Read the article and select the best answer. Article: My name is Lucy Smith.Lucy is my first name.Smith is my last name.I'm 13.My favorite color is purple.I'm in No.1 Middle School.I'm in Class2,Grade 7. Kathy is my friend.She is 12.Her favorite color is blue.She is in my class,too.She is a good girl.Her telephone number is 828-6785. Mr. Black is my English teacher.He is English.I often ask him for help.I often call him at 843-0018.Helen is his daughter.She is in China now.Her favorite color is red.Kathy and I are her friends.We all like her. Question: Kathy is Lucy's _ . Options: A: sister B: brother C: friend D: cousin
C

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: The "59 smiles" on a smartphone by an old woman in Wuhan, Hubei province in about six months tell a big story. The smiles are from the 59 people who offered her seats on buses. "Everybody can be a good _ , because in many cases a friendly smile is all that is needed to build a better world." says Zhang Yongsheng in an article on youth.cn. The 69-year-old Wuhan woman has taken photographs of the people who offered their seats to her on buses. The 59 photographs are good memories for her. Some of the smiles are shy, some friendly, while others are like sunshine. The old lady is not good at taking photographs with her smartphone, because some of them are of poor quality, but in spite of that, the series of photographs has become famous immediately on the Internet. The smiles that the old lady has taken show people's care and love for others, which is becoming valuable in today's society. Her act also expressed her thanks to those who have helped her, says Zhang. Offering one's seat to elderly people on buses has become a hot topic of discussion. There have been many cases of quarrels between young and aged people recently. They could have been avoided if we had thought more about others and also more thankful when others offered help. Question: We should _ to make a better world according to the passage. Options: A: love ourselves first B: take many photos C: avoid quarreling with old people D: care about others and be thankful
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Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Long long ago, there was a little girl living in a small poor house on a hill. When she played in her little garden, she could see a beautiful house high on the other hill. This house had golden windows. They were so nice that the little girl dreamed all day, "How _ it would be to grow up and live in a house with golden windows!" When she was old enough to go outside her garden, she asked her mother if she could go for a walk outside the gate. Her mother agreed, telling her to keep close to the house and not to go too far. The day was beautiful and the little girl walked until she got to the gate of the house with golden windows. As she looked at the house with golden windows, she was so disappointed . All the windows were common and very dirty. So sad that she didn't go any further and turned, heart broken. As she went back, she was surprised to see a little house with golden windows as the sun shone on her own house. She realized that she had been living in the "house with golden windows" all the time. Everything she dreamed was right there under her nose! Question: What did the girl dream of? Options: A: Having a bigger garden. B: Going outside her garden. C: Having lots of gold in the house. D: Living in a house with golden windows.
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Running a marathon Have you ever taken part in a marathon? A marathon is 42km long. It is the longest race in the world. To make the runner's body work, harder training is quite necessary. A runner should start to prepare for a marathon at least three months before. Preparation may have races, many hours of running at different speeds and changes in diet . During the training time the runner must eat a fit diet. The diet should have lots of things needed in training the players. In the early days of training, runners run 80km per week. The running is increased every two or three weeks and at least two long runs per week are needed. Two weeks before the marathon, the training programme becomes less, from 100km per week down to 60km and then to 30km in the final week. On the last two days they may not run at all. Breakfast should be eaten at least three hours before the race. Easily digested food such as cereal , toast and scrambled egg is best, with as much fluid as possible. Runners should drink water about half an hour before the race to keep up the body fluid. Question: Hard training before a marathon can _ . Options: A: make the game easier B: keep the players healthy C: help the players to make more progress D: have more fans
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C

Ques:Read the article and select the best answer. Article: One day, a physically-deformed man came to our college and on his back was a notice saying, "Free shoe repairing for college students". Repairing shoes for free? Most of us didn't believe it, and some even thought that it was just a device to the students who would have to pay for shoes once they had been repaired. But the man just smiled and said, "Save your money to buy some books." These words really surprised me and I talked with him, "You need to make a living. Why do you repair shoes for us for free?" He answered, while keeping on working, "I'm an illiterate , but I know how important knowledge is for everyone. So I'd like to serve the students like you. I hope you can do well in your studies. In my opinion, money isn't everything in life." After the chat, I felt he was great compared with me. He, a physically-deformed man who couldn't walk without a wheelchair, still tried his best to devote himself to society. I would like to thank him because he gave me a new direction in my life, and taught me what the true value of life is. ,. Question: What words of the physically-deformed man surprised the writer? Options: A: Save your money to buy some books. B: Free shoe repairing for college students. C: How important knowledge is for everyone. D: Money isn't everything in life.

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: It's three thirty in the afternoon at Raynham Primary School in London. Students are ready for their after-school math lesson. Thousands of kilometers away, their math tutors are also arriving for class. Each pupil gets an online tutor. The students work on their computer screen and wear a headset to talk to their tutor. Their classroom teacher, Altus, says he has seen an improvement in results. Nine-year-old Samia says she enjoys the online lessons. She said, "It helps me because sometimes when we're doing it in class, I don't hear the teacher very much and I don't understand, but online is better." Tom Hooper started the company. It provides the online tutoring. The company is called Bright Spark Education. Children today feel very confident online, so they enjoy their learning. Online tutoring costs between twenty and twenty-five dollars an hour. An online tutor is about half the cost of traditional face-to-face tutoring. Bright Spark Education says the online tutoring is used only as an addition to the regular teaching. The company says its service doesn't _ the teachers' jobs in Britain. Some parents say they are pleased with the results. But some students still hate math. Even with the latest technology to teach it, math is still not everyone's favorite subject. Question: How much do you have to pay for learning for two hours online at least? _ Options: A: 50 dollars. B: 25 dollars. C: 20 dollars. D: 40 dollars
D