Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: John is a very strong man. He gets a job of cutting trees in a forest. His boss gives him an axe and showed him the area where he should work. The first day, John cuts down 18 trees. "Good," the boss says, "keep it up!" happily, John tries harder the next day, but he only cuts down 15 trees. The third day he tries even harder, but he can only cut down 10 trees. Day after day he cuts down fewer and fewer trees. "I must be losing my strength ," John thinks. He goes to the boss to say sorry and says that he can not know what is going on. "When is the last time you sharpen your axe?" the boss asks. "I'm busy cutting trees, so I have no time to do _ . " The moral of this story: While John is working hard, he doesn't work "smart". He doesn't think about the best way to do his job. Question: What does the boss think of John the first day? - He thinks John works hard. - He thinks John works in a wrong way. - He thinks John is very smart - He thinks John cuts down too many trees.
He thinks John works hard.

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Get a Life is a website that helps middle school students answer the question --What do you want to be when you grow up? "It encourages teenagers to have a big dream; it tries to find out what is possible; it makes a plan for children to get where they want to go," said Combs, one of the persons who set up the website. [:ZSSxxSSk.Com] Get a Life suggests teenagers let their hobbies and interests decide what to do in the future. It encourages them to look for activities that help them try to do some jobs and get important knowledge and skills. It also offers information about fast-growing and well-paid jobs, and provides job training for teenagers. "Middle school is the perfect time for students to find out their interests, to have many different experiences and do something for their future jobs," a middle school teacher said. "Our world will become a better place if we make our _ s wide and try new things. Our students can't wait until high school or university to begin building their dreams. Right now is the right time to get a life." "This website is exactly what these children need for a better future. If our children can make better plans for their future, it is more possible for them to succeed," Combs said. Question: According to the passage, the website is _ for children. - boring - helpful - colorful - serious
helpful

Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: The Round Bird is not like any other birds. He has a big round body but with little wings. He can not fly but he expects to play with other birds in the sky. Every day and in many ways, he tries to fly. And he tries again and again. But nothing works. Then he thinks it will be better use the tree. It is very hard for a little bird to do so, but he climbs up the tree! The Round Bird really wants to learn to fly. A few minutes later, he sits on a branch and gets ready to jump and flap his wings. He practices many times and flap some more, but they don't work! In the end, he climbs down the tree and starts thinking seriously. After thinking for a long time, he knows that although he really wants to fly and tries hard, there are some birds are not able to do. He can't fly because of his body and his little wings. But he knows that there are still some things he is able to. Then the only job for the Round Bird is to find those special things that only special birds like him can do. Question: Which of the words had the same meaning as "flap"? - Swing. - Break. - Nod - Show.
A: Swing.

Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: A crow is about twenty inches long and black all over. Crows are dirty birds because they live on bad food. Crows eat a lot of waste food. In this way they are more useful to us than any birds. They clean up the dirty things in our streets. Crows are always hungry. They look for food all day, and in the evening you can see them in large numbers flying back to their nests in the trees. They sleep there at night. Crows are much noisier than other birds. Very often a large number of crows will get together on one house and talk. Sometimes they talk together, and sometimes they do it by turns like human beings . It is easy to tell from crow's sound if they are pleased or angry. Perhaps crows talk a lot because they are friendly birds. A pair of crows will live together all their lives, and if one of them dies, the other one becomes very sad and quiet for the rest of its life and some time later it dies too. Question: Crows "live on bad food" means " _ ". - Crows eat old bad food. - Old bad food is crows' nests. - Crows make their nests on old bad food. - Crows sleep on old bad food.
Answer: Crows eat old bad food.

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Hi, everyone! My name is Wang Kai. I'm twelve. I'm in Class 5 Grade 7. Teachers' Day is coming. I want to give some presents to my teachers. Miss Zhang is my English teacher. She is twenty-four years old. She likes flowers very much. I want to give her some flowers from my garden. My Chinese teacher has a four-year-old son, Li Xin. He likes playing football a lot. I want to give my Chinese teacher a "special" present: playing football with Li Xin for a day! What about my maths teacher Mr. Zheng? He likes drawing pictures. I would like to draw a picture of him and give it to him. My friends, what presents do you usually give to your teachers? Please tell me! Question: _ likes playing football a lot. - Wang Kai's English teacher - Wang Kai's Chinese teacher - Wang Kai's maths teacher - Li Xin
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Li Xin

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Passage 1 Captain Good fellow Do your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Good fellow will be ready to teach all these things to children at the City Theater on Saturday morning at 10:00, free. Films at the Museum Two American films will be shown on Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theater. See Broken Window at 1:30. The Workers will be at 3:45. For further information, call 4987898. International Picnic Are you tired of eating the same food every day? Come to Central Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious and not expensive. Noon to 5:00 p. m. Take me out to the Ball game It's October, and Saturday night (7:00-9:00) is your last chance to see the Red Birds this year. Get your tickets at the gate. It might be cold. Don't forget sweaters and jackets. Do you want to hear "The Zoo" "The Zoo", a popular music group from Australia, will give their first U.S. concert this Saturday night, at 8:00 in Rose Hall, City College. ,. Question: The Red Birds ball game _ . - is in the afternoon - is outside - is at the gate - might be warm
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is outside