Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Tom and Mike were good friends. Sometimes they were kind to each other, sometimes they were not. But all of their classmates said they were like brothers. One day they went out for a walk together. At noon they were very hungry and they went into a restaurant to have lunch. The waiter came up to them and asked,"What can I do for you?" "Please bring us two apples first." said Tom. When the waiter put two apples on the table, Mike took the bigger one at once. Tom got angry, "You are impolite,Mike. Why don't you take the smaller one?" Tom said. "But I am right."said Mike with a smile,"if I let you take first, which one will you choose?" "Of course I'11 take the smaller one. "said Tom. "Yes."Mike said,"If you take the smaller one,the bigger one will still be mine. Don't you think so?" "Oh!"Tom couldn't answer. Question: Tom took the _ apple. - better - bigger - smaller - worse
smaller

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: An elephant wants to have some friends. He sees a monkey in a tree. "Can you be my friend?" asks the elephant. "You are too big. You can't swing in the tree like me." Then the elephant meets a rabbit. "Please be my friend," he says. "How can I? Sorry, sir. You are strong." The elephant is very _ . Then he goes home. The next day, he sees all the animals running. He doesn't know why. The monkey says a tiger is near here. He will come to eat the animals. The elephant goes to the tiger. "Please, Mr. tiger. Don't eat the animals." "Go away!" says the tiger. The elephant is not happy and kicks the tiger. Then the tiger goes away. At last, all the animals want the elephant to be their friend. Question: How many kinds of animals are there in the passage? - Three. - Four. - Five. - Six.
Four.

Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: I'm a Chinese girl. My name is Li Ying. I'm twelve. I'm in No. 1 Middle school . Chen Hong is my friend . She is nine. Mr Wu is my Chinese teacher and Miss Zhao is my English teacher. Question: Chen Hong is _ . - seven - nine - eight - ten
A: nine

Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: A hare was very popular with the other animals who all said they were her friends.But one day she heard the hounds getting close and hoped to escape them by the aid of her many friends.So,she went to the horse,and asked him to carry her away from the hounds on his back.But he refused,because he had important work to do for his master.He felt sure that all her other friends would come to help her. She then came to the bull,and hoped that he would _ the hounds with his horns .The bull replied,"I am very sorry,but I have an appointment with a lady;but I feel sure that our friend the goat will do what you want."The goat,however,feared that his back might do her some harm if he took her upon it.The sheep,he felt sure,was the proper friend to ask for help. So she went to the sheep and told him the situation.The sheep replied,"Another time,my dear friend.I do not like to have anything to do with it,as hounds have been known to eat sheep as well as hares." The hare then went,as a last hope,to the calf ,who regretted that he was unable to help her,as he did not like to take the responsibility upon himself.By this time the hounds were quite near,and the hare took to her heels and luckily escaped. Question: What do you think of the sheep? - Helpless. - Brave. - Friendly. - Smart.
Answer: Helpless.

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: My interest in Chinese food started many years ago, when I had my first job. I was a young reporter for the Daily Journal in San Francisco. Our office wasn't far from Chinatown. I usually managed to arrange my time so that I could go there at least two or three times a week for a good meal. The first time I ever ate Chinese food I loved it. And since then, it just tastes better and better to me. The first thing I noticed was the fresh tastes of the meat and vegetable. When I learned more about the food, I began to understand why it has this special feature. About 5000 years ago, China lost much of its wood because of over population and poor management of its forest. This loss was very bad for the country, of course, but it turned out to be very good for the food. Wood became very expensive and hard to get, so the Chinese had to learn how to use it better. In order to use less wood in cooking, they started to cut their meat and vegetables into small pieces before they put them in the hot oil. That way, the food cooked faster and they saved their _ . The food prepared in this manner kept its fresh flavor --and it's this flavor that attracts people to the art of Chinese cooking. I often wonder if the Chinese appreciated their solution to that ancient energy problem as much as I do now -whenever I eat Chinese food. Question: According to the passage, the special freshness of Chinese food is the result of _ . - the wood used to make the cooking fire - the fast speed at the cooking - the high quality of Chinese meat and vegetable - the well-developed art of Chinese cooking
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the fast speed at the cooking

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: In some countries, the most common unlucky number is thirteen. People don't like to live in a house that is number 13. People don't like to have parties with thirteen people. People don't like to do important things on the thirteenth of the month. Also, when you add the Japanese unlucky numbers together---nine and four ---they make thirteen. There aren't many business meetings on the thirteenth of the month especially when the thirteenth is on a Friday. Friday is always unlucky. Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden on a Friday. Jesus Christ died on a Friday. There were thirteen people at his last supper. In Europe, they kill criminals on Fridays. For some people, unlucky numbers do the opposite things. My elder brother was born on the thirteenth. He passed his exams on the thirteenth. He married on the thirteenth. He became a pilot on the thirteenth. It was always a lucky number for him. ,. Question: Which of the following is NOT used to prove that Friday or thirteen is unlucky? - Adam and Eve. - Jesus Christ's death. - Jesus Christ's last supper. - The author's brother's marriage date.
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The author's brother's marriage date.