*Question*
A poor farmer had never left his small village. After he made a lot of money, he decided to spend a holiday in an excellent hotel in a big town. When lunchtime came on his first day there, he went to eat it in the restaurant of the hotel in his new clothes. The headwaiter showed him to the table, took his order and went away. When he returned and looked at the farmer again, he was surprised. The farmer had tied his table cloth round his neck. The headwaiter immediately told another waiter to go to the farmer and tell him that people mustn't do such a thing in his restaurant. So the waiter went to the farmer and said in a friendly voice, "Good morning, Sir. Would you like a haircut.?" Why do you think the farmer tied the cloth round his neck? _ . A) He didn't want to make his clothes dirty B) He want to have his hair cut C) The headwaiter told him to do that D) He saw some other people doing this
**Answer**
A

*Question*
Jim is an American. He is now living in China. He gets up at about half past six and has breakfast at seven o'clock. After breakfast,he says goodbye to his parents and leaves home at half past seven. He usually goes to school on foot. He gets there at five minutes to eight. He has his first class at eight. Morning classes are over at ten past twelve and he has lunch five minutes later,at about a quarter past twelve. After lunch he plays with his friends. Afternoon classes begin at half past one. Usually there are two lessons in the afternoon. They finish at half past three. Usually he plays games or other things at school,and he gets home at about a quarter past five. He has supper at six and then does his homework and then watches TV. He goes to bed at about half past ten. How does he go to school? A) By bus. B) By bike. C) On foot. D) By train.
**Answer**
C

*Question*
My Favorite Sweater by Bonnie Highsmith Taylor My favorite sweater grew too small. I love that sweater best of all. My grandma made it when I was three. She made that sweater just for me. I picked the yam , a special blue. The color of bluebells, wet with dew . When I was three I was very small. But now I'm five and much too tall. I have a new jacket now that's green. So I gave my sweater to our cat Queen. Queen just had kittens out in the shed . My favorite sweater is now their bed. The girl in this poem is _ years old now. A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6
**Answer**
C

*Question*
I still remember quite clearly the day when my parents got divorced . Dad kissed me goodbye and left. For a long time 'Mum and I lived a peaceful life. Then one day, Jim came over for lunch wearing a blue suit with a short brown tie and a green shirt I couldn't believe this was going to be my new stepfaLher. It couldn't be true that my beautiful mother would many someone who dressed like a clown . I hated him. Lunch was terrible. Mother kept trying to start a conversation, but neither Jim nor I would say much. Finally I offered to bring in the dessert just to get away from the clown Something unpleasant happened, but I didn't mean to do it. I guess the plate slipped. But one minute I was handing Jim his blackberry pie, and the next, dark purple berries were oozing all over his shirt and tie. I was mortified. My face turned bright red. Jim looked very much surprised at first, but then he began to laugh. I started to laugh too. Maybe this guy was all right, after all. Then I had a quick look at my mother. She looked happier than I had seen her in a long time.[:ZXXK] From the story we might guess that _ . A) Jim didn't seem likeable at first B) the writer liked Jim from the start C) Jim was angry with the writer D) Jim didn't like blackherry pie
**Answer**
A