Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Cats are the most popular pets among Americans. So it is not surprising there are many expressions about cats. Do you know any of them? Now let me introduce some to you. Some cats like to catch small birds, like canaries. If someone looks very proud or satisfied with himself, we say he looks like the cat that ate the canary. Sometimes, a cat likes to play with a small animal it catches. So if you play cat and mouse with someone, you change between different kinds of behavior when dealing with another person. For example, a child might offer something sweet to her little brother, and then take it away when reaches for it. A cat will often catch a small animal and present it to its owner. The saying that looks like something the cat dragged in describes something in bad condition. A fat cat is a person with a lot of money. There are many other expressions about cats in America. How interesting! Which kind of cat are you, or which kind would you like to be? Question: If someone always thinks highly of himself, we can say _ . - he plays cat and mouse with someone - he looks like the cat that ate the canary - he is a lazy cat - he has dragged in something
he looks like the cat that ate the canary

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Miss Li is a teacher. She teaches in a middle school. She gets up at half past five in the morning. She has breakfast at 6:00.After that she goes to school by bike. She gets there very early. She cleans her desks and chairs for other teachers. Classes begin at 8:00.She and the other teachers work hard. She goes home at 4:00 in the afternoon. Then she does some housework .After dinner she reads books and goes over the students' homework. She goes to bed at about ten. Question: She does some housework _ - at 4:30 - before 4:40 - after 4:00 - in the morning
after 4:00

Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Yao Ming, the centre of the Chinese National Men's basketball team, joins the Houston Rocket in the 2002 NBA. The 2.2 m, 120kg basketball star becomes the first one to come from a foreign team. Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980. His mother is a leader of the Chinese National Women's Team. His father plays basketball, too. Yao Ming is welcome in China. He becomes a very important basketball player in China Basketball Association. It's short for CBA. During the 2000-2001 seasons, he gets 27.1 scores for the Shanghai Oriental Sharks in every match. Yao Ming joins the Houston Rockets in November, 2002. He says this is a new start in his basketball life. He world do his best to learn from the NBA and improve himself. Sport analyst Bill Walton says, "Yao Ming is very strong. He has the capability of changing the future of basketball." Question: Yao Ming _ in CBA during the 2000-2001 seasons. - doesbadly - isn'tgood - isin America - doeswell
A: doeswell

Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Dear Sir, I am writing to you about my stay at your hotel. My wife and I arrived on Saturday, 15thMay and stayed for a week. Though we were treated well and found the service excellent, we think there are one or two matters we should bring your attention. 1. We had hoped for a nice holiday from our busy work lives, and your advertisement said "comfortable and quiet". We want to have a chance to enjoy ourselves. However, we were always waken up by the noise every morning. Is it really necessary for the workers to start their repair work so early? 2. We had hoped to swim in your "wonderful pool". To our disappointment , we found that it was closed for the whole time of our stay. I hope you do not mind my writing to you about these things, but I would be happy if you could give me some explanation. As I said at the start, it is a pity, and your service is so good in other fields. I hope to hear from you soon. Yours sincerely Mr Hector Bradley , . Question: When did they get to the hotel? - On 15th May. - Three days ago. - Last year. - On a cold winter morning.
Answer: On 15th May.

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: An old couple was having problems remembering things, so they decided to go to their doctor to makesurenothing was wrong with them. When they arrived at the doctor's, they explained to the doctor about the problems they were having with their memory. After checking the couple out, the doctor told them that they were physically fine but advised them to start making notes to help them remember things. Later that night, while watching TV, the old man got upfromhischair and his wife asked, "Where are you going?" He replied, "To the kitchen." She asked, "Will you get me a cup of icecream?"He replied, "Sure." She then askedhim, " Shouldn't you write it down so you can remember it?" He said, "No, I can remember that." When the man was walking towards the kitchen, the woman shouted , "Dear, I would also like some strawberries on top. You had better write that down because I know you'll forget that." He answered, "I can remember that. You want acupof ice cream with strawberries." She added, "Well, I also would like somecreamon top. I know you will forget that so please write it down." With anger inhisvoice, he said, "I don't need to write that down! I can remember that." He then went into the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, he returnedfromthe kitchen and handed her a plate of bacon and eggs. She stared at the plate for a moment and said angrily, "You forgot my bread!" Question: From the passage we can know that the old couple _ . - still had something wrong with their memory after seeing the doctor - had poor health, so they went to see their doctor - obeyed their doctor's advice and carried it out successfully - got theirmemoryimproved after seeing the doctor
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still had something wrong with their memory after seeing the doctor

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. This is an old English saying . It means that we should go to bed early at night and get up early in the morning. If we do, we shall be healthy. We shall also be rich and clever. Is this true? Perhaps it is. The body must have enough sleep. Children of your age need ten hours' sleep every night. If you go to bed late, you can't have enough sleep. Then you can't think carefully and your homework will be wrong. You will not be wise and you may not become wealthy! Some people go to bed late at night and get up late in the morning. This is not good for them. We should sleep at night when it is dark. The dark helps us sleep well. When the daylight comes, we should get up. This is the time for exercise. If the body is not used, it will become weak. Exercise keeps it strong. Exercise helps the blood to move around inside the body. Blood takes nutrition to all parts of our bodies. The brains in our heads also need blood. We think with our brains. If we keep our bodies healthy, and take exercise, we can think better! Our bodies also need air to breathe . Without air we will die. Get up early in the morning and we can have plenty of clean, fresh air. That will keep us healthy and happy. ,. Question: If you want to make your body strong, you should _ . - exercise often - have enough sleep - go to bed early - get up early
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exercise often