Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Mr. Dawson is an old man with a bad temper . Kids were afraid to go into his yard to pick apples. One day, 12-year-old Janet and her friend Amy had to walk past Mr. Dawson' s house. When Janet saw him outside, she suggested they cross the street and walk on the other side. But Amy said they didn't need to. When Mr. Dawson saw Amy, he smiled and said: " Hello, Amy! I see you have a new friend with you today." Amy smiled back. Mr. Dawson was friendly and gave them each a fresh apple. Later, Janet asked Amy: " Everyone says he is the most unwelcoming person in town. Why was he kind to us?" Amy explained that when she first walked past his house, she was also afraid of him. But she pretended there was an invisible smile on his face and started talking to him. At first she only said "hello" but then began talking to him more every time she saw him. "An invisible smile?" Janet was puzzled . "Yes," answered Amy. "My grandma told me to try that. She says smiles can spread. So if we keep trying to smile at someone, sooner or later they will smile back." Amy's grandma realized most people can't refuse to smile at a friendly face. Question: What did Amy do when she first walked past Mr. Dawson's house? - She went into his yard to pick apples. - She was so scared that she went away quickly. - She smiled to him and greeted him. - She talked with him like old friends.
She smiled to him and greeted him.

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: The English love sports.One of the popular games in England is cricket .But cricket doesn't change much these years.For some parts of England, the eight months of the football season is more important than the four months of the cricket season. Most middle schools have sports fields and boys usually play rugby or football in winter and cricket in summer.While school girls play tennis or baseball in summer and basketball or hockey in winter ,boys seldom play basketball.The more popular grown-up games are golf and tennis. A lot of people play them. The British also like watching horse racing, but few show interest in bike racing. Britain is the home of many modern popular sports. . Question: In England, _ are popular grown-up games. - football and basketball - tennis and football - golf and tennis - tennis and soccer
golf and tennis

Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: BASEBALL. It's just a word, but for millions of Americans it brings much more than a word. Hot dogs. Cold beers. Sunny afternoons. Baseball is the game of fathers and sons. Fathers and sons catch with each other on lawns in the US. A father's favorite team becomes his son's. Grandfathers talk to their grandsons about games played long ago. Many American kids collect baseball cards. The cards have pictures of their favorite players on them. In school, friends trade baseball cards just like they trade their lunches. Players are known as "the boys of summer" because people often play the sport mostly in warm months. You don't need to be of a certain size or shape to play baseball. You don't have to be tall like a basketball player or strong like an American footballer. You just need to want to have fun. Baseball is not as fast-paced a game as basketball. But when you go to see a game, there's time to relax, talk and get to know other people. Baseball may not be the most popular sport in the US, but it is the most traditional. It's not just a game any more, but an important part of American culture, like apple pie and grandma's house. Question: Most of the Americans play baseball just want to _ . - enjoy themselves - make money - keep warm - make friends
A: enjoy themselves

Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Dear Victor, I have received your loving letter from school and I am glad to know that you are becoming responsible enough to decide on your career . You are now in the final year of high school and are going to start further education in college. You know that we belong to different times, and my social life is different from yours. However, all I can say as advice is that you must choose a career wisely. The first consideration is your interest. You can only succeed and feel happy when you do something you enjoy. You must get a job which not only provides you with something useful, but also you are pleased with. Then, you must read a lot in the field you are aiming at. Also, you should get to know the men and women who work in that field, when mind and heart work together, success is _ . No career is more or less important. I think your interest may be in the field of making TV programmes. Your good communication skills, your taking an active part in school plays and the prizes you have won in speech competitions all lead you to that direction. So a career in Mass Communication and TV film production will bring luck to you. If you succeed in that field, you will become famous and rich. Think a thousand times before making any final decision about your career. After all, we want you to be a man of success. We all know that you are old enough to think for yourself. With all the best wishes ! Your loving father Question: The father suggests that his son should _ . - be active in school activities - never be proud when making progress - consider interest first when choosing a career - keep good relationships with successful people
Answer: consider interest first when choosing a career

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: I'm a school girl. My brother and I are twins. We are both at school. We like school. My parents are both teachers. They work hard. My brother and I study at No. 1 Middle School. There are twenty-five boys and eighteen girls in our class. We go to school from Monday to Friday. We have no classes on Saturdays and Sundays. We usually get up at six o'clock, and have breakfast at half past six. We come to school at seven o'clock. Classes begin at eight. We have four lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon. We have lunch a fifteen past twelve. At three fifty we have sports. We study Chinese, math, English, geography, physics, history, politics and other lessons. We like Chinese. We like English, too. Some of us are good at it. We go home at five o'clock. We have supper at six o'clock. We do our homework at seven every evening and go to bed at half past nine, but sometimes we go to sleep at about ten. We work hard, we study for the people. Question: . There are _ boys and _ girls in our class. - twenty-five; twenty - some; any - twenty-five; eighteen - many; much
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twenty-five; eighteen