Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: These classmates all had good jobs and made lots of money. They talked happily. Then their talk soon turned to complaining about the stress in work and life. The teacher went to the kitchen and came back with a large pot of coffee and many cups--china ones, plastic ones and glass ones. Some are plain looking, some are expensive and some are lovely. The teacher told them to help themselves to the coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the teacher said, "Can you notice that all of you took nice-looking expensive cups, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones? You want only the best for yourselves, and that is the source of your problems." "What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you went for the best cups and then began looking at each other's cups." "Now think about this: life is the coffee, and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold, and do not change the life. Sometimes, by caring only about the cups, we fail to enjoy the coffee. So don't let the cups drive you, and enjoy the coffee instead." Question: What is the best title of this passage? - Coffee or Cup - An Old Teacher - Stress in Your Life - What Do You Want
Coffee or Cup

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Once, there was a big apple tree. A little boy loved to climb to the tree top, ate the apples and played around it. With time on, the little boy grew up. He no longer played around it every day. One day, the boy came back, sad. "Come and play with me," the tree said. "I am no longer a kid." The boy replied, " I need money to buy toys." "I don't have money..., but you can pick all my apples and sell them." The boy was so excited. He picked all apples and left happily. The boy never came back after that. One day, the boy returned. "Come and play with me," the tree said happily. "I have no time to play. We need a house for my family." "You can cut off my branches." So the boy cut all the branches off the tree and left happily. But he never came back since then. Again, the boy returned and said. " I want to make a _ across the sea. Can you give me a boat?" "Use my trunk to build your boat." So the boy cut the trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a long time. Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many years. "Sorry, my boy. But I don't have anything for you anymore. the only thing left is my dying roots." the tree said with tears. "I don't need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years." The boy replied. "Good! Old tree roots is the best place to rest. Come and rest with me." The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears. You may think that the boy is cold to the tree but that's how we are treating our parents. The tree is our parents. When we were young, we loved to play with them. When we grow up, we leave them, and only come to them when we need something or when we are in trouble. Whatever we ask for, parents will give everything they have and always be there waiting for us home. Question: The passage mainly tells us _ . - parents hardly give help when children are in trouble - whatever we ask for, parents try to meet our needs in their whole life - children always do something to thank their parents' great effort and help in return - children always care about parents' feeling as they grow up
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whatever we ask for, parents try to meet our needs in their whole life

Ques: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Time can be categorized into three general types: Predictable Time: Such activities as classes, team practice, eating and sleeping. If you know the restaurant is open between 7:00am and 7:30pm, you should plan to eat sometime between that block of time. Discretionary Time: This is free time that can be planned in a manner matching with your lifestyle and to carry through the most important considerations in your life. _ : Activities including unexpected and difficult or dangerous situations which happen suddenly and which require quick action to deal with them. How to manage your Time: Value Your Own Situation. The first step is to know yourself. People work differently. Some people are very active in the early morning and can carry out much at that time. Others find that their most powerful time is later in the day. Get Organized. Make a shopping list or make some type of planned notebook. This may seem simple but you would be surprised how many people do not use these necessary things. Prepare a To-Do List. Consider all that you wish to complete and make a list. Prioritize these items using three rules A, B, C: A=" Most" important goal that needs to be completed very soon B=" Next" important goal that does not have immediate necessity C=" Finally," do all other things. Plan Your Time. Fill in any spaces purposely left blank, and block out time to sleep. Be realistic, most college students don't go to bed at 9 pm. Choose time for recreation each day. Plan Study Time. Students should study 2-3 hours for every unit, for a total of 25-35 hours per week. Time management is a system of learning to give first concern to the tasks you wish to complete. The key to being a good time manager is to learn to make full use of discretionary time and try to use it successfully. Question: What is the passage mainly about? - Time preference. - Time management. - Importance of managing time. - Instructions of saving time.
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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: I am a Chinese boy. My name is Li Lei. I am twelve. My sister's name is Li Mei. She's Fourteen. Li Mei and I are students. We like school. My mother is a teacher. She is a teacher of English. My father is a policeman. My young brother's name is Li Hong. He is only four. We all like him. Question: How many brothers does Li Lei have? - Three. - Two. - One. - Four.
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One.

Ques:Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: One day Mrs Jones goes shopping alone . When Mr Jones comes home in the evening, she begins to tell him about a beautiful dress. "I see it in a shop this morning," she says, "and..." "And you want to buy it," says Mr Jones, "how much is it?" "Fifteen pounds." Every evening, when Mr Jones comes back from work, his wife goes on talking only about the dress. And at last, after a week, he says, "Oh, buy the dress! Here's the money!" She is very happy. But the next evening, when Mr Jones comes home and asks, "Have you got the famous dress?" She says, "No." Why not?" he says. "Well, it is still in the window of the shop after a week. I think nobody else wants this dress. So I think it is not a good one!" Question: From the story we can know _ . - Mrs Jones is a housewife, she doesn't have much money - Mr Jones doesn't like his wife - Mr Jones comes home for lunch every day - Mrs Jones doesn't like the things if others like them

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Mrs Jones is a housewife, she doesn't have much money