Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: The old man woke up before sunrise, as he often did, to walk by the beach and greet the new day. As he moved through the early morning, he saw a young man , bending and reaching and throwing, in celebration of the perfect day soon to begin As he came near, he realized that the young man was not dancing to the day, , but rather bending to check the debris (, ) left by the night's tide , stopping now and then to take starfish and then standing, to throw it back into the sea. He asked the young man the purpose of the effort."The tide has washed the starfish onto the beach and they cannot return to the sea by themselves ," the young man repied."when the sun rises, they will die, unless I throw them back into the sea." As the young man explained, the old man looked at the beach ."But there are more starflish on this beach than you can ever save before the sun is up. Surely you cannot expect to make a difference." The young man listened politely. Then he bent down to take another starfish, threw it into the sea and said,"It made a difference for that one." There is something very special in each and every one of us. Question: The Starfish _ without the young man's help. Options: A: couldn't die B: couIdn't return to the sea themselves C: couldn't live on the beach D: could have fun in the sun
A: B

Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: One day , an old man was selling a big elephant . A young man came up to the elephant and began to look at it slowly . The old man went up to him and said in his ear ."Don't say anything about the elephant before I sell it . Then I will give you some meat . ""All right ."said the young man . After the old man sold the elephant , he gave the young man some meat and said :"Now, can you tell me how you see the bad ears of the elephant ?""I didn't find the bad ears ."said the young man ."Then why do you look at it slowly ?"asked the old man . The young man said :"I never see an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like. " Question: The young man looked at the elephant . He wanted to find _ . Options: A: its bad ears B: some meat C: a good elephant D: what it looks like
A: A

Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: This is a teacher's family . The father's name is Lake Smith . He's forty - four . The mother's name is Kate Smith . She's forty - two . The Smiths have a son , Jim , and a daughter , Ann . Jim is fourteen , and Ann is twelve . The son looks like his father , and the daughter looks like her mother . They are all in No.4 Middle School here . But the Smiths are teachers ; the son and daughter are students . Question: Jim looks like his _ . Options: A: father B: mother C: aunt D: uncle
A: A

Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: In the past month,we've been holding our breath for news about a Boeing 777 plane,MH 370. It took off from Kuala Lumpur ,Malaysia.On March 8.It was heading to Beijing.But about two hours into the flight, the plane went missing. There were 239 people on the flight,including 154 Chinese. A total of 12 countries including China and the US have joined the search for the plane. Did it crash? We know that the weather was clear that day.The pilots didn't make any distress calls .And as of March l3,experts have not found any broken parts of the plane. Was it hijacked ? Two Iranians used stolen passports to get into the flight.But now they do not appear to be linked to any possible hijacking of the plane,international police agency Interpol official said on March 11. The search is still going on.It could take months or even years to find out what happened to the flight. Question: When did MH370 go missing? Options: A: March 8 B: March 9 C: March ll D: April 8
A: A