Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: One of the things to be learnt in a foreign language is guessing all the time what kind of thing to come when listening to someone talking. People do this all the time in their own language, so it is necessary to do this in a foreign language, too. Here are some examples. 1." What's the matter?" "I went to a party last night, so I..." 2."I feel so tired these days." "I think you'd better..." 3."Of course, she never stops talking. She is one of the most..." You can see from the above three examples that the context helps a lot in understanding what is being talked about. So "guessing" is very important in understanding English, especially spoken English. Question: From the context, we can see maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 1 is _ . - ...so I didn't have a good time." - ...so I went to bed very late." - ...so I felt unhappy." - ...so I got up very early."
...so I went to bed very late."

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Environment California tries to protect the places we live, advance(;) the environmental values we share and do good things for our environment. Environment California is a statewide, citizen-based environmental organization. We believe there's something special about California -something worth protecting for the future generations. Whether it's our Pacific coastline, or our 278 state parks, California's natural wonders make our life colorful in different ways. Protecting our environment requires independent research, powerful advocacy and action. That's the idea behind Environment California. Together with thousands of supporters, we take the kind of action that is good for our environment.:Z. xx. k.Com] Funded by supporters like you, we research the challenges that California's environment is facing and educate the public about what's in danger. Through our research reports, interviews with reporters, letters to the editors, blogs and more, we raise people's awareness of environmental issues and offer good solutions. When decisions are being made about California's environment, our elected officials hear plenty from the oil companies, developers and other powerful groups. We make the case for our environment and help people like you make your voices heard through emails, letters, phone calls and more, all passed to the right people. Question: Which of the following things did NOT Environment California do? - Do good things for our environment. - Protect people in the city. - Advance the environmental values. - Protect the places we live.
Protect people in the city.

Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Can you write down a Chinese word being read to you? Sometimes it can be difficult when you find the word is not included in most dictionaries. Lu Jialei, 14, from Hangzhou Foreign Language School, won the CCTV Chinese Character Spelling Contest on Oct 18th, 2013. About 160 people competed. The host read a word to the contestant, explained its meaning and gave sample sentences. The contestant was required to write down the word. Winning the contest was a "surprise" to Lu. "I was not the smartest one," she said. "But I paid attention to details." To prepare for the contest, she and her teammates studied the Modern Chinese Dictionary for 10 days. There are more than 56,000 entries including characters, words and phrases in it. She also had a secret weapon. She studied how Chinese characters were formed. "When others paid attention to the plot of a story, she looked at how authors use words and sentences to express themselves," said Su Yunsheng, Lu's Chinese teacher. Su is happy to see students like Lu find the beauty of Chinese language. "Besides using something Chinese and having Chinese traditional festivals, learning to write Chinese characters is also an important part of inheriting Chinese culture," said Su. Question: Lu Jialei was born in _ . - 1997 - 1999 - 2001 - 2002
A: 1999

Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Many places in the world need more fresh water. Every country is trying to find ways to turn salt water into fresh. Why aren't there many factories like the Symi factory? In some places the sun is not hot enough. Or it does not shine every day. In such places other ways of heating sea water can be used. These ways cost more money, but they work faster than the sun. By boiling sea water with high heat a lot of fresh water can be made quickly. But heating is not the only way to get fresh water from salt water. Other ways are tried. One way is freezing. The fresh part of salt water freezes first. To get fresh water, the bits of ice are taken out. Which way is the best? The one that gives the most water for the least money. It may be a different way for each place. Symi's way seems very good for small, hot places. It does not make much water at a time. But the factory is easy to build and costs little. That is why people in many dry places talk about Symi. Question: Which is the best way for small and hot places to get fresh water? - Boiling the sea water. - Heating the sea water. - The Symi's way. - Freezing the sea water.
Answer: The Symi's way.

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Michael Jackson was one of the world's best singers. He was born in the middle west of the city of Gary, Indiana,in 1958. He began singing with his four brothers. They called the group, "The Jackson Five". The group became very popular after appearing on a television program. In 1970 the group made their their first record with the name of I Want You Back. It was very popular. One of their hit records was Never Say Goodbye. Michael was good at dancing as well as singing, for example, his dance moves and moon walking. He was asked to act in a film in 1978 for the first time, and in the same year he made a record on his own, which was sold eight million _ all over the world. Michael nearly didn't go out because he was too famous. Once his fans went off in a faint when they saw him at the concert. No one can do it by now. He lived in a large house and kept lots of animals. He never ate meat. He often raised money for charity. This made him win the Guinness world Records in 2006. He died on June 25th, 2009, but he would live in our hearts forever. Question: What's the name of their first record? - Never Say Goodbye - See You, See Me - I Want You Back - On the world
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I Want You Back

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Hong Kong Harbour Cruise By Night Enjoy your wonderful dinner on the ferry and see the fantastic city lights. Time: 7:00 pm~10:00 pm daily Price: With dinner Without dinner Adult: HK$300 HK$120 Child under 12: HK$ 210 HK$ 84 Start/ Stop: Kowloon Public Pier (Near Star Ferry Pier) Ticket Office:Star Company (123 Canton Road) Question: Where can they buy the tickets? - At Kowloon Public Pier. - Near Star Ferry Pier. - Star Company. - Office Company
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Star Company.