Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881. His father was a painter and art teacher who gave his son the first lesson in drawing. He won a prize-- "Science and Charity" for his first important painting when he was only fifteen. He studied in several cities in Spain. But there was no one to teach him all that he wanted to know. When he was nineteen, he visited Paris. Paris was then the center of the world for artists. Everything that was new and exciting in the world of paintings seemed to happen there. When he was twenty-three, Picasso moved there to live and lived in France for the rest of his life. When he was over ninety, this great painter still lived his life like a young man. He was still looking for new ideas and new ways to use his artistic materials. When he died in 1973, he was ninety-one years old. . Question: What did he do when he was old? Options: A: He lived his life like a young man. B: He looked for new ideas. C: He looked for new ways to use his artistic materials. D: All the above.
D

Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Nowadays, computer games are becoming more and more popular in many cities and towns. A lot of small shops along busy streets have been made into small game houses in order to get more money. These places are always crowded with people, especially young boys. In the computer game houses, people spend a lot of money competing with the machines. It's hard for one to win the computer, but one can make progress after trying again and again. People have a kind of gambling psychology when they play computer games. The more they lose, the more they want to win. When class is over, the school boys run to the nearby computer game houses. Little by little , they forget all about their lessons and fall far behind others. Some of them can get enough money from their parents. But some of them are not lucky enough to get the money. They begin to take away other students' money and become thieves. Question: What is the passage mainly about? Options: A: Game houses have a bad effect on young boys. B: More and more small shops have been made into game houses. C: Young boys spend a lot of money playing computer games. D: People play games better after trying again and again.
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Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Think about the different ways that people use the wind. You can use it to fly a kite or to sail a boat. Wind is one of our cleanest and richest power sources, as well as one of the oldest. Something shows that windmills began to be used in ancient Iran back in the seventh century BC. They were first introduced to Europe during the 1100s, when armies returned from the Middle East with knowledge of using wind power. For many centuries, people used windmills to make wheat into flour or get water from deep underground. When electricity was discovered in the late 1800s, people living in faraway areas began to use them to produce electricity. This allowed them to have electric lights and radio. However, by the 1940s when electricity was available to people in almost all areas of the United States, windmills were hardly used. During the 1970s, people started becoming more cared about the pollution that is created when coal and gas are burned to produce electricity. People also realized that the supply of coal and gas would run out one day. Then, wind was rediscovered, though it means higher costs. Today, there is a global movement to supply more and more of our electricity through the use of wind Question: What did people use windmills to do for many centuries? Options: A: To help make flour from wheat. B: To help get water from the river. C: To help make electric lights. D: To help dig wells in faraway areas.
A: A

Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Some advice : (1) Always play in a safe place. A park is a safe place because there are no cars or trucks. But do not talk to anyone you do not know. Never go with a stranger into a motor car. (2) Before crossing the road, stop and look both ways. Look left, look right, look left again. (3) Keep away from houses or building that are being built or knocked down. Something might fall on your head, or you might cut yourself on broken grass. (4) Medicines or pills can be dangerous. Never swallow any pills or medicines you find in the cupboard. (5) Wear a life jacket whenever you go out in a boat. Even if you are not in the open sea and the water is not deep, you should have your life jacket on. It's easy to fall out of a boat. (6) Do not put your head out of a car, bus or train. Many children have been killed by doing this. Question: Which is not mentioned in the passage? Options: A: A stranger B: Buildings C: A plane D: Medicines
Answer: C

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Morgan is very happy these days. She is in Grade 7 at L.B Clarke Middle School, the USA. She gives her journals to the teacher. She writes them in the summer holiday. She says, "I read many books to finish them." In the summer holiday, most schools in the USA ask students to read. But L.B.Clarke starts a program this year. Students write their journals three times a week. The journals are about books they read or their everyday life. _ says a teacher in the school, "Our program also asks them to read, but in a different way." Caroline, another student, finishes six journals. She writes about her favourite books and family trips. "The program helps me learn new things," she says, "and if I forget something, I can look in my journals." Question: How often do the students write journals? Options: A: Twice a week. B: Twice a month. C: Three times a week D: Three times a month.
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C

Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Cats are the most popular pets among Americans. So it is not surprising that there are a lot of expressions about cats. Some cats like to catch small birds, like canaries . If someone looks very proud and 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, it means that you change between different kinds of behavior when dealing with another person. For example, a girl might offer something sweet to her little brother and then take it away when he reaches for it. Americans might say that something is "the cat's miaow" or "the cat's pajamas " to describe something that is the best or finest. "A copycat" is someone who acts just like someone else or copies another person's work. "A fat cat" is a person with a lot of money. If you tell about something that is supposed to be a secret, we say you "let the cat out of the bag". If you are not able to speak or answer a question, someone might ask you if "the cat has got your tongue " Have you ever watched children in a classroom when their teacher leaves for a few minutes? "When the cat's away, the mice will play" means people sometimes act badly when there is no supervision . You may have heard the expression "curiosity killed the cat". This means caring too much about things that are not your business might cause problems. If you have ever had cats as pets, you know it is difficult to train them or to get them to do something. Cats are not like Sheep or cows that can be moved in a group. So we say a difficult or impossible job is like "herding cats " Question: In which of the following situations do we most probably use the expression "curiosity killed the cat"? Options: A: Someone always asked a lady her age or weight and it made her angry. B: Someone promised to keep a secret but he failed to do so. C: Someone won the first prize in an English singing competition and he felt very excited. D: Someone tried to swim across the Yangtze River with his newly broken legs.
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