Read the article and select the best answer. Article: I've loved my mother's desk since I was just tall enough to sit above the top of it when mother sat writing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world. Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. "But the desk," she said again " is for Elizabeth."[:Zxxk.Com] I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it action. But as a young girl. I wanted to have heart-to heart talks between mother and daughter. They never happened. And a _ opened between us. I was " too emotional ". But she lived "on the surface". As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me. My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace-it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn't be sure that the letter had even got to mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not. But the present of her desk told me, as she'd never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside-a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times. It was my letter. " In any way you choose, mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words" Question: The writer began to love her mother's desk _ . Options: A: after Mother died B: when she was a child C: before she became a writer D: when mother gave it to her
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Long long ago, there was a man who lived in a village. One day, he went to a market and did some shopping. He suddenly found two boxes. Both the two boxes were very beautiful and the man fell in love with them at the first sight. So he bought them. After he got home, he didn't know how to use the boxes. He thought it over and decided to do something special. He decided to put all of his happiness in the yellow box and all of his sadness in the black box. He thought that it was funny to do that. A few days later, the yellow box was very heavy, but the black box was still light. He didn't know why. He decided to open the two boxes and found out the truth. He opened the yellow box and found nothing. Then he opened the black box and saw a hole at the bottom. Then he smiled to himself and said, "Happiness is for me. Let sadness go." Question: What's the best title for the passage? Options: A: The Yellow Box B: A good Market C: A Silly Man D: Two Boxes
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Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao promised that the country would take actions to improve school bus safety on Sunday, a day after China saw its second terrible school bus accident in November, 2011. "School buses should be safe mobile campuses for students," the premier said at a national meeting on women and children, "Society should remember in mind that children should be the first to enjoy all kinds of social caring and the last ones to suffer from any disaster." School buses have become a hot topic in China since the deaths of 21 people, including 19 pre-school students, in a traffic accident between a truck and a school-owned minibus in Gansu province on Nov. 16, 2011. The nine-seat minibus was carrying 64 people at the time of the accident, according to the reports. The second accident, in which a school bus in the northern province of Liaoning _ on Friday, left 35 people injured, according to China Daily. "In recent days, a series of big accidents involving school buses has led to great anger among the people. These accidents have also made me uncomfortable," said Mr Wang, an old teacher from Jiangsu. And he also thought that school bus safety must become a serious problem for schools and the government. Premier Wen has already asked the government to develop new safety standard for school buses and made sure to help local government with safe buses for school-age children. Question: How many seats did the minibus in Gansu province have before it was turned into a school bus? Options: A: 64 B: 21 C: 9 D: 19
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Everyone in our class has our own characters. Each plays his or her part in our class. All in all,we are a group of young children who are perhaps a bit noisy at times,but on the whole are well behaved and pleasant to be with. Ah Keong We are a noisy group, and that is what our teachers say about us.This is largely because of Ah Keong.He is the noisiest of us all because he lives with his family of ten children.It seems that he cannot talk softly.Actually he does not talk, he shouts. Padma Padma is a quiet boy who sits next to me. He is so soft that one would think that he is a girl .This is not so. No one dares to call him"girl", for he is a member of the school karate club. Doris Doris is such a model student that all the teachers love her, She sits right in front of the teachers table.We all love her because she is kind and helpful. Every day, she makes sure that the teachers have enough chalk and the classroom is clean. JJack Every class has a clown . Our class has jack. He is naughty and always playing tricks on others. He puts tails on the boys pants and frogs in the girls desks. So when we hear someone crying, we know that Jack has played a trick again. Question: Ah Keong is the noisiest because _ Options: A: he lives with his family of ten children B: he is always playing tricks on others C: he sits in front of the teacher s table D: he is in the school karate club
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Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: A mother wanted to encourage her son to play the piano. She bought tickets to the concert of a great pianist. When they arrived at the theater, the mother found a friend. Sbe stopped to talk to ber friend and her son ran off. At eight o'clock'the lights began to dim ,and the concert was set to start. The mother began to look for the boy. Then, she saw her 6-year-old son on stage. He was on the piano bench playing Twinkle, Twinkle little star. The mother was very shocked. Before she could get her son back, the famous pianist himself was on the stage and quickly moved to the piano. "Don't stop. Keep playing," he said kindly to the boy. The great pianist reached down with his left hand and began filling in the bass of the song. Soon, his right arm reached around the other side and played a beautiful piece of music. Together, the two impressed people with their beautiful music. In all of our lives, we receive helping hands- some we notice, some we don't. We also have Iots of chances to give helping hands- sometimes we want people to know, sometimes we don't. Little of what we all achieve comes without other's help. What we receive we should give back Question: When the mother found her son playing on stage, she felt _ . Options: A: happy B: encouraged C: interested D: surprised
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D