Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: "How are you?" is a nice question. It's a friendly way that people in the USA greet each other. But "How are you" is also a very unusual question. It's a question that often doesn't need an answer. The person who asks "How are you?" hopes to hear the answer " Fine", even if the person's friend isn't fine. The reason is that "How are you?" isn't really a question and "Fine" isn't really an answer. They are simply other ways of saying "Hello" or "Hi". Sometimes, people also don't say exactly what they mean. For example, when someone asks "Do you agree?" the other person might think, "No, I disagree. I think you're wrong..." But it isn't very polite to disagree so strongly, so the other person might say "I'm not sure." It's a nicer way to say that you don't agree with someone. People also don't say exactly what they are thinking when they finish talking with other people. For example, may talks over the phone finish when one person says "I've to go now." Often, the person who wants to hang up gives an excuse "Someone's at the door." "Something is burning on the stove." The excuses might be real, or not. _ The excuse is more polite, and it doesn't hurt the other person. Whether they are greeting each other, talking about an idea, or finishing a talk, people don't say exactly that they are thinking. It's an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and it's part of the rule of the game of language. Question: When a person says "I've to go now./ Someone's at the door." the person may be _ . - Giving an excuse - Hurting someone's feelings - ill - asking you a question
Giving an excuse

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: You speak,write a letter,and make a telephone call. Your words carry a message. People communicate with words. Do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad. When you raise your hand in class,the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions. You shake your head,and people know you are saying "No". You nod and people know you are saying "Yes". Other things can also carry messages. For example,a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the wall of your school helps you to find the library. Signs on doors tell you where to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time? People can communicate in many other ways. An artist can use his drawings to tell about beautiful mountains,about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell you about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books,magazines,TVs, radios and films all help us to communicate with each other. They all help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about. (Notes: communicate ;sign ,) Question: A sign at the bus stop tells you _ . - how many buses there are - what kind of bus it is - where the bus comes and goes - how much money you'll pay for the ticket
where the bus comes and goes

Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: There is a big tree in front of my house. A black bird lives in the tree. Every day I take some food to the tree. The bird sees me and comes down. The food is in my hand. The bird comes to my hand and eats it. After that it goes back to the tree. I give some food to the bird every day. And so the bird knows me. I like the bird and the bird likes me. We are good friends. Question: How often does the writer feed the bird? - Once a week. - Twice a week. - Three times a day. - Every day.
A: Every day.

Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Chrysanthemum Exhibition Name: Yichun the Second Chrysanthemum Exhibition Date: Oct. 26th -- Nov. 25th, 2015 Place: Yichun Fengcheng Square Show: Over 300,000 basins and nearly 200 kinds of chrysanthemums Parts: Watching chrysanthemums, praising chrysanthemums and tasting chrysanthemum tea Transportation: No.2 bus Time: At any time in the day It is free for everyone. If you like, you can take photos. But do not pick or damage the chrysanthemums. Come to the chrysanthemum exhibition with your family or friends and have fun. Question: What can people see in the exhibition? - Only some basins. - 300,000 kinds of chrysanthemums. - Some beautiful pictures. - Many chrysanthemums.
Answer: Many chrysanthemums.

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Guide dogs are a big help to blind people. A guide dog helps its owner cross the street and do many other things. But it is not easy to become a guide dog. Here's what a dog must do to get the job: 1. When the dog is very young, trainers watch the dog to make sure it is friendly and quiet. 2. For one year, the dog goes to live with a testing family. The family teaches the dog some simple words, like "Sit!" and "Stay!" 3. Then the dog goes to school, where trainers teach the dog to lead a person. The dog must learn to _ cars and other dangers in the street or in the neighborhood. 4. The trainers take the dog into town to practice going into stores and banks. 5. If the dog has done well at school, it is ready to meet his blind owner. Now they will work as a team. Question: Guide dogs learn the words "sit" and "stay" with the help of _ . - school trainers - their owners - their parents - testing families
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testing families