Ques: Once there was a huge apple tree.A little boy loved to come and play around it every day.He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by---the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day.One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad."Come and play with me, " the tree asked the boy."I'm no longer a kid.I wouldn't play around the tree any more." the boy replied."I want toys.I need money to buy them." "Sorry, I don't have money.But you can pick all my apples and sell them.So, you will have money." The boy picked all the apples on the tree and left happily.The boy never came back after he picked the apples. One day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited, "Come and play with me, " the tree said."I don't have time to play.I have to work for my family.We need a house for shelter.Can you help? " "Sorry, I don't have a house.But you can cut off my branches to build your house." So the boy cut all the branches off the tree and left happily.The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy never came back since then.The tree was again lonely and sad. One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was pleased."Come and play with me! " the tree said."I am sad and getting old.I want to go sailing to relax myself.Can you give me a boat? " "Use my trunk to build your boat.You can sail far away and be happy." So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat.He went sailing and never showed up for a long time. Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many years."Sorry, my boy.But I don't have anything for you any more.The only thing left is my dying root, " the tree said with tears 1 "Good! Old tree root is the best place to lean on and rest.Come and sit down with me and rest." The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears 2 According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? A) The phrase _ means that the apple tree was sad because the boy asked for too much. B) The phrase _ means that the apple tree was still happy because she could help the boy for the last time. C) Each time the boy asked the apple tree for help, the tree tried her best to satisfy him. D) After reading the passage, we can easily think of the old Chinese saying "Parents' love is universal!"
Ans: A

Ques: Sophia Wu, 25, is a young Chinese woman who does business with her family in Santiago, Chile . On February 27, she experienced a night that she will never forget. "I was asleep and was woken up by powerful shaking at around 3:30 in the morning. My whole room was moving and I couldn't stand still. I wanted to run downstairs and go outside, but suddenly the wall got broken and the lights in the room went out. The room became so shaky that I couldn't move at all." That night an 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit Chile. Buildings and bridges fell down. Electricity and water services shut down. The Chilean Red Cross reported that about 500,000 homes were destroyed and more than 800 people died. The earthquake has been the fifth strongest since 1900. More than 90 aftershocks followed the earthquake. A tsunami was set off in the Pacific Ocean by the earthquake. Scientists say that there are about 500,000 earthquakes in the world each year. Of these, only 20% are felt, and 100 of them cause damage. So far, scientists haven't found a way to predict earthquakes. But you can learn to protect yourself during an earthquake. The most important thing to remember is to drop, cover and hold on. So remember to drop to the floor, get under something for cover and hold onto something strong during the shaking. ,. (10) How should we protect ourselves during an earthquake? A) We should run outside as quickly as possible. B) We should drop, cover and hold on. C) We should shout loudly for help. D) We should call 120 quickly.
Ans: B

Ques: Four boys were at the same school. They were good friends, so they often studied and played together. They went to school every day by taxi. One day one of the boys said, "There is a test this morning. Let's go to school late. Then we won't have to take the test." "What can we tell the teacher?" One of the boys said. "He'll be angry. We'll need a good excuse. " The boys thought for several moments, then one of them said, "Let's tell him that our taxi had a flat tire ." "That's a good idea," the other boys said. "We'll tell him that." They arrived at school an hour later. The test was finished. "Why are you late?" the teacher asked, "You miss the test." "Our taxi had a flat tire," one of the boys said. The teacher thought for a moment, then he said, "Sit down, one of you in each corner of the room." The four boys did this. Then the teacher said, "Write the answer to this question on a piece of paper: Which tire was flat?" We can know from the passage that the teacher _ . A) thought they were good students B) was very angry and called their parents C) gave his students too many tests D) didn't believe what they said
Ans: D

Ques: Hello, everyone. Because of the high rate of school violence in some areas, teenagers' safety becomes a serious problem. We are planning to set up an organization named School Watch to make sure that students have a safe school environment. Please be part of our plan! What is School Watch? School Watch is a volunteer project in our school. It helps us stop violence and improve the quality of school life. It will keep yourself and your schoolmates safe. The other members of School Watch care for you and your classroom, and you do the same for them. Is it for everyone? Anybody can become a member of School Watch because everyone has something to offer. What else can it do? School Watch makes it possible for us not only to help each other but also to make friends with each other. Some members may offer to help the schoolmates who have problems with their homework. Who is the School Watch? Our school will look for the School Watcher and give him or her lots of prizes. You could be the one! How do you start? To be part of this plan, the only thing you need to do is to talk to the director of the plan in your grade. You can check the official website _ if you want to get more information. The members of School Watch are probably _ . A) teenagers B) doctors C) parents D) policemen
Ans:
A