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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Do you know that November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)? You can find the NaNoWriMo Young Writer's programme at ywp.nanowrimo.org. It is a challenge to write a 50,000-word novel in one month. The programmebagan in 1999 in San Francisco with only 21 members. Last year, more than 400,000 took up the challenge. The writers can choose what they want to write about. On November 1st, writers visit the website and start to update their word count. They can communicate with other writers there as well. All the writers have to stop writing on November 30th. Itis okay if you have never written a book before. The website provides lesson plans and workbooks for beginners. You can use them to improve writing skills in your novel. Then you can start planning what your novel will be about. Are there any books published from the NaNoWriMoprogramme? Here are a few: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Water for Elephants by SaraGruen Entrychats by Cecile Duquenne Are there any young readers who want to join in this programme? If you want, we hope you can write the best novel. If you have not heard of NaNoWriMo, but you have a good story in mind, join us! Question: This passage is most probably written to _ . Options: A: encourage more young people to join in the programme B: invite more famous writers to visit ywp.nanowrimo.org. C: publish more wonderful books written by young writers D: encourage more people to communicate with other writers
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A

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. There was another building not far from mine. A woman lived there. I had never met her, but I could see her sit by the window each afternoon, sewing or reading. After several months, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, "What a lazy woman! I wonder why she doesn't wash her window. It really looks terrible." One bright morning, I decided to clean my flat, including the windows. When I finally finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window for a rest. What a surprise! Everything in the woman's flat could be seen clearly. Her window was clean! I began to understand. I watched the woman's window from my own dirty window. That's the problem! That is quite an important lesson for me. How often do I look at and criticize others through the dirty window of my heart? From then on, whenever I want to _ someone, I ask myself first, "Am I looking at him through my dirty window?" Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see others' world more clearly. Question: Why couldn't the writer see things clearly through the window? Options: A: Because the woman's window was dirty. B: Because his own window was dirty. C: Because the woman lived far away. D: Because he had poor eyesight.
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B

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: A young woman was at the cinema,and she was enjoying the film very much.In the next seat there was an old man,and he began looking on the floor under him.The woman was angry and whispered ,"What are you doing now? What are you looking for?" "A piece of chocolate ,"the man whispered to her,"I've dropped it on the floor." "A piece of chocolate? "the woman said angrily,"It s dirty now! Take this and be quiet, please! I'm listening to the film!"She gave the man a big piece of chocolate. "But."the man said,"my teeth are in the piece on the floor!" Question: The woman gave the man a big piece of chocolate _ . Options: A: so that he could listen to the film B: so that he could be quiet C: because his chocolate was dirty D: because she had too much chocolate
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B

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Many students feel it difficult to remember new words when they begin to study English. Now I will give you some advice. 1. Do not waste time in learning a list of English words. It is the hardest way to remember English words. How do you learn to speak Chinese? You did it by listening carefully to the people talking to each other. You can find radio programs, TV programs and records, and listen to them carefully. The best way to learn all new words is through ear. As you listen to more and more dialogues, you will learn how English is pronounced in phrases and sentences. Of course, it is not enough to learn new words; you must learn how words are put together, and why some words in English are emphasized. 2. Some people have found that they can learn the names of everyday objects, such as box, cup, desk and so on, in the following way. They write the names of subjects, they say the words. Try this and see if this way works for you. If it does not, then go on to practice your dialogues. Question: The writer thinks the best way to learn new words is to _ . Options: A: do more reading B: do more writing C: do more listening D: learn the spelling
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C