Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: This summer I will leave the junior high school where I have been for three years. I am generally considered to be a careful and polite boy now. However, five years ago, I was a little bit bossy . I often fought with other boys and sometimes I even fought with my elder sister. When I saw Superman on TV for the first time, I dreamed of being a superman one day. One P.E. class, I called up all of my friends to get together in our classroom. "Can anybody jump out of the window?" I asked them. After hearing this, all my friends kept silent. " _ ," I said. "Can you?" one of my friends asked me. "Sure!" I answered. "If I do it, I will get all the toys that you have. If I fail, you will get all of my toys, OK?" They said, "OK!" Then I went up to the window of the second floor. I took a deep breath and then jumped down, stretching out my arms just like Superman. Then I hit the ground. When I opened my eyes, I found myself lying in the hospital. I was taken to the hospital because my arms were badly hurt. Later, I heard that my P.E. teacher nearly lost his job for this, but I never received the serious punishment I feared. Question: The story happened when the writer was in _ . Answer:

OPTIONS:
- university
- elementary school
- junior high school
- senior high school

A: elementary school

Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: April 22 is Earth Day. Everyone on Earth should care about and protect the earth! The earth has warmed by about 1degF over the past 100 years, but why and how? Well, scientists are not quite sure. Maybe the earth gets warmer and warmer on its own. But many scientists say that people are doing many things which makes the earth warmer. First, greenhouse effect is a very important reason for the change of the earth. People give out too much energy into the air every year. It makes the earth warmer. Climate change is another important reason. Sometimes it becomes too hot and sometimes too cold. Sometimes there is too much rain and sometimes too little. The change of the climate makes the earth warmer. In turn, the warmth of the earth changes the climate, too. When the earth becomes warmer, there may be more rain and a rise in sea level. It will affect the growth of plants, animals and people. On a Pacific island, 100 people have to move to higher ground because the sea is rising. These people can no longer live on the coast. Before that, two islands without people went underwater in 1999. Scientists say that the seas can rise by nearly one metre by 2100. People can affect the earth's air, land and water. As for us, we can do many things to protect the earth. For example, we can use fridges less. We can tell more people about protecting the earth. Question: Greenhouse effect comes from _ . Answer:

OPTIONS:
- sea rising
- climate change
- nature's unbalance
- people's activity

A: people's activity

Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: China is a nation with a rich culture in handwriting. "Even though the computer is widely used today, Chinese people should not forget the skill of writing with hands," said a Chinese government official . Nowadays, the computer has become a very useful tool to help people to write. As people use computers more often than before, many people have forgotten how to write Chinese characters . People often make a lot of mistakes in writing. At present, China is trying to help pupils and teachers to improve their writing with the help of information technology. With the technology, it is hoped that teachers can write their teaching contents on the blackboard and students can _ by writing, too. The Chinese character test shows that nowadays, many college students' handwriting has become worse. Many college students do not know how to compose words or sentences in Chinese character in the right way. Not only kids, many adults also have met the same problem. They might be able to tell the general form of a certain character. However, if you ask them to spell out the character in detail , they can't. On the other hand, they can easily type out the character on a computer. In the national language teaching course, we can solve this problem with the use of certain technologies. Actually, apart from technology, there is a lot that we can do. For example, we may ask students to finish their homework by writing with hands instead of typing. Question: People often make a lot of mistakes in writing Chinese characters because _ . Answer:

OPTIONS:
- they use computers too often and many people have forgotten how to write them
- Chinese characters are too difficult to write
- they are using too much English
- the country forgets to stress the importance of the Chinese writing

A: they use computers too often and many people have forgotten how to write them

Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Who are the top students in the world, do you know? Last week the Organization for Economic Co-operation Development picked the best students in the world. They are Finnish . The OECD gave a test to 280 000 15-year-old students from more than 40 countries and regions last year. The OECD wanted to know how well students were doing at school. Finnish students were No. 1 in the reading test and second in maths after Hong Kong students. Those from Japan and Finland were top in science. In the problem solving, Finnish students came second to those from South Korea. The test also showed Finland had more top students than the other countries. Finns of your age have done a really good job but don't have a sense of envy. You can learn from them. Most Finnish students make good use of the Internet. Of course not for computer games, but for doing more exercises and finding out more information. Libraries are also important. Finland spends a lot of money on them. Many students have a free card. They read for at least one or two hours a day. What do you usually do on the Internet? How often do you go to libraries? Question: Which of the following is NOT true? Answer:

OPTIONS:
- Hong Kong students were No. 1 in maths.
- Finnish students were the first of all the tests.
- Finnish students did well in the problem solving.
- Japanese students were top in science.

A:
Finnish students were the first of all the tests.