I have a pen pal in Canada. His name is Simon. He lives in Ottawa, Canada. He is twelve years old. He also studies in a middle school. Simon lives in a happy family. His father is a policeman and his mother is a bank clerk . Simon and his parents like exercising. They almost exercise every day. Simon's father is tall. He is good at playing basketball. Simon's mother likes playing volleyball. Simon usually gets up at 6.30 am. He eats his breakfast at home. Then he goes to school. It's kind of far from the school to his home, so he usually has his lunch at school. Usually, Simon does his homework four times a week. Simon likes watching TV. He usually watches TV for about one hour every day. He goes to bed at nine. Where does Simon come from? A) England. B) America. C) Canada. D) China.
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Hi, I'm Tom.I have a pencil box.It's big and it's purple.It's my good friend.It's from my mom.What's in the pencil box? My ruler is in it.It's blue and red.That is a pencil.It is black and white.It's not my pencil.It's Cindy.She likes black and white.You can see a green pen and an eraser in it, too.The pen isn't mine.I find it in the classroom this morning.It's Tim's.His name is on it.He isn't at school now.Tim's telephone number is 8069--4725.I can call him.The nice eraser is my sister ,Linda's. What color is the pencil box? A) Purple. B) Black and white. C) Blue and read. D) Orange.
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Ques: When you are feeling unhappy or forget how great you are ,there are six ways to make you feel confident about yourself , 1.Look in the mirror and say to yourself,"I am a special person and there's no one in the world like me. I can do anything!"It may not sound so good ,bur it really works! 2.Do something nice for someone. Helping others always makes you feel so good. 3.Smile! Be friendly to the people you meet. Look for the good things of your friends and family. 4.Learn something new! Do you want to decorate your own room or learn how to swim? Go for it !New challenges are fun and give you a sense of accomplishment when you finish them, 5.Keep a diary. Turn off the TV and let your imagination fly! Write down your thoughts, dreams or anything you want! Writing always helps to express your feelings. 6.Stay with your family. We all need our family time .Talk with your mum or dad or maybe even your cousin You may see this passage in _ A) a science book B) a storybook C) a magazine D) the school rules
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Mr. Jones opened a shop in Aston to sell writing-paper, pencils and things like that. During the first month, very few people visited his shop. He sold little,and he could see that he was going to lose money. One night,Mr.Jones sat bay the fire and was worried after another very bad day. Suddenly he got an idea. He found a piece of wood and wrote to the following notice on it in big letters: "WHAT DO YOU THINK I GIVE AWAY PENCILS AND PAPER AND INK" He put up the notice in front of the shop window before he went to bed. He slept better than usual that night. The following day, many people came to the shop. Mr. Jones said good morning to them all with a bright smile and asked the frist woman what she wanted. She chose some writing paper and a pencil. As soon as he put them on her hands, she turned to leave the shop. "That will be thirty cents ,please," he said. "Why?" she asked in surprise. "That's the price of the paper and the pencil." "But your notice says it's free," she replied. "Oh no," he said, "how can I make any money if everything is free?" She took him outside and showed him the notice "It is wrong,too,"she said. "where is the question mark after the word 'think'?" "There isn't a question mark,"he said. "But there should be one ." "I'm afraid you've made a mistake," Mr.Jones said."You have read my notice in the wrong way." "Not at all," said the woman. "It is quite easy to read. It says: What do you think? I give away pencils and paper and ink!" "No," Mr.Jones said. "You should read it like this: _ And the answer to the question is: Certainly not! So you really have to pay me thirty cents, you see." What can we infer from the story? A) Mr.Jones agreed to let the shoppers get things for free that day. B) People in the town considered Mr.Jones a smart and honest man. C) The woman paid the money unwillingly and left the shop angrily. D) Mr.Jones s trick proved to be a longtime success and he got rich.
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Ques:It's time to go home now. I am on a bus on a rainy day, and a woman with a dog gets on the bus. It is a big dog and its feet are not clean. I don't want the dog to sit near me. But the woman says to the conductor . "Oh, I pay for my dog. Can he sit here like the other people?" The conductor looks at the dog and says, "Yes, madam, but he must not put his feet on the chair." Why do the woman and the dog get on the bus? A) It is a rainy day. B) No one is on the bus. C) The dog can sit D) The woman is a conductor.

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Water pollution happens when waste things from many areas are thrown into rivers,lakes and seas. Agriculture To get more food,farmers use large amounts of chemicals .When the chemicals are not completely used by the plants,they are washed away by the rainwater into rivers,lakes and seas,which pollute both surface water and underground water. Industry Factories and industries often _ poisonous chemicals into seas,rivers or lakes,which is quite bad for Mother Nature.An example of industrial sea pollution happened in Japan in the 1950s.A local factory had poured waste water with mercury into the Minamata Bay for 20 years.Tuna fish in the bay took in the mercury and people ate the tuna. Many children were born with birth deformities .As a result,people lost their,hearing and sight,and thousands of people died in the end. Sea transportation When ships transporting oil get damaged on the way,oil spillage happens*One major disaster was the Exxon Valdez oil spill.An oil tanker sink off Alaska in 1989 and leaked oil into the ocean.To save cost,some ships also poured unwanted oil from their engine rooms into the sea,thus polluting the oceans* Home activities If the waste from the washing of clothes and dishes are not treated and poured into the sea,they will do harm to the sea life.Some diseases may also spread.Sometimes,rubbish is dumped into the sea. What is the best title for the passage? A) Industrial water pollution B) Agriculture water pollution C) Reasons for water pollution D) Ways to solve water pollution
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