Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: A man lives in a very tall building. He has a lot of money and he has a parrot at home. It's a clever bird. Every morning, after the man gets up, the bird says "hello". When the man comes back from his work, the bird says, "Is that you? Come here. I can see you." One evening, when the man is sleeping, a thief comes into his building by climbing up the window. When he finds some money and begins to leave the house by climbing down through the window again, he hears a voice in the dark. "Hello! Is that you? Come here. I can see you." The thief is so frightened that he falls down from the window. Question: The parrot is the man's _ . - neighbor - enemy - pet - servant
pet

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Many people are so busy these days that they have no time to cook at home. This becomes a problem because most families love home cooking! The food tastes good and a family meal can bring everyone together. In some families, meals are often the only chance everyone gets to see each other at the same time during the day. Another reason people enjoy home cooking is that it is a way of showing love. A parent who makes some cookies is not just satisfying a child's sweet tooth. He or she is sending a message . The message says, "I care about you enough to spend an hour making cookies that you will eat up in 15 minutes if I let you." There is also something about the smell of home cooking. The smell of cooking makes people happy. It makes most of us feel good and loved--even if we're the ones doing the cooking! Next time you smell a cake making, stop for a moment and pay attention to your mood (,). Question: Why do many people have no time to cook? - Because they haven't many things to do. - Because many people are too busy. - Because people don't like home cooking. - Because they are too tired to cook.
Because many people are too busy.

Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: More than 50 music students of New Milford High School in New Jersey, US, got a letter from their headmaster. The letter said that the music department of the school was in big trouble. The students had to pass a test, or the department would be closed. The test came on Saturday. The nervous students were required to play a piece of music created by Richard Strauss. And they had to sing the words to the music -- German words! There were also other difficult tasks. One student had to sing Mary Had A Little Lamb, a children's song, in an operatic voice. After three hours of testing, the students all waited for the results. They met some students from the New Jersey Youth Orchestra while waiting. They had the same test and only got a passing grade. The worried New Milford High School students started to realize they had no chance. "I thought it was over," said Bryan Olsen-Santana. "The girl next to me was crying. I felt bad for her. I felt bad for myself, too, because music is everything to me." But then the headmaster came and told them something very dramatic , "Someone has played a joke on you!" What was going on? The test was part of a new reality TV show called "Schooled". The students' parents, the school and a TV network had made it together. Everything was _ . The "students from New Jersey Youth Orchestra" were students from another school. There were hidden cameras. The students' parents were hiding as they watched. As a reward for putting up with the joke, the students got gifts: MP3 players, digital cameras and school supplies . They were all from the show's sponsor . Question: The students were nervous before the test, because. - they were not good at music - the test was very simple - they thought they couldn't pass - the test meant so much
A: the test meant so much

Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: My name is Sabrina. I'm 23 years old. I come from London. Now I live in Beijing. I love teaching English. I think it's interesting. I can speak Chinese, too. I have experience in teaching English in China. My e-mail address is sabrina@sina.com. I'm Bill, an 18-year-old student. I live in Nanjing now. I can play the guitar well. I like to be a teacher. I have free time on weekends. Do you want to learn the guitar? Please call me at 15069606503. I'm June Smith. I'm 25. I can swim well. I want to be a swimming teacher. I love kids and I'm good with kids. I can help them learn to swim. If you need a teacher in your club, please e-mail me at june@sina.com. . Question: Sabrina wants to be _ . - a Chinese teacher - an English teacher - a guitar teacher - a swimming teacher
Answer: an English teacher

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Erden Eruc has been rowing across the Pacific Ocean in a rowboat since he left California on July 10, 2007. He has been heading for Australia with only birds, fish, and sharks ever since. Crossing the Pacific is only part of his journey. Eruc has decided to go all the way around the world using his own energy. He will row, bike, walk and climb the world without help from any motors at all. His plan includes climbing the tallest peak on six of the continents along the way. For the first part of his trip, he bicycled 5,546 miles from Seattle, Washington to Mount McKinley in Alaska and back, walked 67 miles to base camp and climbed 20,320 feet to McKinley's peak. Now in the second part of his adventure , he is rowing to Australia. Why would he try to go around the world this way? He explains that he wants to encourage kids to dream their dreams and get to their own goals. He wants to show kids that there might be hard parts along the way, and sometimes they might not even get to that final goal. But they can have adventures and learn a lot along the way. When his trip around the world takes him across land, he enjoys meeting people---especially children. He has already visited many schools and shared his story. Eruc encourages all kids to set their eyes on a goal and not give up. He says, "with goals, we will make progress, and we will be farther along than when we started, even if we don't get to some goals. That's called life!" Question: Eruc seems to have a special love for _ . - children - animals - rowing - bicycling
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children