Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: One day a lonely girl found two weak birds while she was walking in the woods . She took them home and put them in a small cage. She fed them with love and the birds grew strong. Every morning they greeted her with a beautiful song. The girl loved them very much and wanted their singing to last forever. One day the girl left the cage's door open. The larger and stronger of the two birds flew out of the cage. The girl watched worriedly as it circled high above her. She was afraid that it would fly away and she would never see it again. So when it flew close, she grasped at it wildly. She was very happy that she held it tightly within her hand! Suddenly, she felt something had happened to the bird. She opened her hand and was surprised to find the bird was dead. Her love for the bird killed it. She noticed the other bird jumping in the cage. She could feel that it wanted to be free. It hoped to fly into the clear, blue sky. She lifted it from the cage and flew it into the air. The bird circled once, twice, three times... When the bird was flying happily in the sky, she was so glad. Just then the bird flew closer and sat softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest song she had ever heard. Question: The girl felt that the other bird _ when it was jumping in the cage. Answer: | OPTIONS:
- wanted to see what happened
- wanted to be free
- wanted to sing a beautiful song again
- wanted to eat something
A: wanted to be free

Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Kangkang's father is a doctor. When SARS, a kind of serious disease, spread in Beijing, he took an active part in the battle against it. He left his wife and his son to work in the Xiaotangshan Hospital. He cared for the patients day and night. He couldn't go home and he could only talk with family on the telephone. "Do you miss your family?" asked a reporter. "Yes, of course. It's my duty to save the patients," Doctor Lee answered. Question: How did his father talk with his family? Answer: | OPTIONS:
- In the hospital
- On the phone
- Face to face
- We don't know.
A: On the phone

Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Many daily American expressions are based (......) on colours. Red is a hot colour. Americans often use it to represent heat. When they say "red-hot", that means they are very angry about something. Loud music is popular with many people. Some may say that such music is red-hot. Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say "I'm in the pink" when they are in good health. The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the 20th century. It probably comes from the fact that many babies are born with a nice pink colour that shows that they are in good health. Blue is a cool colour. The old Blues music in the United States is the opposite of red-hot music. Blues is slow and sad. Someone who is "blue" is very sad. The colour green is natural for trees and grass. But it is an unnatural colour for humans. A person who has an upset stomach may say "I'm feeling a bit green". A person on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves can be said "look very green". Sometimes a person may be very jealous because he does not have anything as nice as someone has, like a fast new car. That person may say "I'm green with envy". Some people are green with envy because someone has more dollars or "greenbacks". Dollars are called greenbacks in American slangs because that is the colour of the bottom of their bank notes. The colour black is used often in expressions. People may say "it's a black day" when everything goes wrong on that day. In some cases, colours describe a situation. _ were common during the World War II. All the lights in a city were turned off at night to make it difficult for enemy planes to find their aims in the dark. Question: What does "I'm in the pink" mean? Answer: | OPTIONS:
- I'm sad.
- I'm happy.
- I'm healthy.
- I'm worried.
A: I'm healthy.

Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: "Tom? Are you in bed yet?" called Mrs.White. There was no answer. Mrs. White put down her book and went to her 14-year-old son's room. Tom was sitting in front of a bright computer screen on which a motorbike was running fast. "Oh, Tom. You're still playing on that computer game. You must stop now, it's half past eleven. If you don't go to bed soon, you'll be very tired tomorrow, " said Mrs. White."But I've nearly won the game, " Tom said to Mrs. White. She could see the excitement on his face. She sat down beside him."You're always playing on the computer. You spend more time on this machine than on your homework. " Today more and more families have computers. Parents hope computers can help their children improve their study at school. But many of their children use computers to play games and watch videos instead of studying. We often see that computer net bars are crowded with people, especially young boys. They spend a lot of money competing with the computerized machines. The more they lose, the more they want to win. The result is that they don't want to work or study. In some countries, even scientists hate computers. They say computers cause millions of people to lose their jobs or cause them a lot of trouble. Computer game addiction is a serious problem in social life. Something has to be done to solve the problem. Question: The writer thinks _ . Answer: | OPTIONS:
- the boys can go to the computer net bars, but the girls can't
- the computer net bars are very useful
- the children spend too much money on computer games
- the children should play computer games
A: the children spend too much money on computer games