Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Mary has a lot of hobbies. She usually gets up early so she can run before work. She doesn't often have time to skate, but she sometimes goes on Saturdays during the winter. Mary often rides a horse near here home. She sometimes goes after work, but she usually goes horseback riding on Sundays. She loves music. She always goes to choir practice on Wednesday evenings and sings in church on Sundays. She doesn't have much money, so she seldom goes to concerts in the city. She seldom watches TV because she likes doing things outside. She usually goes to the gym if it's raining outside. She isn't often alone because she has a lot of friends. She sometimes does something alone, but she usually does her hobbies with one of her friends. She's a happy woman! Question: Mary usually goes horseback riding on _ . - Wednesday - Sunday - Saturday - workday
Sunday

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Molly Jackson was a happy little girl. She lived with her parents. Her parents loved her very much. Every morning, Mrs. Jackson would get up early to make breakfast. She also made lunch for Mr. Jackson. Then it was Molly's job to put her father's lunch box into a lunch bag. And she would give the lunch bag to her father. One day, Molly gave two lunch bags to her father. "Why do you give me two bags, Molly?" asked Mr. Jackson. "There is something else in the other bag," Molly answered. "What's in it?" Mr. Jackson kept asking. "I can't tell you now. Just open it after your lunch," said Molly. Time passed quickly, it was lunch time. Mr. Jackson opened his lunch bag and started to eat. Then he saw the other bag from Molly. So he opened this special bag. In this bag, Mr. Jackson found some toys. There were some small model cars and pictures in the bag. And Mr. Jackson found a note at the bottom of the bag. It wrote, "Dad, here are some of my toys. You can play them in your free time and have a rest. I love you, dad." Question: When did Mr. Jackson open the other bag? - Before the lunch. - During the lunch. - After the lunch. - After the breakfast.
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After the lunch.

Ques: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: News 1 : Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours though it is about 40,000 kilometers? One day,maybe you can. Last Saturday,the American X-43A airplane made its first flight. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometres an hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world. The X-43A is only three to four metres long,but it's very heavy:it weighs 1,270 kilogrames. News 2 : Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes? Don't worry,things will get better soon. Last week,China started checking textbooks,dictionaries and children's books all over the country. The government said the results of the checking would come out at the end of June. News 3 : There will be a new "star" in the sky soon. China plans to send a satellite into space by December 2006. It will stay in space for one year. It will go around the moon and take pictures. It must be very expensive,right? That's for sure-1. 4 billion yuan! News 4 : Floods across the northern Mexican state of Coahuila killed at least 32 people and left100 more missing. It was reported on Monday. The heavy rain hit the state all night last Friday,so some banks of the river were broken. Along the river about 3,000 families were seriously affected . Question: Which of the following about the new "star" is NOT TRUE? - It will help us know more about the moon. - It will go around the earth for one year. - It will cost 1. 4 billion yuan. - It will be sent up by the year 2006.
Ans: It will go around the earth for one year.

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: A kind of little cars may be seen in the streets in the future. People will like this kind of small cars better than the big ones. The car is as small as a bike. But it can carry two people in it. Everybody can drive it easily, just like riding a bike. Even children and old people can drive them to schools or parks. If everyone drives such cars in the future, there will be less pollution in the air. There will be more space for all the cars in cities, and there will also be more space for people to walk in the streets. The little cars of the future will cost less money to buy and to drive. These little cars can go only 65 kilometers an hour, so driving will be safer. The cars of the future will be fine for going around the city, but they will not be useful for a long trip. This kind of cars can save a lot of gas. They will go 450 kilometers, then they have to stop for more gas. They are nice cars, aren't they? Question: If you drive this kind of little cars for four hours, you can probably go _ at most. - 260 kilometers - 65 kilometers - 450 kilometers - 130 kilometers
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260 kilometers

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Once there was something wrong with a machine in a factory. The workers could do nothing but turn to a German engineer for help, who drew a line on it and then said, "Take off the part where the line is and change it for a new one. "The machine, with a new line on, began running well again. The engineer then asked for $30,000 for what he had done. The following were what he wrote on a bill, "The new part only costs one dollar, and knowing where the problem with the machine is costs $29,999." One dollar for changing a new part sounds reasonable but the $29,999 is exactly the value of wisdom and knowledge. Question: The factory turned to the German engineer because _ . - he had nothing to do in the factory - there were no other people in the factory - the workers could not repair the machine - the workers asked for too much money for repairing the machine
the workers could not repair the machine