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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Americans think a great deal about time. From childhood they learn to value time. As children, they are taught to be on time to go to school, to do work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time flies. When a person is dying, they say he is living on borrowed time. Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working America has to work hard for 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week. This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money. Even Saturday and Sunday are filled with activities. In the street you can hardly see a man who walks slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running. They love time because time brings them money, comforts and progress. But sometimes they also hate time, for they feel they have become servants of the clock. Question: In his free time, an American usually _ . Options: A: has a good rest. B: plays cards with their friends C: stays at home all day and watched TV. D: gets more money by work.
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D

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Simon is a student in a middle school. He is very strong. He goes to No.6 Middle School on a bus. He's good at English. But he's often late for his English classes. His father is a doctor. He's big and tall. He works in a big hospital. His mother is a nurse. She's slim and pretty. They are in the same hospital. They all work hard. He loves his father and mother very much. His father and mother both go to work by bike. We can see bikes here and there. And China is a "country of bikes". Question: How does Simon go to school? Options: A: By bike. B: His father takes him to school every day. C: On foot. D: By bus.
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D

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: How do you get to school? Do you walk or take a bus? You could try a new way to go around Ningbo City from May, 2014. That is Ningbo Rail Transit. It is about 247.5 kilometers in all. The Line 1(1) started construction in June, 2009 and people could take the first half of Line 1 in May,2014. It is between Gaoqiao and Ningbo East New Town. And the second half opened in 2015. There are also other five lines to connect Haishu, Jiangdong, Jiangbei, Beilun and Yinzhou after Line1. The logo of Ningbo Rail Transit is a dynamic "Yong". It is another name for Ningbo. It says the traffic in Ningbo is active and fast. And the color of the logo is blue because Ningbo is a sea city. On the wall of six rail transit stops, there are a lot of beautiful pictures. They are about Ningbo culture. For example, at the Ximenkou Stop, it paints Tianyige Museum and many books. And it draws Moon Lake on the wall of Drum-tower Stop. All these pictures tell people the history of Ningbo. Question: Why are the pictures painted on the wall of some stops? Options: A: Because they are beautiful. B: Because they are maps. C: Because people can know the culture and history of Ningbo from the pictures. D: Because Ningbo is a sea city with active and fast traffic.
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C

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: A recent survey showed that only 9 percent of teens in the United States smoke cigarettes.That's down from 23 percent in 2000.While this is good news for the US's overall health, tobacco use is still a problem. Cigarettes can cause many diseases, such as cancer ,lung cliscases and heart problems.Although they know about the health problems, teenagers still smoke.So the _ of the US Anti-smoking Organization is working to end teenage smoking.Their latest activity uses social media to remind teenagers of the dangers of smoking.And the activity also encourages teens to learn the facts and become the generation that ends smoking. However, anti-smoking campaigns may have a new problem to worry about.According to a 2013 report, the use of electronic cigarettes is on the rise.American high school students who reported having used an electronic cigarette rose from 4.7 percent in 2011 to 10 percent in 2012.The increased use of e-cigarettes by teens is deeply troubling.It may become lifelong addictied .Besides, we still don't yet understand the long-term effects of e-cigarettes. ,. (2,10) Question: What is the aim of the campaign of the US Anti-smoking Organization? Options: A: To end the production of cigarettes. B: To criticize those children who smoke. C: To protect the rights of non-smokers. D: To make an effort to end teenage smoking
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D