Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Four men who would become fathers were in a hospital waiting room while their wives were going to give birth to their babies. The nurse arrived and proudly said to the first man, "Congratulations, sir. You're the father of twins!" "What a surprise! Believe it or not! I work for the Minnesota Twins Baseball teams!" Later the nurse returned and congratulated the second father on the birth of his triplets . "Wow! That's unbelievable! I work for the 3M Company." An hour later, the nurse returned to congratulate the third man on the birth of his quadruplets . Surprised, he only could answer, "I don't believe it! I work for the Four Seasons Hotel!" After this, everyone turned to the fourth man who had just fallen down. The nurse ran fast to his side. As he slowly came to himself, they could hear him speak in a very low voice over and over, "I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven." Question: Why did the fourth man fall down after hearing the nurse's words? - He was afraid of having so many babies. - He was seriously ill. - He was too excited. - He was very glad to have 7 babies.
He was afraid of having so many babies.

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: A large book NBA star Yao Ming's English autography will come out in New York, US , this month. It is called "Yao: A Life in Two Worlds." It talks about his first year in the NBA. Yao wrote it with a US report. Alicia's Coming American singer Alicia Keys,23, will be in the "Wall of Hope" concert with other stars, on the Great Wall, in Beijing, on September 25. The R& B singer is a five-time Grammy winner. Top singing award Taiwanese singer Jay Chou, 25, won Best Male singer at the Fourth Chinese Music Billboard Awards , in Taipei, on Saturday. Football winners the Chinese under-17 football team is No. 1 in Asia. They won the Asian U-17 Championship in Japan on Saturday. They beat the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1-0. After 85 minutes, Wang Weilong shot the only goal. They took the cup for the first time in 12 years. Question: "Wall of Hope" concert _ . - was given by Alicia - was given in America - was given by 23 stars - was given by Alicia and other stars
was given by Alicia and other stars

Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: "Cool" is a word with many meanings. It means a little cold at first. As time changes, the word gets many different meanings. We can use "cool" when we talk about something wonderful or somebody looking smart. For example. When you see a beautiful and expensive car in the street, you can say, "It is cool." You may think the popular singer Jay Chow is cool. You can also use the word to mean something new and surprising. Here is an example. One day a teacher took the students to a farm and then asked them to write something about the visit. One of her students just wrote, "The farm is so cool." Because he thought "cool" was the best word to show what he saw and felt. It also shows some people don't have enough words. Without "cool", they seem to have no other words to use. Can you think of any other words like "cool: with so many meanings? If you can they are also very "cool". Question: "You may think the popular singer Jay Chow is cool". Here "cool" means - a little cold - a little hot - new and surprising - good-looking
A: good-looking

Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: What do you think of singing? If you love it, you will like the TV show Don't Forget the Lyrics. It is a popular singing show in America. This program started from July 11th, 2007. So how does this new singing show work? The _ need to have much knowledge of lyrics. In the show, the contestants have to sing the songs with right lyrics. When he finishes a song with wrong lyrics, he can't sing again. If he finishes all ten songs with right lyrics, he is the winner and he can get a very good prize. You may say, "I can't sing well, but I remember many lyrics of beautiful songs. Can I join it?" Don't worry! The show says, "You don't have to sing it well. You just have to sing it right." Every music lover can join it. Question: What is Don't Forget the Lyrics? - A popular singing show. - A popular story - A popular movie - A popular song.
Answer: A popular singing show.

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: I came to the USA because I needed to study English here. I went to an English language school. I was not a beginner, but I was not good at English. At the end of the first term, I could read, write and speak, and I thought I was good at them. However, I was not good at understanding when people spoke to me. My teacher said," Why don't you repeat the classes?" I was not happy. I made progress every month, so I did not want to repeat them. However, it was true -- I was not good at understanding when people spoke to me. My teacher said, "Repeating the classes is a good way to practice listening. And if you repeat them, you will understand more spoken English." In the end, I repeated the classes. In the second term, I studied the same books that I did in the first term. My teacher was right. It was a good idea. Now, after studying English for a year, I can understand more spoken English. And I know that reading, writing and speaking are not enough; listening is also very important. Question: The writer didn't want to repeat the classes at first because _ . - he had no time to do that - he learnt the book very well - there was nobody helping him - he thought he made progress every month
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he thought he made progress every month

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Hello, boys and girls. I have a photo. Let's have a look at it. This is me. My name is Jack. I'm in No.1 Middle School. This is my mother. She is a Chinese teacher. And this is my father. He is tall and strong. He is an English teacher. My mother and my father are not in my school. Look at the girl. She is my sister, Mary. She is clever. Mary has a dog. It's Spotty. Spotty is my good friend too. All of us are very happy. Question: Mary is Jack's _ . - classmate - cousin - sister - teacher
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sister