Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Alicia Keys was born in 1981 and grew up in New York. She had music and dance classes when she was a child and she first appeared on TV in the Cosby Show at the age of four. She started piano lessons when she was seven and learned classical music before she began to write her own songs at the age of 14. Alicia signed a contract with J Records in 1999. She recorded several songs for films before her first album, Songs in Minor, came out in 2001. This was a fantastic success. It entered the charts at number one, sold 236,000 copies in its first week, and went on to sell over 12 million copies worldwide. Alicia won five big awards, including _ ', the album's top single, which was a number one hit for six weeks. Since then, Alicia has sold over 30 million albums. She has also become an actress and a record producer with her own studio. She plays the piano as well as singing on all her albums and she has written some great songs for other artists. She has performed in TV programmes and she made her first film, Smokin' Aces, in 2007. Her other films include The Nanny Diaries (2007) and The Secret Life of Bees (2008),' Question: Which of the following statements is NOT true when Alicia Keys was a child? - She lived in New York. - She took classical music lessons. - She learned dancing and singing. - She often appeared on television.
She often appeared on television.

(Question)
Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Sailing Welcome to our TV showOn the Go. Today we are going to talk about an exciting sport--sailing. First let's talk to Sue,an 18yearold girl who loves sailing. Host: When did you start sailing,Sue? Sue: I started sailing when I was 15 years old. Host: Is it a difficult sport to learn? Sue: Yes,it is more difficult than any other sport. For example,you need to learn about the wind directions and how to move the sails in the right way. Host: How often do you go sailing? Sue: I go sailing with my father every weekend. Host: How far do you go sailing? Sue: It depends on the wind. Host:OK. Thank you,Sue. Good luck with your sailing. Are you interested in sailing after hearing the interview? If you want to learn sailing,here is a chance for you .The Water Sports Center will organize sailing lessons. Each lesson will cost you Y=20 and there are 5 lessons altogether . Question: If you want to learn sailing at the Water Sports Center,how much will you pay? - Y=15. - Y=20. - Y=50. - Y=100.
(Answer)
Y=100.

Ques: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Hi, I'm Liu Ying. This is my school. It's big and beautiful. There are twenty classes. There are nine hundred students in my school. There are four beautiful gardens in it. There is a building in my school. On the first floor, there are two offices and a hall. There are six classrooms on the first floor, too. On the second floor, there are fourteen classrooms. There are two toilets on the second floor. There is a big library and some reading rooms in my school, too. Question: How many classes are there in the school? - Ten - Fifteen - Twenty - fifty
Ans: Twenty

(Q).
Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: On Thanksgiving Day, a teacher asked her class of firstgraders to draw a picture of something they were thankful for. She thought that these children from poor families actually had little to be thankful for. And she found most of them drawing pictures of flowers or tables with food. The teacher was very surprised to see the picture Douglas handed in. It's a hand,a simple hand. But whose hand? The class were very interested in the strange picture. "I think it must be the hand of God that brings us food," said one child, "A farmer's," said another, "Because he grows beautiful flowers. " Finally when the others were at work ,the teacher went over to Douglas' desk and asked whose hand it was. "It's your hand, Teacher," he said quietly and shyly. She remembered that she had often taken Douglas, a dirty lonely child, by the hand while having a class break. She often did that with the children. But it meant so much to Douglas. Perhaps this is everyone's thanksgiving,not for the material things we get,but for the chance,in whatever small way, to give to others. Question: According to the passage, which of the following is an opinion,but not a fact? - The teacher went over to Douglas' desk and talked to him. - Different people show their thanksgiving in different ways. - The teacher often took Douglas by the hand after class while having a class break. - Most of the students were drawing the pictures of flowers or tables with food.
(A).
Different people show their thanksgiving in different ways.

Ques:Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: A long time before I was born, my grandma and grandpa moved into the house on Beechwood Avenue. They had a young family of 4 little girls. During that time, work was hard to find, so Grandpa did whatever jobs he could. He worked on a farm during the week and at weekends he and Grandpa grew some of their own food in the garden . Everybody worked to keep the garden growing. All summer long, the family ate food from the garden and enjoyed the beautiful flowers. Grandma made jam with strawberry, tomatoes, beans, peppers, pears and peaches. It was good to eat through the long winter. The family grew up, and before too many years had passed, the grandchildren came to visit. Grandma and Grandpa still planted their garden every spring. Everyone still enjoyed the good food from the garden and always took some home. Grandchildren grew up, and grandparents grew older. It became harder for Grandma and Grandpa to keep up the garden. So they made it a little smaller. There was still plenty to eat from the garden and lovely flowers to enjoy. Then one summer when Grandpa was eighty-nine years old, all he could do was to watch from his chair as the vegetables grew and the flowers came out. Summer slowly went away, and Grandpa died before it was time to bring in the harvest . Question: How many people were there in grandparents' family before the writer was born? - Five - Six - Seven - Eight

Ans:Six

Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: The Netherlands is a small country on the North Sea. From any place in the country, the farthest point is never more than 350 kilometers away. It takes only a little more than four hours to travel by train from Vlissingen, in the southwest, to Groningen, in the northeast. More than 16 million people live there. Most of the people in the Netherlands live in the west of the country. The four largest cities, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht, are there. Amsterdam is the capital, but The Hague is the seat of govemment. The Netherlands is sometimes called Holland, because an area in the west of the Netherlands used to be called Holland. The name lives on in the names of two Dutch provinces: North Holland and South Holland. The language spoken in the Netherlands is Dutch. In the province of Friesland, Frisian is also spoken. That is a separate ( ) language, which is a little bit like English. Question: It takes people _ hours to travel from Groningen to Vlissingen by train. - less than four - over four - less than 16 - over 16
Answer:
over four