Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: After breakfast Mrs. Beckman started packing the bags. She bought the tickets to London. Her husband works there. She and her children are going to fly there to see him. Thomas and Katy can't help her and she told them to play outside. "It often rains in London in autumn," the woman said to herself, " I'd better take the umbrellas. So I won't buy any when it rains there." Suddenly , she heard Thomas crying and ran out at once. She asked, " What's the matter?" "Katy pulled my hair," the boy said in tears . "Don't be angry," said the woman. "She's too young. She doesn't know pulling hair hurts " And then she went to the house again. After a short time there was more crying. She had to come out to see what the matter was. This time Thomas said, "Now she knows." Question: Mrs Beckman will go to London by _ . - car - train - plane - bus
plane

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Peter was walking in the street with two big and heavy boxes. A stranger walked up to him and asked, "What is the time?" Peter stopped, put down the boxes and looked at his watch. "It's five fifteen," he said. "Hey, what a nice watch!" said the stranger. Peter smiled a little and said, "Yes, it's not bad. Look at this." Then he showed the stranger the time for 86 big cities in the world. He hit a few buttons and it told the time in Chinese. Peter went on ," You can set it in English, Chinese, Japanese and so on." The stranger looked very interested in the watch. "That's not all," said Peter. He then pushed a few more buttons and there was a small map appeared on the watch. "The map can show where we are," said Peter. "I want to buy this watch!" said the stranger. "Oh, no, I' m not selling it. I designed it myself. I spent nearly two years making it." said Peter. "Oh, you are the designer. I'll give you $ 1,000 for it!" "Oh, no, I spent more than that." "I'll give you $ 5,000 for it!" Peter stopped to think. The stranger quickly gave him a check and said ,"$ 5,000. Here it is." Peter finally agreed to sell the watch. When the stranger was going to leave with the watch, Peter pointed to the two big boxes and said, "Hey, wait a minute. Don' t forget your batteries ." Question: We can know from the passage that Peter was a _ . - designer - policeman - teacher - doctor
designer

Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: One day a poor farmer was taking a bag of wheat to town. Suddenly the bag fell off his horse onto the road. He did not know what he could do about it because it was too heavy for him to lift by himself. He only hoped that someone would soon pass by and lend him a hand. Just at his moment, a man riding a horse came up to him. But the farmer felt disappointed when he saw who he was. It was the great man who lived nearby. He thought the great man wouldn't help him, and hoped another farmer would come up. But to his surprise, the great man got off his horse as soon as he came near, "I see you need help," he said, "I'm here just at the right time. " Then he took one end of the bag and the farmer took the other, They lifed it together and put it on the horse. "Sir," asked the farmer, "how can I pay you?" "It's quite easy," the great man answered, "when you see anyone else in trouble, do the same for him. " Question: What did the poor farmer take to town? - A bag of coins - A bag of wheat - A bag of rice - A bag of apples
A: A bag of wheat

Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal the bell on his neighbor's door, he walked up to the door, took hold of the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home. Then he sat down to think, "I must do something about the noise," he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. "Ah, I'll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won't be able to hear the noise." The next day he went to the door of his neighbor, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbor came running out. "Steal my bell? I'll teach you a lesson ,"the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose. The foolish thief did not know how the neighbor found out he was stealing the bell. "Why did he come out just then?" he wondered . Question: The thief was trying to get _ . - his neighbor - his neighbor's doorbell - some cotton - a door with a bell on it
Answer: his neighbor's doorbell

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Whenever there's a terrible storm, there are plenty of sad stories. Many people lost their houses, their cars and their pets. But sometimes these stories have happy endings too. A family in New Jersey, US, had a cat named Vivien. She is very smart. She could even draw with her wet paws on the floor. They all love her very much. When hurricane Sandy hit America in October, they moved to a safer place-13km away from home. Sadly Vivien went missing. The whole family were worried about her. They put up posters on the Internet to look for her. All the nine family members searched wherever they thought she could stay, but they didn't find it. The family thought Vivien was gone forever. But six months later, Vivien showed up at their house, according to Yahoo News. They considered her return as a wonder. No one can be sure where Vivien was for all that time. Many animals are good at finding their way home. People usually say that dogs and cats find their way home through using their sense of smell. But that doesn't explain how Vivien found her way back. Hurricane Sandy blew away the normal smells of home. "I wish she could talk," said her owner. Question: Which of the following is NOT true? - Vivien could even draw. - The family tried hard to look for the pet. - The owner knew how the cat found her way home. - Many people lost their houses, their cars and their pets because of the hurricane.
The owner knew how the cat found her way home.