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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Bob Harris was a weatherman at a small television station. He worked for twenty years and during those twenty years, he felt that his life was boring. Every day, he studied the weather and tried to predict the next day's weather. Then, he stood in front of the camera and read his report. Some days it was cloudy, some days it was sunny; sometimes rainy, while sometimes snowy. The weather changed each day, but Bob still felt that his job was always the same. His boss often told him to be happier and smile more in front of the camera, but Bob rarely smiled. He thought that most people did not watch his weather report and his job did not matter much to anyone. One day, he arrived at work and began to study the weather as usual. He noticed that something was different that day. Everything he studied told him that there was going to be a very big storm very soon, though he was not completely sure. Suddenly, Bob felt excited. He ran to his boss's office and asked to do a special weather report. The boss agreed and Bob gave a special report that afternoon, warning people of the coming storm. Because of this report, many people were safe during the storm. Bob realized that his job was actually very important. Question: Why did Bob ask to do a special weather report? Options: A: Because he felt excited. B: Because he wanted to warn people of the coming storm. C: Because he realized that his job was actually very important. D: Because he wanted to smile in front of the camera.
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B

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest.As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a person came up and knocked at the window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch. "It's five past eight." he said. Then he went to sleep again. But soon he was waken up again because a second person was knocking at the window."Excuse me, what time is it now?"he asked. The driver looked at his watch again, and told him it was half past eight. In this way, the driver thought he couldn't have a good rest, so he wrote a short note and stuck it on the window for all to see. It said,"I don't know the time."Again, he lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later,a third person came and began to knock at the window, "Hey, sir."he said, "It's a quarter to nine." Question: The driver wrote a short note and stuck it on the window because _ . Options: A: he didn't know the time. B: he didn't want anybody to trouble him. C: he wanted somebody to wake him up. D: he wanted somebody to tell him the time.
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B

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Mr. Green once worked in a big company. He was so busy that he couldn't do any reading. So he gave up his job and opened a bookshop in the center of the town. It wasn't big but all the books were nice and most people liked to buy some there. When the shop was closed, he could read at home. He knew a lot and many learned people were glad to make friends with him. It was Sunday and it was cold outside. Mr. Green was very busy. At nine in the evening al! the buyers left but a woman was still there. She was dressed up and seemed to be waiting for somebody there. Standing by the shelves, she looked over the books one after another, and made them in a terrible mess . Mr. Green came up to her and asked, "Excuse me, madam. What can I do for you?" "Your books are not interesting at all," said the woman, "I want a delicious one." "That's easy," Mr. Green smiled. He brought out a cookbook and said, "Here you are, madam." Question: Which is WRONG? Options: A: Mr. Green liked to lend his books to the learned persons. B: When Mr. Green came back home from the bookshop, he often did some reading. C: Many learned people liked to make friends with Mr. Green. D: On that Sunday evening all the buyers left the bookshop except (......)a woman.
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A