Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Have you ever heard of a rattlesnake? It is a poisonous American snake. When it is angry or afraid, it makes a noise like a rattle with its tail. It's very scary. But Heather Ramirez and her husband, from California, in the United States, make a living in an unusual way. They are self-employed snake catchers! They catch snakes, especially rattlesnakes which have gone indoors, and return them to the wild. Heather describes her work as "protecting people from rattlesnakes -- and protecting rattlesnakes from people!" In the area where they live, rattlesnakes often come face to face with people. They are found in stores, offices, houses and gardens. Heather explains that it's not the snakes that are moving into places where people live, but it's the other way round. The snakes lived in these places first and then the people built houses. Most people who see a rattlesnake are feared. If you keep your distance, however, the snake won't bite you. In twelve years as a snake catcher, Heather has never touched a snake. She doesn't take the risk. She picks up the snakes with a special tool. This doesn't hurt _ , but it keeps them at a safe distance so that they can't bite her. Heather and her husband are very busy because they are never off duty. Catching snakes is a full-time job and they don't often have a day off. People can get to them at any time of the day or night. Not everyone can do this job, but Heather doesn't want to do anything else. "I just love my job," she says. Question: The Ramirezs make a living in an unusual way by _ . Options: A: catching and selling snakes B: catching snakes as a part-time job C: protecting snakes in the wild D: being self-employed snake catchers
D

Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Today is Linda's mother's birthday. It is also Teachers' Day. Linda's mother is a math teacher. So today is her birthday and also her festival. Linda and her brothers buy presents for their mother. Linda buys a good skirt for Mother. Her two brothers buy Mother a big birthday cake. Linda's father also has a present. He prepares a ring for his _ . Linda's mother is very happy. The family love her so much. It is a great birthday for her. Question: When is Linda's mother's birthday? Options: A: October 1st. B: September 10th. C: November 8th. D: We don't know.
B

Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Passage 1 Mobile Phone Madness How much do you love your mobile phone? A Chinese student had to call 110 for help this week after he got his arm stuck in a toilet trying to rescue his mobile phone. After dropping his phone in the toilet, he decided to wrap(,) his arm in newspaper in the hopes of keeping clean. But the newspapers became larger in size in the water, and then even his roommates couldn't help him pull his arm out. So policemen were called and they spent an hour unsticking the stuck student. Passage 2 Crazy Pet Lovers How much do you love your pets? Many people in China are famous for how much they love their pets. They dress them up in fashionable clothing and buy them high quality food. But would they spend 7,000 English pounds (68,000 yuan) on a wedding for their pets? And that's what a couple in Brazil spent on a fancy wedding for their pet Yorkshire terriers( a kind of dog). Passage 3 Oh, rats! When something goes wrong, you can often hear Westerners cry "Oh, rats". But when it comes to Southern China, "Oh, rats!" can mean it's what you want for dinner. According to a report in China Daily, some restaurants in Guangzhou serve rat meat. But, actually, most of those rats are field mice. What would Mickey Mouse say? Passage 4 Liar , liar Here's some news that most women already know. Men tell more lies than women. The London Daily Mail cites a new study that says men tell about three lies a day, while women tell only two lies a day. Men are also less likely to feel guilty about lying, according to this week's survey of 3,000 people by a research organization called One Poll. According to the Poll, lying to our mothers is very popular. But then, so is lying at work. And both men and women will lie when it comes to how much they've drunk. So how easy is it to tell when someone is lying? Question: Why does the writer call the Brazilian couple "crazy pet lovers"? Options: A: They dress their pets up in fashionable clothing. B: They buy their pets high quality food. C: They spent Y=68,000 on a wedding for their pets. D: They spent PS7,000 in buying a pet.
A: C

Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: On June 30, 2009, a Yemenia airplane from Paris to Comoros, Africa, crashed into the Indian Ocean. There were 153 people on the plane, including some French officials. Though people have been searching since the plane went down, the result looked unpleasant, for most of the passengers might be in bad luck. But a 13-year-old girl called Bahia Bakari was discovered in the water, where she had been staying afloat by holding a piece of wreckage( ) from the plane tightly for over 13 hours. When they found her, the girl was too weak to catch the lifebuoy( ) thrown to her, instead, a Comoran police officer jumped into the water to pull the child onto the boat. Bahia Bakari was injured, especially her collarbone( ).Her father was pleased to see his daughter although his wife had gone away in this _ . He said that his daughter could hardly swim. It was really a miracle for her to escape in this way. In her daddy's warm arms, the girl could soon remember what she had experienced. "I was thrown out of the plane and then I saw the plane fall into the water. Next I found myself in the water. I couldn't swim very well and I caught something but I didn't know what is was," said the girl. "She is really a lucky young girl," said Alain Joyandet, France's minister for International Cooperation. Question: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? Options: A: Bahia Bakari was saved by the lifebuoy B: Bahia Bakari's father saved his daughter C: Bahia Bakari's mother died in the accident D: Bahia Bakari could swim well, so se escaped
Answer: C

(Question)
Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Tom with his grandparents lives in a farmhouse. He studies in a small school. It is not far from his home. So he walks to school every day. There is a small river in front of the school. There is a small bridge over the river. There is only one shop near his school. There is a big playground behind the teaching building. There are some tall trees near the classroom building and the students often read and play under the tree after school. People there are all very friendly. Question: Students in Tom's school _ read and play after school. Options: A: often B: don't like to C: sometimes D: seldom
(Answer)
A