Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Reading is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons. First, reading is fun. You can always keep yourself happy if you like reading. You will never feel bored or tired. Next, you can read a book anywhere-- in a car, on a plane, or even in the bathroom. All you need is a book! Another good reason for reading is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby, you will get better and better at it. And you will read faster and find it easier to understand what you read. As you reading skills improve, you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much better. Some people say that reading is out of date . This is not true. You can read on computers, and the better you read, the better your computer skills will be. Good readers may become writers, too. They always have more things to write about. Reading is a wonderful hobby. Why not start reading right now? Question: What does the passage mainly tell us? Options: A: Good readers must be good writers B: Reading is a good hobby for different reasons. C: You can read on computers D: Reading is not out of date.
Answer: B

Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: One afternoon Mrs.Green's husband wanted to catch the 3:30 flight to London to have an important meeting. She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5 o'clock and said that he was still at the airport. "What happened to you?"asked Mrs Green. "Well," said Mr. Green, "Everything was going fine. I got my ticket, checked my luggage and waited in line at the gate. I walked across the runway to the airplane and I saw my friend Jack Scott, who was an airplane engineer. I shouted to him and a policeman caught me." "Why did he catch you?" "I don't know,"said Mr.Green, "As soon as he heard my shout, he ran towards me and caught me." "What did you shout to your friend?" "All I said was 'Hi, Jack'. You know that's the usual way we say hello to our friends." "But you don't know the sentence 'Hi,Jack' also means to take control of a plane by force." Question: What was Jack Scott in the passage? He was _ Options: A: a pilot B: a policeman at the airport C: an engineer D: an actor
Answer: C

Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Thanksgiving Day Almost every culture in the world has held celebrations of thanks for a plentiful harvest. The American Thanksgiving holiday began as a festival of thanksgiving in the early days of the American colonies almost four hundred years ago. In 1620, a boat filled with more than one hundred people sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to settle in the New World. Their first winter in the New World was difficult. They had arrived too late to grow any crops, and without fresh food, half the _ died from disease. The following spring Indians taught then how to grow corn, a new food for the colonists. They showed them other crops to grow in the unfamiliar soil and how to hunt and fish. In the autumn of 1621, many crops of corn, beans and pumpkins were harvested. The colonists and much to be thankful for, so a festival was planned. They invited the local Indian chief and 90 Indians. The Indians brought deer to roast with the turkeys and other wild game offered by the colonists. To this first Thanksgiving, the Indians had even brought popcorn. In following years, many of the original colonists celebrated the autumn harvest with a festival of thanks. Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November, a different date every year. The Thanksgiving is a time for tradition and sharing. Even if they live far away, family members gather for a reunion at the house of an older relative. All give thanks together for the good things that they have. Question: Which of the following is right? Options: A: In 1620, many crops of corn, beans and pumpkins were harvested. B: The following winter the Indians taught them how to grow corn. C: Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November. D: With fresh food, half the colonists died from disease.
Answer:
C