Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: A woman was collecting money for a church charity. The money she collected was going to be given to poor children who had no parents to take care of them. She went from apartment to apartment and from house to house. She knocked on doors and asked for money. She always said the same thing. "Good morning, I'm collecting for a church charity. Please give generously. We need $5,000." Then she held out a collecting box. Most people put a few coins in the box. An artist lived in one of the apartments. He opened the door. "Good morning." she said. "I'm collecting for a church charity. Please give generously. We need $5,000." The artist thought for a moment, then he said, "I'm sorry, but I don't have any money. However, I'll give you a painting. It's worth $ 400." The woman thanked the artist and took the painting away. A week later she called on him again. "I'm sorry to trouble you again," she said, "but we still need more money. I need another $ 100. Can you help?" "Of course," the artist said. "I'll increase the value of my painting to $ 500." Question: Did the woman collect enough money at last? Options: A: No, she didn't. B: Yes, she did. C: We don't know. D: Yes, she does.
Ans: A

Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Volunteers are people who do a job for the satisfaction of helping others. Volunteers do many different types of jobs.Some volunteers read books onto tapes so that people with poor eyesight can listen. Some volunteers deliver meals to elderly or sick people. Some volunteers help tourists who visit a city during a major event like the Olympic Games or the Commonwealth Games. Volunteers help whenever a community is hit by a natural disaster . Volunteers assist(,)in putting out bush fires.They might also help to evacuate people from areas that have been flooded or hit by an earthquake or tsunami . A community may not recover without the help of volunteers. Some communities require volunteers more than others. Communities that don't have much money require a great deal of help from volunteers. Communities with a large number of elderly people might require more help from volunteers than communities with more young people.Without volunteers, some communities couldn't operate. Question: Why do some communities require volunteers more than others? Because _ . Options: A: they have more money B: they have more elderly people C: they have more young people D: they have more children.
Ans: B

Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: You may have heard of the famous saying, "East or west, home is the best." What does the word "home" mean to you? How do you say the word in French? In Chinese? In your language? Although people usually know what the word means, it sometimes has no exact translation. It's not surprising, because the idea of home is " different from country to country and from person to person". A home is more than a roof and four walls. It's the cooking ,eating, talking, playing and sleeping that go on inside. And at home you usually feel safe and relaxed. Homes look different in different countries. They also have different things inside. For example, in cold northern Europe, there's a fire in the living room or kitchen and all the chairs face it, In the south, where the sun shines a lot and it's more important to keep the heat out, there are small windows and cool stone floors. We asked some people about their homes. How often do people move house in your country? " In my country many people don't stay in one place for a very long time. They often move every ten years or so." ------Cheryl, Boston, USA What are the features of homes in your country? " In Britain, even in town, there's always a garden. We have separate bedrooms and living rooms. But we don't often have balconies. The weather isn't warm enough!" ------Pat, Exeter, England Question: Why is it important to keep the heat out of houses in the southern Europe? Options: A: Because they want to breathe fresh air outside. B: Because there is a fire in the living room. C: Because they wear heavy clothes all day long. D: Because the sun there shines a lot.
Ans: D

Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: The wolves are very hungry. They go out to look for food. There are many sheep ( ) near the hill( ). There are also a few sheepdogs with them. The wolves think of an idea. They speak to the sheepdogs," You are like us and we are brothers. But we have a very different life. We do what we like, and you must work for man. They make you look after their sheep. They eat meat and give you the bones . If you listen to us and give us the sheep, we can eat them together. All of us will be happy,right?"The dogs are happy and do like this. The wolves ask the dogs to go to their house. The sheepdogs go to the wolves' home. But the wolves eat them and then eat the sheep. Question: The wolves go out for food because _ . Options: A: they see the sheep near the mountain B: they see the sheepdogs C: they are hungry D: they want to go out
Ans:
C