Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Giving someone good news is easy, but what about bad news? Are there any good ways to give bad news without making people too upset? The following steps might help: Say something positive. Try to start or end the conversation with some good news, so that it's not all bad. For example, " You did very well in the interview, but unfortunately we've given the job to somebody else." Prepare your listener for the news. Use phrases to introduce what you're going to say, like "Unfortunately, ...", " I'm really sorry , but..." or " I'm afraid I've got some bad news." This gives the listener time to prepare for what you're going to say. Try to give a reason. People like know why things go wrong. Try to explain the decision. If someone doesn't get the job, can you explain why? If you have to cancel an appointment, try to give a reason. Use a soft _ of voice. If you're giving someone bad news, try to use a soft, calm voice to make your sound kind. Say things to show you understand, like "I'm really sorry." Or "I know this must be disappointing." Question: The best title for the passage is " _ ". - Bad news can be good news - Good ways to give bad news - It's easy to give bad news - Giving bad news without any trouble
Good ways to give bad news

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Books are our best friends. They are very quiet, but we can always find both fun and knowledge once we open them. Here are two good books you can read during the holiday. Book: The Little Prince French writer :Antoine de Saint-Exupery Both adults and children love this classic book. It is about the adventure of a young prince. It shows the importance of innocence ( ) ,imagination and love. The little prince comes from planet B-612. In his eyes ,adults are all very strange. Unlike them, he sees the essence of things .He cares more about a flower and a sheep than the " important" things of adult world. The prince lives on his planet with a rose. He loves the rose very much. But he soon feels tired and leaves his planet. He meets many more strange adults on other planets. On Earth, he discovers interesting things such as a snake, other roses and a fox. The fox tells him a secret :Only the heart can discover the most important things. This helps the prince realize his love for the rose and he goes back to his planet. Book: To Succeed on One's Own( ) American Writer :Liu Yong Writer Liu Yong from Taiwan wrote this book for his daughter .It can help young people succeed. The book teaches you about student-teacher relationship, how to use your free time and even what kind of clothes to wear. It answers many of teenagers' most common questions. Liu uses his daughter's stories as an example to help readers understand the principles . His book is far from boring. There are lively stories and dialogues, with objective analysis ,hope and confidence from a good father. ,. Question: What does the prince do after the fox tells him a secret? - He cares more about a flower and a sheep. - He meets more many strange adults on other planets. - He discovers interesting things such as a snake, other roses and a fox. - He realizes his love for the rose and gets back to his planet.
He realizes his love for the rose and gets back to his planet.

Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Li Shizhen was born in 1518. When he grew up, he liked his father's job and he was interested in medicine. He read many books about medicine and found something wrong in them. So he decided to write a new one. He tried his best to study medicine. He set out many times on long trips to collect herbs and talked with old farmers. In this way, he learned a lot from the working people. After many years of hard work and study, Li Shizhen at last finished his great work, the Ben Cao Gang Mu in 1578. The book was one of the most important books in the medical science of the world. Question: He often traveled long way for _ . - farmer - work - trips - medicine
A: medicine

Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in a restaurant. It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. A lot of people crowded in it. The old man couldn't come near the fireplace. He thought and thought.At last he said to the waiters, " Take some fish to my horse." The waiter and the other people were very surprised. The waitered said, "A horse doesn't eat fish." The old man told the waiter, " The horse is _ . It can sing, dance and does all kinds of things. It can eat fish, too." So the waiter took some fish to the horse. All the people in the restaurant rushed out to see the horse eat fish except(......) the old man. Now the old man sat beside the fire. After a while the waiter returned and said. "Your horse didn't eat any fish." The old man said, "All right, take the fish back and put it on the table. I'll eat it." Question: Why did the old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse? Because _ - his horse like eating fish - he had a special fish - he wanted to sit near the fire, but wasn't able to do so at first. - he himself also liked to eat fish
Answer: he wanted to sit near the fire, but wasn't able to do so at first.

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: My name is Max. I am twelve years old. I have many friends. Most of them are as old as I. Some are older. Some are younger. My best friend is Bill. He lives near me. We go to the same school and we are in the same class. Bill helps me with my math homework. I help him with his English homework. Bill is taller than me. He is quite fat. He doesn't like sports, so he doesn't get much exercise. We both have black eyes, but Bill's hair is longer. I like sports and I play football or go swimming every day. Every Sunday morning Bill and I play computer games. Sometimes I win. Sometimes he wins. ,,2B. Question: Max and Bill both like to _ . - swim - play football - play computer games - play sports
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play computer games