Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Beijing Opera is my favourite. Bao Zheng always has a black face and Guan Yu has a red face in Beijing Opera. But many people don't know why. I come from America and I have lived in China for six years. I like Beijing Opera very much. I think Beijing Opera is very interesting. I can learn a lot about Chinese history. Now let me tell you the art of Beijing Opera facial paintings . In Beijing Opera facial paintings, different colours and patterns are for different roles. For example, a black face for fair people. A red face is for brave people. A white face is for bad people. Blue and green faces are for heroes . The gold face is for gods. Question: The writer _ . - is a Chinese. - is an American - lives in Canada. - is an actor of Beijing Opera.
is an American

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: My father is tall and has short gray hair. He wears glasses with heavy black frames . Here is a picture of him from 1968. What a surprise! In the picture, he's 15 years old. He's short and he is wearing glasses with small round frames. He has short blond hair and it's really straight. He is wearing blue jeans and a T-shirt with the word "love" on it. I'm 15 years old now. I'm of medium height and I have short hair. My hair isn't blond. It's blue. My father thinks it's strange , but my friends think it's great. I wear glasses, but my glasses have bright red frames. They're so cool! I have an earring in one ear, too. I never wear blue jeans. I' like big baggy pants and long T-shirts. Most of my T-shirts have pictures of my favorite rock bands on them. Question: What color is the writer's hair? - Blond. - Blue. - Yellow. - Gray.
Blue.

Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Quick Service A man took a pair of shoes to a shoe repair shop and said to the shoemaker, "I'd like you to repair these shoes for me, please." "Certainly, sir." the shoemaker said. "When will they be ready?" the man asked. "I'm a bit busy, but they will be ready for you on Thursday," he said. "That's fine." the man said and left the shop. The next morning he received a letter, offering him a job in another country. Within 24 hours he was on an airplane to his new job. Twenty years passed and he returned to his hometown. He remembered his shoes. "They were a good pair of shoes," he thought, "I wonder if the shoemaker is still there and still has them. I'll go and see. " The same shop, although he was an old man by now. "Good morning. " he said to the shoe maker, "Twenty years ago, I brought in a pair of shoes. Do you still have them?" "Name?" the old shoemaker asked. "Smith." the man said. "I'll go and see. They may be in the back." The shoemaker went out to the back of his shop and a few minutes later returned, carrying a pair of shoes. "Here they are." he said, "One pair of brown shoes. I'm a bit busy now, but they'll be ready on Thursday." Question: The man finally found that _ . - his shoes were still there, but the shoemaker didn't repair them - his shoes were not there - the shoemaker repaired the shoes - the shoemaker lost the shoes
A: his shoes were still there, but the shoemaker didn't repair them

Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: One day Einstein is walking in a street in New York . His friend meets him and says to him, "Einstein, you should buy a new coat. Look, your coat is very old." But Einstein answers, "It doesn't matter . Nobody knows me here." After a few years, Einstein becomes a famous scientist . But he still wears the old coat. His friend meets him again and asks him to buy a new one. But Einstein says, "I don't need to buy a new one. Everyone knows me here." Question: Einstein's coat is very old. His friend _ . - gives him a new one - asks him to buy a new one - help him buy a new one - help him mend the old one
Answer: asks him to buy a new one

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: It's Sunday. Children don't go to school on Sundays. But Kate gets up early in the morning. "It's my birthday. I'm eight years old today." she thinks, "Where are Dad and Mum? I want to know what they can give me for my birthday." Her father and mother are not at home. They are going shopping. And now they are talking about what to buy for Kate. ---- Dad: How about the doll? It looks nice. I think Kate would like the doll. ---- Mom: I don't think so. She is not a little girl. I think she likes a new dress. Girls often like new dresses very much. ---Dad: But she has a few new dresses and some new blouses. Oh, I think she must be very happy to have a box of colorful pencils and some picture books. Do you think so? ----- Mom: Yes. Let's go over there and buy them. Question: _ doesn't want to buy the doll. - Kate - Kate's father - Kate's mother - her parents
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Kate's mother

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Monday.....oh, I don't like Monday because I will have to go back to school again after the weekend. Tuesday is not so bad. I usually play tennis with my friends after school. On Wednesday evening I don't go out. I stay at home and do my homework. I like Thursday because the next day is Friday. I always go out on Friday -maybe to the cinema. I love the weekend. On Saturday I stay in bed until lunchtime, and I sometimes go to the shops in the afternoon. In the evening we go to a club--there are good bands there every Saturday. Then on Sundays I go to my friend's house or she comes to mine. I usually visit my grandmother for an hour in the afternoon. Then the weekend is over and it's Monday.... And I feel bad again! Question: The writer doesn't like the Monday because _ - Monday is the first day of a week - he just spent a happy weekend - Monday is the first school day of a week - he will have many lessons on Monday
Monday is the first school day of a week