Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: In America, almost every book shop sells books about food and cooking. Most newspapers and magazines talk about Americans' eating habits. .Many books write about where to eat. So we can see eating is very important to every American. Salads are very popular and they have them all year round .Americans enjoy coffee. Most of them drink coffee or tea before or after every meal. Many Americans have coffee or tea with their meals. The main food in American meals is usually meat, fish or chicken, but people don't eat them together at the same meal. Seafood is something they eat as the first course . Most Americans eat breakfast and lunch quickly, but the evening meal is longer and a time for the family to get together. This is main meal in a day. On Sundays or holidays, Americans like to _ . They get up very late in the morning, so they have to eat their brunch(.) Question: Most American families _ . Options: A: spend a long time eating breakfast. B: sometimes get together when they have dinner C: get up early on holidays D: go out for a walk on Sunday morning.
A: B

Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their life. For example, they can help people save much time, and they can help people do hard work. Today more and more families have computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help their children improve their studies. But many of the children use computers to play games, watch movies or chat, instead of studying. Many teachers and parents _ that computers make children fall behind. So many parents don't allow their children to play computers again. In some other countries, even some scientists hate computers. They say computers let some people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be up to people themselves. Question: Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because _ . Options: A: our country asks us to learn it B: it can help us a lot C: we can use it to play games D: it can help us to find jobs
A: B

Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: A study found most people use their smart phones for an hour and 52 minutes a day. Most of this time is taken up with texting, emails and surfing the web, but only around 20 minutes is spent making three calls. The survey of 2,000 people found that social media apps, calculators , calendars and cameras were also seen as particularly important functions. Navigation apps such as Google Maps were popular too - with one in six people admitting they would feel unable to travel around an unfamiliar city without _ . The study also found checking Facebook and taking pictures of others are carried out more frequently than making calls. Also on the list were the calendar to remember appointments and birthdays, mobile banking and the news are apps that make day-to-day life a little easier. Tom Barr said: 'The functions on a mobile phone have developed and improved drastically over the past 10 years. With so many ways to keep in touch nowadays, people are using the functions that are convenient for them. As we get less and less time to ourselves, we need more convenience in our lives and less difficulty. While calling can be more personal, it doesn't always save your time.' Scientists at Rice University wanted to see if the latest mobile technology would be used by the students to improve their learning. But a year later, the researchers concluded that it's not enough to give students the right technology, but said they need guidance about how to use it. Question: The writer mainly wants to tell us _ . Options: A: navigation apps such as Google Maps were popular B: checking Facebook is carried out more frequently than making calls C: the functions on a mobile phone have developed and improved drastically D: students need guidance about how to use mobile phones
A: C

Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Hemingway was one of the famous writers. He was born in America in 1899. His father was a doctor and loved sports very much, and his mother taught music. Among the six children in the family, Hemingway was the second oldest. Hemingway had written many books in his life. The Old Man and the Sea is one of the most famous and also my favourite. It came out in 1952. The main character in the book is a fisherman. He is an old man and fishes alone. People think he is a man with bad luck, because he doesn't get a fish in eighty-four days. Every evening, he comes home with his empty boat. But the old man believes himself. Then on the eighty-fifth day the man takes a big fish. Although he meets a lot of trouble, the old man never gives up . ,. Question: The old man doesn't get a fish until the _ day. Options: A: fifteenth B: eightieth C: eighty-fourth D: eighty-fifth
A: D