Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Tom and Simon were Americans. Once they visited Spain. One day they came into a little restaurant for lunch. They did not know Spanish , and the waiter did not know their American English, either. They wanted the waiter to understand that they needed some milk and eggs. At first Tom read the word "milk"many times. Then Simon spelled it on the table. But the waiter could not understand them at all. At last Tom took out of a piece paper and began to draw a cow. The waiter looked at it and ran out of the restaurant. "How clever you are!" Simon said to Tom, "He understood us at last!" After some time, the waiter came back, he brought no milk with him, but two tickets for a bull-fight down on their table! Question: The waiter did not understand Tom and Simon _ . Options: A: because he ran out of the restaurant B: because they wanted some milk and eggs C: because they wanted some milk D: because he didn't know American English and they didn't know Spanish
D

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: You may know the English letters A, B and C, but do you know there are people called "ABC"? You may like eating bananas, but do you know there are people called "banana persons"? If you don't know, I will tell you about it. They are some Chinese people like you and me, but they aren't in China. Why do people call them like that? If we call somebody an ABC person, we mean he or she is a Chinese but was born in America. Sometimes, people also call them "banana persons". A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So if somebody is a "banana person", he or she is "white" inside and "yellow" outside. By saying that, we mean he or she has yellow skin but does things in an American way. "Banana persons" were born in America and they live in America for a long time, so they think like Americans and do things like Americans. However, these people still have Chinese blood . Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents are from China. They all have black eyes and black hair, so they look like us, Chinese people. There are many famous "banana persons" in America. They do very well in America and they are really great in their own fields. Question: Why do "banana persons" do things like Americans? Options: A: Because they have white skins. B: Because they have American blood. C: Because they were born in America and live there for a long time. D: Because their parents are Americans.
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C

Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Peter felt very sorry because he forgot to say "Happy Birthday" to his uncle yesterday. So he wrote a letter to his uncle : "My dear uncle, I'm very sorry because I forgot your birthday. But to teach me a lesson, you'd better forget my birthday on Tuesday, tomorrow." Question: Peter wrote this letter on _ . Options: A: Monday B: Tuesday C: Saturday D: Sunday
Ans: A

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Wade is my good friend. We study at the same school. At weekends he usually turns on his computer. He sends and gets e-mails to and from his friends back in France. He also gets on the Internet to learn about what is going on in the world. His parents sometimes take him to some places of interest in China. Sometimes I ask him to come over to my home for a weekend. My parents say that they can't understand what we talk about because there are two languages in our talks--Chinese and English. My mother sometimes says to him,"Can you talk to my son in Chinese only,Wade?" He always smiles and answers, "Not today. I'm going to speak good Chinese very soon." He is not good at Chinese and I am weak at English. But we like these talks because we can learn when we are talking. Question: We can know from the passage that _ Options: A: the writer can speak English very well B: the writer can get e-mails from Wade C: Wade is only beginning to learn Chinese D: Wade finds it easy to talk in Chinese
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C

Ques:Read the article and select the best answer. Article: In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo. The next important date in the history of photography was in 1837.That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading-room. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. The kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype. Soon, other people began to use Daguerre's way. Travellers brought back wonderful photos from all round the world. People took pictures of famous buildings, cities and mountains. In about 1840, photography was developed . Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of film and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard.Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people. The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike . Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just taken of the real world, they showed ideas and feelings, like other kinds of art. Question: This passage tells us _ . Options: A: how photography was developed B: how to show your ideas and feelings in pictures C: how to take pictures in the world D: how to use different cameras

Ans:A

Read the article and select the best answer. Article: One day a pilot and three people were in a plane. When the plane was flying in the sky, there was something wrong with it. The smoke was everywhere in the plane. The pilot told the people there were only three parachutes . They all became worried. "I must go because I'm the best pilot in the world." said the pilot, then he jumped out with one parachute. The next person said, "I must have a parachute. I am a very clever person, and I have to take part in an important meeting." he jumped out with another parachute. Two men were left, an old businessman and a young mountain climber. By this time the plane was going down faster and faster. The businessman said, "Young man, I am old but you're still young. You take the last parachute. " The young mountain climber smiled, "Don't worry, we are both safe, because there are still two parachutes. The clever person jumped out with my backpack." Question: The clever man jumped out with _ . Options: A: parachute B: nothing C: the backpack of the climber's D: two parachutes
C