Question: Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: In most parts of the world there are four seasons. They are spring, summer, fall and winter. In different seasons people wear different clothes and do different things. For example, in summer the weather is hot, so people usually wear cool clothes and do things like swimming, boating or surfing . But near the polar regions , there are only two seasons: winter and summer. In winter, nights are long. For more than two months  you can't see the sun. In summer, days are long and the sun is always in the sky. There are no nights. The people living near the North Pole  are called Inuit . In summer they live in tents and catch deer for food. In winter they live in small round snow houses. They can build  a snow house. They make holes  in the ice and catch fish and seals . They eat much meat but not many vegetables. Question: Inuit live in tents and catch  _  for food in summer. Options: A: deer B: dogs C: fish D: seals
A: A


Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Ma Yan is not really a writer. But this 15-year-old girl has written a book that has moved many people around the world. "Ma Yan's Diary" tells us about Ma's life. She lives in a poor village called Zhangjiashu in Tongxin, Ningxia, and she has no money to go to school. But she is brave and has a strong desire to go to school. Her mother gave her diary to a French reporter, Pierre Haski when he went to Zhangjisshu in 2001. Now, it has been published  in France Italy, Germany, Japan and China. Ma is now a Junior Three student at Yuwang Middle School in Tongxin. Before this, she had to leave school twice. When she had to stop going to school the first time, her mum told her there was no money for her to go to school. She worked for 21 days and saved 13 yuan. With this money, she went back to school. The second time, her family told her she had to leave school but her two brothers could stay. "I want to study," Ma wrote in her diary. "Why can boys study but girls can't? It would be wonderful if I could stay at school forever." Ma loves school so much because she wants to have a better life. "My parents work hard in the fields but they are still poor. They have no knowledge. Most girls in my village leave school early and get married young. I don't want that kind of life," Ma said. After her story became known, many French student sent money to her. Ma's dream is the same as ever. She hopes to go to Tsinghua University and become a reporter. "Then , I can find poor kids like me and help them, " she said. Question: Which is the reason for her leaving school for the second time? Options: A: She had to help her mother do some housework. B: Her brothers studied better than she did. C: Girls were not equally treated in their village. D: She didn't study hard.
A: C


Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: The Story of a Broken Bowl Henry is a boy of nine. Three years ago he began to go to school. He studied hard and does well in his lessons. His parents like him very much. Henry's grandpa is a single man. But once he lost a leg in a traffic accident. And now he can't work. He often tells the boy all kinds of interesting stories. Sometimes he makes a kite or a cage. And he teaches the boy how to catch the singing birds and how to give them food. The boy admires him very much and always stays with him when he's free. But Henry's mother didn't like the old man. She always thought him useless and dirty, and didn't let her son play with him but the boy didn't listen to her. When they sat at table, she put some food on another table and filled a broken bowl with rice and porridge. The old man was very sad but he dared not say anything. Henry was angry with his mother about it. One day he saw a broken bowl on his way home. He picked it up and put it into his bag. His mother found it and asked, " Why have you brought a broken bowl home, dear?" " I keep it for you." said Henry, "When you're old like my grandpa, I'll fill it with rice for you !" Having heard this, the woman began to cry. Since then she's been good to the old man. Question: His parents like Henry because   _  . Options: A: He's good to his grandpa B: He's a polite boy C: He does well in his lessons D: He's learned to catch singing birds
A: C


Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Long long ago, There was a tree and some grass . The grass grew next to the tree. The tree was very tall and the grass was short. The tree often _ the grass. One day, the tree said to the grass, "You are weak . Even the grasshopper  is too heavy for you." The tree also said that it was big and strong. No strong wind was able to blow it down. The tree laughed at the grass. But the grass didn't get angry. The grass only said, "I'm not afraid of the wind." That night, there was a strong wind. The wind blew down  the tree. The tree was very poor. It was thrown  on the ground. But the grass was still there. The wind couldn't blow down the grass. It even danced in the wind. ,,. Question: Which of the following is true according to the passage? Options: A: The wind blew down the grass. B: The wind didn't blow down the tree. C: The grass was afraid of the wind. D: The wind threw the tree on the ground.

Answer: A: D