Read the article and select the best answer. Article: When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person. When Dr. Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest. The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on. He talked about how watering trees made for shallow roots, and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important. So he never watered his trees. He'd planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention. Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They're very big and strong now. I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot. Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There's always cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won't be beaten down. Question: We know from the passage the doctor _ . Options: A: didn't know how to plant trees at all B: wasn't good at his own medical job C: had his own ways of planting trees D: had nothing to do but plant trees
C

Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Here are four famous festivals aroud the world .Are you familiar with all of them? Christmas is on 25 December.On the night before the festival ,young children hang up their stockings for the gift that Santa Clause gives .This festival is for the birth of Christ.All the people like this festival. In North America ,Halloween is on the last day of October . Families make lanterns from pumpkin .In the evening , children dress up well and go form house to house to ask for sweets or have parties at home. Mid-autumn Festival is a Chinese festival in the autumn . People wait to see a big around moon in the night sky . They eat moon cake and light lanterns . The longest day in the northern hemisphere is on 21 or 22 June each year . This is the middle of summer .There is a flower festival for four days each June in California , USA .There is a parade and people go to flower fields to look at the flowers. Question: In the middle of summer ,there is a _ festival in California . Options: A: flower B: parade C: gift D: summer
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Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: What's your favorite English letter ? Many of you may say Q. Why ? Because so many of you chat with your friends on QQ . What do you like about QQ? What do you talk about ? The CCTV reporter ,Miss Wang interviews three kids . Let's listen to what they say . When do you chat on QQ ? What do you talk about ? Lin Yuhan , Xi'an : On weekends . We talk about homework and chat with each other . Tang Yuting ,Shanghai : On weekends and when I don't have much homework .We exchange test answers and chat . Yang Yuhang , Dalian : Our class goes online together at 4--6pm on weekends , We complain about homework ,chat and talk about computer games . What do you put on your QQ blog ( )? Lin : I put good articles. I have found online on my blog . I also write articles myself . They are about funny things that have happened in my class . Tang : I put pictures on my blog . Not my own photos , but pictures from my favorite Japanese cartoons likeTennis Prince and Conan . Yang: I put DV films on my blog . I shoot ( )them during sports meetings and school parties .The most popular one is about a dancing teacher .It is so funny that everyone watches it . How do you like QQ? Lin : It's a good place for us to make a record of our lives of both good times and sad times . Tang : My friends and I may not have time to chat at school .But we can do it on QQ. It's very helpful to our friendships . Yang : If you chat with your friends on the telephone ,your parents sometimes listen in on your convercation . There is no such problem with QQ . You can relax and talk freely . Question: How many kids are interviewed about QQ? Options: A: Nine B: Six C: Three D: Two
A: C

Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: In America, people change jobs ten times during their lives. They change their homes eleven times. Americans like change because they think it _ their lives. In China, some people, of course, don't like change. They want life to be predictable . They want to do the same things every day and to see the same people every day. When something changes, it makes them feel uncomfortable, like a child who can't go to sleep unless all his toys are in their proper places. But can't you see there are many changes in China? People are healthier and they are living longer. People have more money, more food and they are better educated . Without change, our lives would be very boring. It would be like listening to the same song over and over again. Change is a big part of life and we all change in small ways every day --the young get stronger, the old get weaker; we meet new friends; we find new interests. Change is good for China and it will be good for you, too. Question: How many times do people in American change their jobs during their lives? Options: A: Nine. B: Ten. C: Eleven. D: Twelve.
Answer: B

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Mr. King works very long hours every day. He usually gets up at 5:30. He brushes his teeth quickly and goes to his workplace . Then he runs with some kids. After that he takes a shower. He eats his breakfast at 7:00. His work starts at 8:10. He is good at math and many boys and girls learn math from him. All the kids like him very much. He often talks or plays games with the kids. He usually goes to bed after 22:00. He is often very tired but he likes his job and loves the kids. He doesn't work on weekends. Mr. King likes reading at home on weekends. Sometimes some kids' parents come to his home to talk about their kids. When Monday comes, Mr. King gets busy again. Question: Mr. King is good at _ . Options: A: English B: science C: history D: math
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D