Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Sally was a student. It was going to be her mother's birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not expensive. A week before her mother's birthday, she went shopping after a quick and simple lunch. When she had been looking for half an hour, she found a shop that was selling cheep umbrellas , and decided to take a black one, since her mother had lost hers the month before. She thought, "You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color." So she decided to buy a lovely black umbrella and took it back to school with her until her classes had finished. On her way back home in the train that evening, she felt hungry because she had such a small lunch that she went along to the buffet car for another sandwich and cup of coffee. She had left the black umbrella above her seat in the compartment , but when she got back, it had gone! When she had left the compartment, there had been no other passengers in it, but now there were three. Sally began to cry when she saw that the umbrella was no longer there. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what the matter was. She told them that the black umbrella she had bought for her mother was gone, and that she had to get out at the next station. After the three other passengers heard it, they asked her for her mother's address so that they could sent the umbrella to her if someone had taken it by mistake and brought it back after Sally had got out of the train. The next week, Sally heard from her mother. It said, "Thank you very much for your lovely presents, but why did you send me three black umbrellas?" Question: How many umbrellas did Sally's mother get at last? - No. - Only one. - Three. - Four.
Three.

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Brush your teeth every day, dentists say. In the south of Africa, some people brush their teeth all day long. They keep a small stick in their mouth to chew or scrub their teeth all day. People cut the sticks from trees. They are the African toothbrushes. People there are used to brushing their teeth with sticks. Africans think the sticks work better than toothbrushes. The sticks come from nature, and it is said that there is something special about them. The special thing may stop many kinds of tooth problems. "If you have a bad tooth, it is a medicine," said Diop, a seller in Africa. The sticks are also much cheaper than toothbrushes. In Senegal ,the chewing stick is called "sothio". It means "to clean" in their language. In east Africa,the stick is called "mswaki". It's their word for "toothbrush". Even the dentists agree that the sticks seem to clean teeth better. Nowadays, some nice health stores in the United States start to sell chewing sticks. They think that the stick is natural kind of tooth care. Question: Who brushes teeth with sticks first according to the passage? - The Africans. - The Americans. - The Chinese. - The dentists.
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The Africans.

Ques: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Tom walks into a shop. It has a sign outside: " Second hand clothes bought and sold ." He is carrying an old pair of trousers and asks the owner of the shop. " How much will you give me for these?" The man looks at them and then says, " Two dollars." " What!" says Tom, " I think they are worth at least five." "No," says the man, "They aren't worth a cent more than two dollars." " Well," says Tom. Taking two dollars out of his pocket, " Here's your money. These trousers are hanging outside your shop. The list price of them is six dollars and a half. But I think that is too much money, so I want to find out how much they are really worth." Before the shop owner can think of anything, Tom walks out of the shop with the pair of trousers. Question: From the story we know that _ cheaper than the list price. - the owner sells the trousers two dollars. - Tom buys the trousers two dollars - the owner buys the trousers four dollars and a half - Tom buys the trousers four dollars and a half
Ans: Tom buys the trousers four dollars and a half

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Everybody can suffer from stress. No matter what your age is, you can feel stressed out by things that are happening in your life. Teenagers, however, have many more opportunities to get stressed than people in any other age group. Being a teenager is hard. You are not a child any more, but you are not an adult, even though you have to deal with some very grown-up problems and decisions. Families can be one of the biggest causes of stress, such as problems with parents arguing at home or problems with brothers and sisters. Teenagers also have a lot of stress from school, either from their teachers or from their friends. Some teenagers also feel stressed about choosing their education after high school. Getting a place at university can be very difficult and some cannot afford to go to university. The stress about getting a job when finishing school is hard for some teenagers. There are so many young people finishing school and not enough jobs for them. Sadly, there is nothing we can do to remove these causes of stress from the 1ives of teenagers, but you can learn the best way to deal with it. Talking to people is one of the best ways to deal with stress. It may sound simple, but it is true. A problem shared is a problem halved. Question: Why can leaving school be a stressful time for teenagers? - Because they will be leaving their favorite teachers. - Because many people's favorite memories are at school. - Because they may worry about getting a place at university. - Because they may worry about becoming an adult.
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Because they may worry about getting a place at university.

Ques:Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Do you see many signs around you? Do you know the signs are an important part of our daily life? They can be in pictures or in words to give people information. What do people think are good signs? If you are thinking about making signs for others, what should you know? The most important thing is that signs should be simple and easy to understand. It is important to use clear language. On the other hand, the words should be easy to write and you just need to write down what you want to do. "Keep off the grass" is a very good example. It means "Don't touch or walk on the grass". Nowadays, there is a saying that "A picture paints a thousand words". Perhaps that's why we are seeing more and more signs in pictures, or a combination of pictures and words. However, that's the difficult part, because picture signs may have different meanings in different countries. Question: The writer uses "A picture paints a thousand words" to show that _ . - a word sign is as easy as a picture sign to make - a picture sign often has more information than a word sign - a word sign has more information than a picture sign - a word sign and a picture sign have the same information

Ans:a picture sign often has more information than a word sign

Ques:Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Report Card London Woodland School Name: Alan Class: 5 Grade: 8 Grade teacher: Mr Jim Green English: Good work this term. He has a good memory and is good at speaking. A Maths: Good. But sometimes he is careless. B History: He knows a lot about British history, but little about other countries. B Geography: He is a clever student but sometimes doesn't do his best. C Home Economics: Good. He likes it best. He can do things for himself. A Question: Which of the following is right? - Alan knows a lot about American history. - Alan is clever and careful. - Alan got a good result in Geography. - Alan has a good memory.

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Alan has a good memory.