more people did things like the kind man because _ . Options: A: they agreed with the kind man and followed his example B: they thought they would also be cared about if they did so C: they thought they could be remembered by the poor people D: they were asked by the kind man to try their best to help others
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: American country music is also known as country western music .It has a very long history . It comes from the folk songs of immigrants from Britain. Country music users simple music and words to express everyday feelings such as loneliness, love , and sadness . That is to say , country music describes life . It talks about friends and enemies , trucks and roads , farm and crops.. People in many parts of the world like country music, because everyone can understand what the music is about . Country western music became popular first among cowboys in the American west countryside . Cowboys had to take care of cows day and night. When they were alone with the cows, they often sang beautiful and peaceful songs to _ and to overcome their own fear .They were not well-educated and so they sang about their daily life in very simple words .They played guitars, violins. and other instruments. In the south of America , many people added instruments from their homes , like bottles and spoons, When cowboys visited their friends and families on holidays like Thanksgiving , they usually sang and played country western music . In recent years ,many musicians have made country western music a little different from the one in the past.These changes make the songs sound even better.Today singers such as Carth Brooks.Reba McEntire. Emmylou Harris. Lyle Lovett,Eddie Rabbitt, LeAnn Rimes,Randy Travis and a group called Alabama are singing and playing in different styles.They have brought country western music more and more fans from all over the wold. ,. Question: Country western music comes from the folk songs of immigrants from _ Options: A: America B: France C: Britain D: Germany
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Bob comes out of the station and at once he doesn't know where to go. He comes to see his good friend, Peter. Peter is a worker. He works in a factory, but Bob doesn't know where the factory is. He walks along the street. He passes a hospital, a post office, a bookshop and at last he gets to a school. Some students are coming out, so he asks one of them," Excuse me. Do you know where the Red Star Factory is?" "Of course, I know. I live near there. My father works in that factory. It's outside this town," answers the boy. "Is it far from here? Can you show me the way, please?" Bob asks again. "I'm going home now. Will you come with me? We can go there by bus. " Question: Who comes to the town to see a friend? Options: A: Bob. B: Peter. C: The boy. D: The boy's father.
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