Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Joe Brown has a shop. He sells meat in his shop. One Thursday a woman comes into his shop at five to one. "I'm sorry I'm late," she says. "I need some more meat for my dinner tonight." Joe has only one piece of meat in his shop. He takes it out of the fridge and says, "This is $6.50." "That piece is too small," the woman says, "Don't you have anything bigger?" Joe goes into the room behind his shop, puts the piece of meat into the fridge, takes it out of the fridge again and closes the door with lots of noise. Then he brings the piece of meat to the woman and says, "This piece of meat is bigger and more expensive. It's $8.75." "Good," the woman says with a smile, "give me both of them, please." Question: Joe Brown was _ . Answer:

OPTIONS:
- a waiter
- a runner
- a player
- a shopkeeper

A: a shopkeeper

Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Are there Harry Porter books in your schooI library? Many kids all over the world are reading J. K. Rowling's books in school. But some parents think their children shouldn't be able to find those and other books in schooI libraries. Should schooI Iibraries keep books that some parents don't _ ? Should they take those books off the shelves? All over the country, schools are trying to find solutions to this problem. Read these arguments. Then decide for yourself. Yes! Some Books Sould Be Banned from School Libraries! "We need certain limits ,"said one student. He said some books have no place in school Iibraries. Books should meet certain standards before they are put in schooIs. Is this a good book for kids to read? Is it fuII of violence ? Does it include bad words or ideas kids shouId not learn about? If a book is not good for all kids, it should not be in a schooI Iibrary. Most parents know what's good for kids. They have a right to decide which books should or should not be in schooI Iibraries. If parents don't have time to find out everything their kids read, they should trust schooIs to do that for them. No! Books Should Not Be Banned from School Libraries! "Parents should decide what their own kids read, "said Natalie Nicol, a student. "But other parents shouldn't make that choice for them. " Many experts say that it's the parents' job, not the schooI's job, to check out what their kids are reading. If they don't Iike a book, they should not let their kids read it. Why should a few parents stop kids from reading stories like the Harry Potter series? Kids should be able to check out books their parents think are OK to read it. Many schooIs Iet kids borrow certain books if they have a signed paper from a parent. That works fine. A parent doesn't sign the paper if he or she doesn't want the child to read the book. Other kids can read the books if they have permission. Some books are not OK for all kids to read. But if more adults were careful about what their own kids read, they wouldn't have to ban... Question: What is the passage mainly about? Answer:

OPTIONS:
- Whether students should read certain books or not.
- Whether some limits should be set on books or not.
- Whether some books should be in schooI libraries or not.
- Whether parents should choose good books for kids or not.

A: Whether some books should be in schooI libraries or not.

Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Mr Smith is an English teacher. He comes from America. He has a daughter. Her name is Amy, and she is a good engineer in New York. Mr Smith likes traveling very much, and he can speak Spanish very well. Now he is in China, so he wants to learn some Chinese. He works very hard at his Chinese, and goes to Chinese classes every evening. He has a lot of friends in China and they often help him. He likes to talk with them. He tells his daughter that he can speak good Chinese, and he doesn't have anytrouble with his Chinese, but the Chinese have a lot . Question: Where does he learn Chinese? _ . Answer:

OPTIONS:
- In an evening school .
- At home.
- In his friend's home.
- In a park.

A: In an evening school .

Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Bob Harris was a weatherman at a small television station. He worked for twenty years and during those twenty years, he felt that his life was boring. Every day, he studied the weather and tried to predict the next day's weather. Then, he stood in front of the camera and read his report. Some days it was cloudy, some days it was sunny; sometimes rainy, while sometimes snowy. The weather changed each day, but Bob still felt that his job was always the same. His boss often told him to be happier and smile more in front of the camera, but Bob rarely smiled. He thought that most people did not watch his weather report and his job did not matter much to anyone. One day, he arrived at work and began to study the weather as usual. He noticed that something was different that day. Everything he studied told him that there was going to be a very big storm very soon, though he was not completely sure. Suddenly, Bob felt excited. He ran to his boss's office and asked to do a special weather report. The boss agreed and Bob gave a special report that afternoon, warning people of the coming storm. Because of this report, many people were safe during the storm. Bob realized that his job was actually very important. Question: Why did Bob rarely smile when he was in front of the camera? Answer:

OPTIONS:
- Because he thought that his job did not matter much to anyone.
- Because he only worked for a small televison station.
- Because he did not like his boss.
- Because the weather report was boring.

A:
Because he thought that his job did not matter much to anyone.