Ques: A great French writer says that we should help everyone as much as possible because we often need help ourselves. The small even can help the great. Then he tells a simple story. An ant is drinking at a small stream and falls in. She tries to reach the side but makes no progress at all. The poor ant, almost exhausted, is still doing her best when a bird sees her. Moved with pity the bird throws a blade of grass into the water. It supports the ant like a boat, and the ant reaches the bank. When she is having a rest in the grass, she sees a man walking along barefooted and carrying a gun in his hand. He wants to kill the bird nearby. When he raises his gun to fire, the ant bites him in the foot. So he stops to look down and the bird flies away quickly. It is an animal much weaker and smaller than herself that has saved her life. The French writer tells the story in order to show _ . A) how an ant saved a bird B) how brave the ant was C) how clever the ant was D) even the small can help the great
Ans: D

Ques: The first ting we do is to put an APB and this goes to all the police stations in the country. Next we telephone the hospitals. Often the person we are looking for has been in an accident. Then we might try parents, friends or relatives they might be with. We try to follow their movements and to find the last person they saw in local or national papers--especially papers they might read. There are other things we can do: put posters in places where they might be, go on television. Here in America there is a magazine in which there are photographs of missing children. This is often the last hope. Of course, with nearly two million missing children every year, we can't do all these things for everyone. We haven't got the time, or the money , or the people who work for it. They put photos in newspapers or put posters because they think A) people will tell them what will happen to the missing persons B) the missing persons might come back after reading them C) everyone will know the missing persons D) all the people will read them
Ans: B

Ques: Alice always wanted to be a singer. Music was the most important thing in her life, but to tell you the truth, she took lessons for years, practiced every day, but in spite of all this, her voice didn't improve. Honestly, it didn't get better, it just got louder. Her teacher finally gave up and stopped the lessons, but Alice refused to quit , and one day she decided to give a concert and invited her mere teacher to attend. The teacher was very worried about what to say after the performance. She knew it would be terrible and it was. She didn't want to tell a lie, but she didn't want to hurt Alice's feelings either. Finally, she got an idea and went backstage to greet her former pupil. "Well," said Alice, "what did you think of my performance?" "My dear," said the teacher, "you'll never be better than you were tonight." What is really mean by saying "you'll never be better than you were tonight"? A) You have given an excellent performance tonight. B) You haven't made any improvement and neither will you. C) You have never sung so well before. D) You did much better before than tonight.
Ans: B

Ques: Blue is the most attractive eye colour according to a new research. Blue eyes like those belonging to sexy star Angelina Jolie are the most appealing colour according to a pool of 3,000 18-24yearolds by Fresh Look One Day Colour. Angelina,her partner Brad Pitt and his exwife Jennifer Aniston all have blue eyes and all been named in a top twenty of the world's most desirable eyes. The survey found that young folk with blue eyes is generally seen as being more flirtatious,sexy and kind. And when asked if they would change the colour of their eyes if they could,only one in ten blueeyed people wanted to,significantly less than people with other colour eyes. One in three people who didn't have blue eyes wanted a change. One quarter of respondents have considered wearing coloured contact lenses to change their eye colour temporarily--and blue is the most wanted colour. Green was the second most popular colour for those wanting a new look,with respondents saying greeneyed people were usually mysterious and creative. People with brown or hazel eyes were perceived to be more trustworthy than people with other eye colours. People with grey eyes were generally thought to be more intelligent than other people,and they were also described as usually being shy. Blue was the most common eye colour among respondents,with 41 percent of those who answered the survey having baby blue peepers and 39 percent having brown or hazel eyes. The survey also found that 18 percent of people don't know what colour eyes their partner has. Which of the following is the best title of the passage? A) Who have the most charming eyes in the world? B) Blue--the most attractive eye colour. C) A survey result on eye colours. D) Different eye colours in the world.
Ans:
B