I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Hi, I'm Li Ping. I am 15 years old. I am pretty healthy. I like doing all kinds of sports, such as football, basketball, running and swimming. Every morning, I get up early and do exercise. I play basketball on Wednesdays and Saturdays with my friends every week. I do my homework every day. I like watching TV, but I can't watch it every day on school nights. I only watch it on Saturday evening. I am neither fat nor thin. My eating habits are very good. I try to eat a little meat and lots of vegetables and fruit. And I never eat junk food. Do you know me? I'm Zhao Hui, a 14-year-old student. I am a little fat. I like eating meat. I eat meat three or four times a week. I especially like eating junk food. I want to eat it every day, but my parents don't allow me to eat it every day. I only eat it once or twice a week. I don't like exercise at all. Sometimes, I swim with my friends because I like it. I know exercise is good for my health. From now on, I have to exercise every day. Question: Both Li Ping and Zhao Hui like _ . Options: A: football B: basketball C: running D: swimming
D
I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Welcome to the Amazing kids Website! Here you can read about clever children all over the world. Gina, who is thirteen years old, got first prize in the "Young Look of the Year" competition and is now writing her own recipe book for kids. "I want it to be fun to read and easy enough for children to use," she says. Gina learned by observing her father, who's also good at cooking, in the kitchen. She wants to encourage other children to cook because "everyone needs to eat, so it's a skill that will always be useful! Fourteen-year-old Bren used to love running until he had a serious car accident three years ago. He lost part of one leg and didn't even expect to walk again. Now he's an athlete who has recently completed a marathon. "After my accident I wanted to give up," he says. "But now I'm happy to be alive and able to continue running." Helga has always been good at science, but she thought it was too difficult to become an inventor. Then she heard about an accident that had happened when a car hit a train in her town. "That gave me an idea," says the clever sixteen-year-old girl. It took her over a year to invent a special machine that tells car drivers when a train is coming. One company is already interested in selling it, so it may be in the shops soon! Question: How is Gina trying to encourage other children to cook? Options: A: By observing her father. B: By writing a recipe book for kids. C: By giving them delicious food to eat. D: By getting first prize in the competition.
B
Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: As China's influence grows, many students in the US are working hard to learn Chinese. Parents and education experts in the US think Chinese speakers may have greater chances. The number of schools that teach Chinese has grown. Ten years ago, only about 300 schools in the US had Chinese lessons. Today, about 1,600 schools teach Chinese. Lomond Elementary School in Ohio is one of them. Each week, all students in grades one through five have a one-hour Chinese class. They learn the language through songs, games and lots of talking. "We're trying to make students interested in the language," teacher James told Times for Kids. "We think it's really important that all children receive these lessons," he says. "We'd like to do even more." "Schools are looking to the future," says Nancy, a US education expert. "China is becoming a really powerful country. Young people should not only know the language but understand the culture." Students may not be thinking about the future, but they think learning Chinese language and culture is fun. "We wish we could go to China one day." said Karl and his classmate, Walt, from Miami. More than 40 million foreigners around the world are studying Chinese. About 50,000 people in the US are learning the language. Chinese has become the second most spoken foreign language in the US after Spanish. Question: _ is an American education expert. Options: A: James B: Nancy C: Karl D: Walt
A: B
Question: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: A beautiful and very successful actress was the star for a new musical show. Her home was in the country, but she didn't want to go back there every night, so she bought an expensive house in the center of the city, got some beautiful furniture and got a man to paint the rooms in new colour. It was very difficult to get tickets for her show in the evening, because everyone wanted to see it. So she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of month, when she got the painter's bill. At the bottom of it were these words: "Four hours from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. watching Miss Hall sing and dance: 3 pounds," with this note: "Before 5:00 p.m. I get 10 shillings an hour and after 5:00 p.m. 15 shillings." Question: In order to make the painter work better for her, the actress _ . Options: A: gave him two tickets for her show B: sang and danced for four hours C: decided to give him 3 pounds D: invited him for a big dinner
Answer: A
I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Recently, Chinese netizens enjoy themselves on "growing and stealing crops" on the Internet. This is a game called "Happy Farms". Now more and more people are joining in the game, and getting addicted. Some of them are even found playing the game at work. Because of this, some players have been fired by their bosses. Lovers have broken up, but none of them can stop Happy Farms from becoming more popular. Here we interviewed some young netizens and let's see what their opinions were. Nongmin: Playing happy Farms at work, that's terrible! A clerk was fired because she was online playing it at work. King: I find that all the dreams of having houses and fields, which are very hard to get in real life, are very easy to be realized in the games. I think I know the reason why the game is so popular. Kaixin: We have to know how to control ourselves. We should keep our minds on study. Games are just games. I prefer to play sports with my classmates when I am free. Kitty: I like Happy Farms. My high-pressure work makes me feel like I can't breathe. I wish I could have a real house and farm, but it seems so far away. I have to turn to virtual nature for my own house and farm. People often get tired from work or study, so they go to their own farms, take care of their crops and pull out weeds. It is really delightful to forget about the pressure. But some players work from morning to night to "grow and steal crops". They lose themselves in the game and show no interest in anything else. It is really terrible. Question: _ have the similar idea about "Happy Farms". Options: A: Nongmin and King B: King and Kitty C: Kaixin and Kitty D: Nongmin and Kaixin
B