Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: A beautiful and very successful actress was the star for a new musical show. Her home was in the country, but she didn't want to go back there every night, so she bought an expensive house in the center of the city, got some beautiful furniture and got a man to paint the rooms in new colour. It was very difficult to get tickets for her show in the evening, because everyone wanted to see it. So she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of month, when she got the painter's bill. At the bottom of it were these words: "Four hours from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. watching Miss Hall sing and dance: 3 pounds," with this note: "Before 5:00 p.m. I get 10 shillings an hour and after 5:00 p.m. 15 shillings." Question: The actress got the painter's bill _ . Options: A: to ask for the money of his painting work B: to ask her to pay for his watching her show C: in which he showed his thanks for the tickets D: in which he expressed his dissatisfaction
A: B

Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Dear Mike, How are you? Are you still coming to my birthday party in January? My family, friends and classmates are all coming. The party is on Monday, January 13 at 6:00. It's at Uncle Tom's restaurant in the city. First, we can eat and talk from 6:00 to 7:45. After that we can go to a movie in ZJG Shopping Park near Zhonglian(GDH) International Hotel. Every Monday, there's a movie on at 8:00. I hope you can come. You can meet my other friends and my sisters, too. Write soon! Kathy Question: Where are they going to have the party? Options: A: ZJG Shopping Park. B: Zhonglian(GDH) International Hotel. C: Uncle Tom's restaurant. D: At Kathy's home.
A: C

Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Hello! I'm Sally Hand. I'm an English girl. I'm in EEC Middle School. Here's a picture of my room. A bed, a desk and a chair are in it. They are green. A computer is on the desk. Next to the computer is my telephone. It's red. My phone number is 523-6851. I always call my cousin in the evening. He is in China. Can you see a ring? It's on the desk, too. What's that under the chair? It's my dog. It's Kelly. Kelly is always under the chair. Can you see a tape player on the bed? It's mine. Some tapes are on the bed, too. Question: You can know the following EXCEPT _ . Options: A: her dog's name B: her cousin's name C: her telephone number D: the name of her school
A: B

Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: If you have failed in the past to try to make big changes in life,try again now,one tiny step at a time. Every year it's the same.As December comes to an end,you think about the new year and all the ways you want to improve your life. But as you start to write down your hopes for the new year,you think about the last year.You excitedly write down all the changes you are going to make,but by the end of January those ideas get lost in your busy life. Here's a suggestion:Forget the too big,hard-to-achieve goals and just think about the small ones."We often think that we have to do everything in big steps, even though it's so hard for us to reach it." said Robert Maurer,who recently wrote the book One Small Step Can Change Your Life."What we try to do is to begin with such a small step that we can't find any excuse not to do it." "Kaizen",a Japanese word,is used to mean to change behavior and attitudes .During World War Il,American factory managers were able to increase productivity by trying small, continuous improvements instead of sudden changes.After the war,the idea was brought to a rebuilding Japan.It made Japan develop fast. The Japanese called it "kaizen", which means "improvement". Maurer studied the idea and did some experiments with it. "Kaizen" could possibly help people succeed in doing everything Question: The writer of the passage suggests we should _ . Options: A: make changes at the end of the year B: do few experiments with "kaizen" C: do things with hard-to-achieve goals D: take a tiny step to achieve big goals
A: D