Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Peter: What are you doing for vacation, Steven? Steven: I'm visiting my aunt in San Francisco. My brother's staying there. He's joining a club. Peter: Oh? When are you going? Steven: Next Friday. Peter: How long are you staying? Steven: I'm staying at my aunt's home for four days. I'm going sightseeing in San Francisco, and then I'm seeing all of my friends New York. How about you? Peter: I'm going to the beach and my friends and I are also going hiking for a few days. Steven: Aren't you renting video tapes and relaxing at home? Peter: No, it's boring. We like outside activities. Question: Peter thinks that staying at home is _ . - interesting - boring - fun - exciting
boring

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: His first name is John.His last name is Brown.His phone numberis seven-four-five,six-six-zero-five. Her first name is Susan. Her last name is Hall.Her phone number is five-zero-five,seven-one-one-seven. The girl found a baseball in the lost and Found .The boy lost a baseball.The girl calls the boy at his phone number. Question: 505-7117 is _ phone number. - the boy's - the girl's - the teacher's - the baseball
the girl's

Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: How old is "old"? The answer has changed over the years.Two hundred years ago, you were old at 35.At the beginning of the 20th century, the average life span was 45.In 1950,70-year-olds were really old.Today, a healthy 70-year-old person is still thought young. So, how old is old? The answer is one you've heard many times, from all kinds of people."You are as old(or young) as you feel." Your age simply tells you how many years you have lived.Your body tells you how well you've lived. "Nobody grows old by living a number of years," wrote a writer."People grow old when they don't have their ideals ." People should not have the wrong ideals about aging.Sometimes, old minds can be as bright as young minds.Alice Brophy once said, "It makes me happy who people say.You look young for your age." What does that mean? You know you can die old at 30 (30) and live young at 80. Question: Which question is NOT answered in the passage? - Can old people be as bright as young people? - How old is "old" ? - What tells you how well you've lived? - What is the average life span today?
A: What tells you how well you've lived?

Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: "We're going to move," Jimmy said to Mr. James,her teacher, with tears in her eyes. "Dad lost his job and now we don't have enough money to live in our house." Pam was walking by and just heard Jimmy's talk with Mr.James. In the lunchroom Pam met Carol and said, "I've got something to tell you about Jimmy." As she started to tell Carol about Jimmy's dad, several other classmates stopped to listen. Pam felt bad telling what she had heard but she went on anyway. After school, Pam saw some of her classmates talking to Jimmy. "Where does your dad work?" one of the boys asked. Jimmy's face turned red. She left without answering. Pam felt terrible, because she didn't mean to hurt Jimmy. And she hadn't thought that some of the classmates would make jokes and laugh at Jimmy about her father's losing the job. Pam didn't know what she could do to help Jimmy. Question: The story wants to tell us _ . - It's difficult to move away - girls don't like to talk to boys - student's report to the teacher - secrets are hard to keep
Answer: secrets are hard to keep

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Jenny is a nice girl. She likes to playing soccer. And she watches soccer games on TV every day. But she doesn't like playing baseball. She has some friends in her class. They are Tom, Mary, Susan and Linda. Tom likes playing ping - pong. He has some nice ping - pong bats, He usually plays ping - pong with his friends after school. Mary likes playing volleyball. She is in a volleyball club .But she doesn't like playing basketball. Susan likes singing. She has many CDs. They are in her desk. Linda is ten years old. She doesn't like doing any sports, but she likes making model planes. Question: What does Jenny watch on TV every day? - Soccer. games. - Baseball games. - Ping - pong games. - Basketball games.
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Soccer. games.

Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: The American book Who Moved My Cheese has been a best seller all over the world. It teaches people how to face changes in their lives. It is just for teens. The book tells us that when facing change in our life, like a new school or new friends, don't be afraid. Use this change to make a better life. The book gives an example of a change at school. A school is changing from having two terms to three terms because there are too many students. Several teens are talking about this. Most of them are unhappy and worried. But Chris is not. He laughs and tells a story about two mice, two"little people"and some cheese. The four are in a maze looking for The cheese. Here, cheese means some thing important in life. But they find the cheese is gone. The mice realize that they can't change what has happened and have to find more cheese. This means finding different dreams. The little people can't do this. They are afraid of change so they find no cheese. After Chris finishes the story, the friends understand one thing:to get more cheese, move in a new direction quickly. His friends understand how this can be used in the changes all teens face, such as doing well at school or feeling good about yourself. Question: Why does Chris tell the story to his friends? - He wants to help his friends out. - He likes telling stories. - His friends like listening to stories. - His teacher asks him to do so.
A: He wants to help his friends out.