Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Most people will rest and relax when they are old. They do not work. And most people are certainly not famous. But Grandma Moses is different She starts a new job at the age of 76. This is her story. She was born in a poor farmer's family in 1860. Her parents named her Anna Mary Robertson. She married Thomas Moses in 1887. He was a farm worker. Now it is 1930. Anna Mary Moses is 70, and is a grandmother. She begins to paint pictures. She does paintings of country life. One day, her daughter takes her paintings to a store in town. Her paintings are put in the window. A man from New York sees the paintings in the window and buys them. And he wants more! The man likes Grandma Moses' paintings. He wants to help her. So he takes her paintings to galleries in New York City. Otto Kallir has a famous gallery there. He likes the paintings by Grandma Moses. Now it is 1940 and Grandma Moses' paintings are in Kallir's gallery. She is 80 years old. Grandma Moses suddenly becomes famous. Everyone wants her paintings. So she paints more and more. She wins many prizes for her paintings. She becomes famous in the United States and Europe . When she is 100 years old, the State of New York makes her birthday "Grandma Moses' Day". After her 100thbirthday, she paints 6 more paintings. She dies at age 101 and a lot of people think she is amazing. Question: The writer of the passage thinks that _ . Options: A: Grandma Moses is too old to paint at age 100 B: people like her paintings but do not like her C: it is never too late to start a new job D: many people prefer paintings by old ladies
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Mr. and Mrs. Turner live outside a small town. They have a big farm and they are always busy working on it. Their son, Peter, studied at a middle school. The young man studied hard and did well in his lessons. It made them happy. Last month Peter finished middle school and passed the entrance examination . Mrs. Turner was very happy and told the farmers about it. Yesterday morning the woman went to the town to buy something for her son. On the bus she told one of her friends how clever and able her son was. She spoke very loudly. All the people in the bus began to listen to her. "Which university will your son study in?" a woman next to her asked. "In the most famous university in our country!" Mrs. Turner said happily. "The most famous university?" "Oxford University ." Most of the passengers looked at her carefully. Some of them said to her, "Congratulations!" A woman said, "I'm sure he'll know Fred Smith." "Who's Fred Smith?" "He's my son." "Does he study in the university, too?" "No, "said the woman. "He is one of the professors ." Question: Which of the following is true? _ . Options: A: The woman wasn't interested in Mrs. Turner's words B: Mrs. Turner knew nothing about the famous university C: The woman wanted to stop Mrs. Turner from showing off D: The woman next to Mrs. Turner wanted to show off her son, too
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Jack is in bed. Mr. Smith sits beside him. "What kind of day do you have today?" Mr. Smith asks. "It is a bad day for me," Jack answers. "I have a fight with Tom. Then the teacher calls you and tells you about it, right?" "Yes , part of the day is bad," Mr. Smith says. But there are good parts, too. Now it is time to go to sleep. So tell me the best thing to you today. Jack is happy and he says, "After school, I go swimming. I make a new friend in the swimming pool." "I am happy you have a good time," Mr. Smith says. "Think about it before you go to sleep. Now I'm going to turn off the light . Have a nice dream!" "Good night, Dad," Jack says. Every night Mr. Smith and Jack have a talk like this. Every night Jack answers the same question, "What is the best thing to you today? Every night Jack goes to sleep thinking about the best thing. It's really a good way to end a day." Question: When does Mr. Smith ask Jack the question every day? Options: A: In the morning B: After Jack has dinner C: After Jack gets into bed D: When Jack finishes his homework
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