Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Dear Grace, How are you? Thank you for your last e-mail. You want to know about my school clubs, right ? Well, it's time for us to join the school clubs now. There are many clubs in my school, like the English club, the art club, the music club and the sports club. I have two good friends, Jack and Lisa. We all want to join the school clubs. I want to join the music club, because I can play the guitar. I can't speak English well, but I also want to join the English club. Jack likes sports. He can play soccer and basketball. He is in the school soccer team . He wants to join the sports club. He can play the guitar, too. But he doesn't want to join the music club. Lisa likes drawing. She wants to join the art club. She also speaks English very well. I think she can be in the English club. But she can't be in the music club. She can't play any instruments . Are there any clubs in your school? What club are you in? Please write an e--mail and tell me about your school clubs. Yours, Jane Question: Grace wants to know Jane's _ . Options: A: school clubs B: school life C: new friends D: favorite sports
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Paper was first made in the year 105. It was made by a Chinese named Cai Lun. People in Japan learned of paper around the year 600. As years went by, people in other places began to make paper. The lead pencil is not made of lead. It is made of graphite . People found graphite in 1564. They thought it was a kind of lead. Today we still call pencils "lead pencils". The first pencils were made by putting strings around sticks of graphite. The first wooden pencils were made by Kasper Faber from Germany in 1761. Erasers like those we use today were first made in France by a man named Magellan in 1752. It was Hyman L. Lipman who first put eraser on the ends of pencils. And that is how the pencils come to be. Question: Which of the following statements is NOT true? Options: A: Paper was first made in China. B: Graphite isn't a kind of lead. C: The first wooden pencils were made in Germany. D: Hyman L. Lipman made the first erasers.
D

Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: The mystery stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are famous all over the world. The detective in his stories is called Sherlock Holmes. He solves mysteries in a most surprising way. His assistant, Dr Watson, watches with admiration and then writes up the story of the mystery afterwards. This is a useful story writing skill. Because Watson is not very clever, the story remains a mystery until the end. The readers can sometimes pick up some clues before he does! Then, to make Watson understand the mystery, Holmes has to explain it all, step by step. So we, the readers, get to see it step by step too. Watson is almost as good a character in the story as Sherlock Holmes! The very first time they meet, Holmes greatly surprises Watson. When they are first introduced, Holmes says to Watson, 'How do you do? I see you have been to Afghanistan .' Watson is too amazed by this to ask Holmes how he knows this. Watson has, indeed, been to Afghanistan. Later, he asks Holmes about it. Holmes explains that there is nothing magical about what he does. He gets to know it all by very, very careful observation . Observation One Watson was introduced to Holmes as a doctor. Yet Holmes thought that the way he stood and walked made him seem like a soldier. So, this meant he was probably an army doctor. Observation Two Watson's face was quite dark skinned. But his wrists were pale. So his dark face was probably sun burnt. This meant that he had been to a hot, sunny country. Observation Three At the time, the British army had soldiers at bases in many parts of the world. So there were still a lot of places to choose from. However, Holmes saw that Watson looked very tired and he was always holding his left arm, as if it was painful. So, he had probably been with the army to a place where they were fighting. There was only one place where the British army was fighting at that time: Afghanistan. Question: From the passage we know that the British army _ at that time. Options: A: only had soldiers in Afghanistan B: had many army doctors at bases in many parts of the world C: was fighting with several countries D: was fighting with Afghanistan
A: D

Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Food is very important.Everyone needs to eat well if he wants to have a strong body.Our minds also need a kind of food.This kind of food is knowledge . When we are very young,we start getting knowledge.Kids like watching and listening.Color pictures especially interest them.When kids are older,they enjoy reading.When something interests them,they love to ask questions. Our minds,like our bodies,always need the best food.Studying on our own brings the most knowledge. If someone is always telling us answers,we never learn well.When we study correctly and get knowledge on our own,we learn more and understand better. Question: Our bodies need _ . Options: A: books B: rice C: food D: drink
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Mr. and Mrs. Harris had always spent their summer holidays in a small hotel at the seaside near their hometown. One year, however, Mr. Harris made a lot of money in his factory, so they decided to go to a foreign country and stay at a really good hotel. They flew to Paris, and arrived at a 5-star hotel late in the evening. They thought they would have to go to bed hungry, because in that small hotel where they used to stay in the past, no meals were served after seven in the evening. They were surprised to be told that the hotel served dinner until ten. "Then what are the times of meals?" asked Mrs. Harris. "Well, Madam, we serve breakfast from seven to eleven, lunch from twelve to three, tea from four to five, and dinner from six to ten." "But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the city!" said Mrs. Harris. Question: What did Mrs. Harris think of the times of the meals in the hotel? Options: A: She thought they would have enough time to see the city. B: She thought they would have to spend too much time on meals instead of travelling. C: She thought they would have enough time to have meals. D: She thought the times were suitable and felt very satisfied.
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B

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Bill Gates has a nice house on a hill by Lake Washington. Inside the house there are seven bedrooms, 24 bathrooms, six kitchens and six fireplaces. It even has a theatre, a library, an exercise room and a swimming pool. You can say the house is very big. However, it doesn't look so big, because a large part of it is in the hills. The house is famous for many reasons. One is its large size, and another is its amazing electronic systems . Before a visitor goes into the house, he/she gets a chip at the gate. The chip sends information about the visitor to the electronic systems in the house. When the visitor goes into the house, lights are on automatically . When the visitor goes into a room, the temperature will change to make the visitor comfortable. When the visitor goes from one room to another, he/she can hear music. Bill Gates began to build his house in 1990. It took him about 7 years to build it. Question: Which is the best title for the passage? Options: A: Bill Gates' dream home B: Bill Gates' house C: Bill Gates and his house D: Bill Gates' family
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B