Read the article and select the best answer. Article: From: _ Sent: Wed., Oct. 19 To: _ Subject: Hello! Hi, Liam! So you're my new pen friend. Let me tell you a bit about myself. I'm 14 years old and I live in Calgary, Canada. I have two older brothers, Brian and Sam. I'm the only girl. I love sports and I'm always looking for exciting new hobbies to try. I like playing baseball in winter. It's fun beating the boys! But summer is my favourite time of the year. I love skateboarding and rock climbing in summer. Skateboarding's great because it's so fun and easy to learn! I often skateboard after school. There are many places in the park where I can do stunts. I'm good at stunts like jumping and turning the skateboard! Rock climbing is also really fun. I usually climb with my dad on weekends. We can't do it on real mountains very often because we live in the city. We do indoor rock climbing instead but it's not as challenging. So that's me! How about you? Please write back soon! Bye for now! Anne Question: What is the writer like? Options: A: Active. B: Shy. C: Lazy. D: Kind.
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Rose is an American school girl. She is now in Beijing with her parents. It's Sunday morning. Rose gets up early in the morning. After breakfast her parents take her to the zoo. They go to see the pandas and other animals. The pandas live only in China. There are not any pandas in America. So they like the pandas best. Outside the zoo gate there is a picture. It's a picture of a panda with "Welcome". In the zoo, Rose sees not only pandas but also many other animals. A panda is round and fat. It looks like a ball. It always moves slowly like a ball rolling . There are also elephants. The elephant is the biggest animal on land. There are many monkeys on the hill. Some of them are sitting in the trees. Some are picking nuts. And the others are running or climbing up the trees. Rose and her parents have a good time in the zoo. Question: Rose comes from _ . Options: A: China B: Beijing C: America D: a school
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C

Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: There are many different kinds of music in the world . Let's read some kinds of them . Classical Music Classical music is a form of music needing high musical skills . If you wish to learn this kind of music , you have to go through proper training . Metal Music Metal music came out after the Second World War . The melody of the song is heavily influenced by the structure for it . It is also know as " information music ". While in metal music , songwriting is based on(......)a form . Hip-hop Music This music always includes the use of instruments such as the guitar , violin , piano , bass , drums and so on . In this type of music , the bass is the main instrument . It was first played by a group of travelling singers and poets of West Africa . Opera Music It first appeared in Italy in the 1600s . It has a great mixture of theatrical art and musical invention and is used to playing in the theaters . Jazz Music This type of music has strong and complex melodies . The main musical instruments are comet , trumpet or violin , that help carry the melody . Besides these , there are many others such as the blues , new age music , Celtic music , religious music and chamber music . Question: _ Music needs high musical skills . Options: A: Classical B: Metal C: Hip-hop D: Opera
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: The Dragon Boat festival is very popular in China, it usually comes in May or June. On that day, people eat a special food--- rice dumplings. It is known as dragon-boat racing. Dragon-boat racing is the most popular activity during the festival. A dragon boat looks like a dragon, and is painted in red, white, yellow or black. Usually, a dragon boat is 20 to 40 metres long, and needs 20 people to row. Boatmen row the boat in cadence with the drumbeats , and a man in the front of the boat waves a small flag to help coordinate the rowing. Dragon-boat racing becomes a popular activity in South China. International dragon-boat racing is held in Guangzhou and Hong Kong every year. Question: Which is the most popular activity during the Dragon Boat Festival ? Options: A: Eat rice dumplings B: trick or treat C: Pumpkin lantern D: Dragon-Boat racing
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Ques:Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Next time you're unhappy or complaining about your life, don't turn to a cheerful comedy. You might find a tear-jerking tragedy is just the thing you need to brighten your day. A team of researchers at Ohio State University, US, has found sad movies can make people happier, Science Daily reported last month. Many people find tragedies make them realize how good their own lives are, the study showed. "People seem to use tragedies as a way to reflect on the important relationships in their own lives," said Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick, leader of the study. "Tragic stories often focus on themes of eternal love, and this leads viewers to think about their loved ones and count their good and helpful things." In the study, researchers gathered 361 college students and showed them the 2007 movie, Alonement. The movie is about two lovers who are separated and finally die during Worid War II. Before and after the movie, the students were asked questions measuring how happy they were with their lives. Researchers also asked them before, afier and three times during the movie to measure various emotions, including sadness. Researchers found that the sadder students felt while watching the movie, the more likely they were to think about real people they had close relationships with in life. This increased their happiness afier watching the movie. Knobloch-Westerwick explained that negative moods make people more thoughtful. "Positive emotions show that everything is fine, you don't have to worry, you don't have to think about problems in your life," she said. "But negative emotions, like sadness, make you think more critically about your situation. So seeing a tragic movie may make you sad, but that will make you to think more about your own close relationships and appreciate them more." The link between watching a tragic story and feeling better has long been recognized. The ancient Greeks even had a word for the feeling of happiness afier seeing something sad that led to the modern English word "catharsis ". The... Question: From Knobloch-Westerwick's explaination, we can learn that. Options: A: seeing tragedies makes you more thoughtful B: positive emotions make you think more about your relationships C: negative emotions show you have no need to think about your situation D: after seeing comedies, you will appreciate your close relationships more

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Ruby, the artist, is an Asian elephant, She is17 years old. She lives in the zoo. Ruby has produced about 100 paintings since last year. She has made more than $ 40,000 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Ruby first showed the talent about four years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk. She rubbed out the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo worker gave her brushes and paints. Soon Ruby painted pictures. Newspaper reporters wrote Ruby, then people asked about buying her pictures. And in this way, she made a lot of money for the zoo. This is how Ruby does the paintings. A zoo worker holds different color paints. Ruby touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her brushes with the chosen colors in her trunk and Ruby begins painting. Question: People asked about buying Ruby's pictures because _ . Options: A: newspaper reporters bought her picture B: her pictures were better than those of real artists C: they just wanted to have fun D: zoo workers would let them have a free visit to the park
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