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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: My name is Susan. I am a junior high school student. I like my school and my friends. I like my school because we have good teachers. They teach us many things. But then, I don't understand lots of things about school. I don't understand why we have to take so many tests . I have to take a heavy school bag with many books in it. I may have a test anytime. I don't like taking tests all the time. I wonder if I like my school life. It is hard for me to answer this kind of question. On one hand I am not happy because there are so many tests in the school; on the other hand I am happy because I can learn a lot and I can make good friends in school. . Question: We can know that Susan's school life is _ . Options: A: pretty good B: very boring C: so interesting D: not relaxing
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D

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Jim is a basketball fan. He is very good at playing basketball. Jack is his favorite basketball player. Jim is in the school basketball team. Every Friday afternoon, he plays basketball with other members after class. In the team, Jim's best friend is Mike. He is also good at playing basketball. Jim's sister Mary loves swimming. Every Saturday she has a swimming lesson with ten other girls and boys. Their mothers and fathers come to watch them because the children are only one or two years old! When Mary began to have swimming classes, she was only six months old. Now she is two years old and she can swim well. Many people are afraid of water, but the children in Mary's class aren't! They always have a good time in water. Question: Jim is good at _ Options: A: volleyball B: basketball C: football D: swimming
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B

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Autistic children may learn better from robots than from human beings, according to a study at a school in Birmingham. Two robots like humans, Max and Ben, have been helping teach autistic children at Sutcliffe Primary School since March last year. The school is the first in the UK to try the new way. Ian Lowe, the head teacher, said, "The robots have no feelings, so autistic children find that they are less terrible than their teachers." He added, "They are really cute-looking. Autistic children are hard to communicate with adults and other children, but for some reasons they like these robots. "Some children are not able to communicate with others. But they come into school and start to communicate through the robots." The robots are knee-high and move like children. The school is using them to teach phonics and play cards or memory and imitation games with children from five to ten. Dr Guldberg said, "We do many different activities with the robots acting as a model for the children's behavior. It is amazing to see how interested and concentrated the children can be when they are working with the robots. It can be very difficult to get autistic children to concentrate." He added, "If you can meet the needs of autistic children, you can meet the needs of all children. And you know, when people feel safe and interested, they learn much better." Question: Which is TRUE about Max and Ben? Options: A: They are robots with feelings. B: The can move like teachers. C: They are interested in autistic children. D: They can make autistic children concentrate.
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D

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Have you ever heard of a mobile phone company called Nokia?And do you know that there's a mobile phone throwing competition in Finland every year? In order to recycle old mobile phones,the town of Savonlinna in southeast Finland holds a Mobile Phone Throwing Competition every year.And people can have a little fun from the games. While _ cannot throw their own phones,the competition organizers provide hundreds of mobiles to choose from. Then people throw as far as possible from the throwing area.Last year's winner Ere Karjalainen set a world record with his 101.46m throw.As a prize,he got a chance of drinking and practiced again as hispreferred training methods. Those without a strong throwing arm can enter the freestyle competition.During the competition,the style of the throw are judged rather than the distance. A three person jury gives scores from one to six,and the thrower with the highest number of points wins.This Year's competition will be held on August 24.Sign ups( ) are still being accepted for five dollars per person or twodollars for children 12and under.Once all the day's phones have been thrown,they are taken to a recycling center. Question: A child at the age of ten must pay _ dollars for the sign up. Options: A: 0 B: 2 C: 5 D: 6
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B