Read the article and select the best answer. Article: A 50-year-old American officer came back to his school. The teacher asked him to give a talk to the small boys and girls there. The talk was about the love of their great country. All the little ones were sitting in a large meeting-room. The old officer went up and began speaking. He said , " Boys and girls . I studied in this school forty years ago. When I was your age, we were not as happy as you are today. Think about it and answer me, why are you so happy now?" No sound came from the children. The old man waited for a long time. Then a short boy in the front put up his small dirty hand. "Good boy! Please answer me, dear." said the officer. With a big smile on his face, the boy stood up and said, "If you speak long enough, we won't have Maths and biology lessons this morning." Question: The children were thought to be _ before. Options: A: as good as B: as well as C: as happy as D: much happier than
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: A science fiction flying car looks like a normal car, but it is an aircraft that anybody can fly directly from any place to another without using roads or runways. Science fiction writers have written about flying cars for a long time. But now flying cars will soon fly out of the world of science fiction into our real world. And the dream of the science fiction writers will soon come true. The first-known sky car is the FSC-1. The FSC-1 looks like an expensive sports car. You can drive the FSC-1 on the road like a normal car. If you touch a button, its wings and propeller fold out and then it can take off, fly and land as an airplane. The owners of the FSC-1 can choose if they want to drive or fly. Another flying car or sky car is the Moller Skycar M400. Although you can't drive it on the roads, it is small and easy to fly and can take off and land like a helicopter . Urban Aeronautics' X-Hawk is another type of sky car. It is expected to be available for about $3 million. Just like any new technology, flying cars have taken a long time to be developed. But some experts think the technology is far from what people imagine when they are sitting in traffic. It still needs to be improved. Question: _ kinds of flying cars are mentioned in the passage. Options: A: Two B: Three C: Four D: Five
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Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: In a small town, there lived a doctor. He was good and kind. He was ready to go and help people. People always went to him when they were ill. Many years later, the doctor began to forget things. The people were afraid and little by little, they stopped going to him. The doctor saw his business wasn't as good as before. He thought, "Well, if I were the patients(people who don't feel well), I'd be afraid to go to me too. Maybe it's time for me to stop being a doctor. But if this town has no doctor, what will the people do when they become ill?" His wife heard him talking to himself and said, "Why don't you find a young doctor _ ? Then people will have another good doctor to take care of them and I will get my husband back." The doctor did as what his wife said. He found a very good young doctor to help the people. The doctor and his wife then had time to take long walks together, go dancing, go traveling and spend the rest of their days together. Question: The _ always went to see the doctor because he was good and kind. Options: A: friends B: parents C: patients D: children
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: In China, safety education is becoming more and more important now. The last Monday in March is for students to learn it at school. It helps students learn more about what they should do to keep themselves safe. What are the accidents at school? Take a look. Stampedes , earthquakes and fires are the main accidents at school. A stampede always happens in crowded places. When students around you begin to push, just stand there and try to hold onto something. If you fall down in the crowd, move to one side and protect your head with your hands around. When earthquakes happen, you can get under a desk quickly and hold on. It'll protect you from falling things. If you are outdoors, find a place away from buildings, trees, and power lines. When there's a fire, leave the classroom quickly. It's better to put something wet over your mouth and nose. In this way, you won't breathe in smoke. Many people die in a fire, not because of the fire but smoke. It makes them cough and they can't breathe. That's very dangerous! So when you want to get out, you should make yourself close to the floor. Then you can breathe some fresh air. Question: Which is the following sentences is Right Options: A: When there's a fire, don't leave the classroom quickly B: Many people die in a fire, not because of the fire but smoke. C: When you want to get out of it, you shouldn't make yourself close to the floor D: It's better to put something dry over your mouth and nose
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Ques:Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Americans think much about time. From children they learn to value time. As children they are taught to be on time to go to school, to work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time goes easily. When a person is dying, they say he is living on a borrowed time. Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week. This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money. Even on Saturday and Sunday he also works hard as usual. In the street you can hardly see a man walking slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running. They love time because time can bring them money and lots of things. But sometimes they also hate time , because they feel they have become servants of the clock. Question: What do the Americans mean by " Time is money"? Options: A: If someone has time and works hard , he can make a lot of money. B: It takes quite a lot of time to make money. C: Working hard can bring people health. D: It is not easy to make money.

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Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: In Barnes London Wetland Centre, you can enjoy a large number of wild birds and wild animals. Adults' fare is PS7.95, and children's fare is PS4.50. But if holding a London pass, you can have free admission . London Wetland Centre is thought to be the European City's best place to contact wild animals. London Wetland Centre is the UK's most worthy of showing off, and the most exciting wildlife projects, including 43 hectares of grassland, as well as pools. Barnes wetlands are located in the Thames. This award-winning centre always interest many scientists. There are many different kinds of animals, including the cormorant ,the Kingfisher and the endangered water vole . In London Wetland Centre there are a large number of different habitats. When visiting the centre, visitors can watch movies through the video to learn more about wetlands and the knowledge of biological species . For children, London Wetland Centre is a good choice to learn a lot about the knowledge of nature. There are many other interesting places about wildlife. If you are interested in wildlife, why not go to London Zoo, Regent Park or River Thames _ to experience the world's most beautiful gardens. Holders of London Passes can visit them freely. Question: Two children without London Pass want to go into the London Wetland Centre. They will pay _ . Options: A: PS4.50 B: PS9.00 C: PS7.95 D: PS9.95
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B