Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Does technology influence the purity of Chinese language? Yes! Many Chinese use messenger tools such as MSN or QQ, listen to music on MP3 players and blog on the Internet using ADSL ,but most people don't know the Chinese meanings of the abbreviations, as many English letters have become part of the local lexicon . some parents are so crazy about English letters that a couple tried to name their baby "@", they say the character used in email addresses reflects their love for the child. While the "@" is obviously familiar to Chinese e-mail users, they often use the English word "at" to pronounce it , which sounds like ai ta, or "love him", to Putonghua speakers. "Nowadays, more and more English abbreviations are being used in Chinese, making them an important part of the modern language," said Hou Min, a professor at Communication University of China. "The abbreviations are very popular because they can be used easily," Hou said. "As more Chinese people learn foreign languages, especially English, in recent years, using abbreviations has become a trend among some educated people," she said. Some language scholars fear _ will influence the purity of Chinese and cause confusion in communication. Question: This passage mainly talks about _ . Options: A: English abbreviations isn't used in Chinese widely. B: Technology influences the purity of Chinese language. C: Some parents think it important to name their baby "@". D: Using abbreviations has become a trend among some educated people.
B

Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881.His father was a painter and art teacher who gave his son the first lesson in drawing.He won a prize--"Science and Charity" for his first important painting when he was only fifteen.He studied in several cities in Spain.But there was no one to teach him all that he wanted to know.When he was nineteen,he visited Paris. Paris was then the center of the world for artists.Everything that was new and exciting in the world of paintings seemed to happen there.When he was twenty-three,Picasso moved there to live and lived in France for the rest of his life. When he was over ninety,this great painter still lived his life like a young man.He was still looking for new ideas and new ways to use his artistic materials. When he died in 1973,he was ninety-one years old. ,. Question: What did Pablo Picasso's father do? Options: A: A worker. B: A painter. C: An artist. D: A teacher.
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Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Hello, I'm Jack. Please look at the picture of my classroom. On the front wall, there is a blackboard.It's very big. In front of the blackboard, there is a yellow desk. It's for our teachers. There is a computer on it. On the right wall there is a map of China. On the black ( ) wall of our classroom is a blackboard. We can write and draw on it. There are forty students in my class. Everyone has a desk and a chair. In my classroom, my desk is next to Li Fang's desk. She is on my left . And Tim is on my right. In front of me is John . Who is behind me ? It's a girl, Amy. They are my good friends. Question: How many blackboards are there in the classroom ? Options: A: One B: Two C: Three D: Four
A: B

Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: We can't live without love and we know what love is, but we don't say only humans know what love is. Yes, it's impossible for animals to do some things because of their physical body. However, sometimes some of them might be able to show us the love that we have forgotten on our "busy road", just like the following story. A dog, was knocked down by a car and died in the middle of the road. Later, another dog ran beside the body of the dead dog and he tried to wake his friend up using his legs. When his effort to wake up his friend failed, he tried to push his friend to the roadside. But his friend was too heavy for him to push. Though traffic was busy and dangerous, he wouldn't want to go away from his friend, just standing beside his friend shouting and crying. A lot of people saw this story and were very touched . Even a dog can show his loyalty and love to his friend, what can our humans do? Question: The other dog saw it lying in the middle of the road and it wanted to _ first. Options: A: wake his friend up B: push his friend to the roadside C: catch up with the car D: stop the traffic
Answer: A

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: When the weather is hot, you go to a lake or an ocean. When you are near a lake or an ocean, you feel cool. Why? The sun makes the earth hot, but it can not make the water hot. Though the air over the earth becomes hot, the air over the water stays cool. The hot air over the earth goes up, then the cool air over the water moves in and takes the place of the hot air. When you are near a lake or an ocean, you feel the cool air when _ moves in. You feel the wind and the wind makes you cool. Of course, scientists cannot answer all of our questions. If we ask "Why is the ocean full of salt?" scientists will say that the salt comes from rocks. When a rock gets very hot or very cool, it cracks , and rain falls into the cracks. The rain then carries the salt into the earth and the rivers. The rivers carry the salt into the ocean. But then we ask "What happens to the salt in the ocean? The ocean does not get saltier every year. " scientists are not sure about the answer to the question. We know a lot about our world. But there are still many answers that we do not have, and we are curious . Question: The main idea of this passage is that _ Options: A: people feel cool when they are near a lake or an ocean. B: scientists can explain many things, but not everything. C: scientists can explain everything about the ocean. D: the salt in the ocean comes from rocks.
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: I have a dog . It's a girl dog. She is two years old. Her ears and eyes are big. But she has a small nose and a small mouth. Her hair is long. She has four long legs, too. Does she have mum and dad? Yes! They come from Cuba. What's her name? Can you guess? Her name is Juzi, because she is orange. Wow, she is my toy dog. Question: Juzi's mum and dad are from _ . Options: A: Chinese B: Cuba C: Canada. D: America
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B