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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: On New Year's Day, many people eat special food for good luck. In Spain  and some Latin American countries ,people eat twelve grapes  at midnight  on New Year's Eve--One grape for good luck in each month of the new year. Chinese people eat dumplings. Some are made with a coin inside. Everyone tries to find the coin for good luck and money in the new year. Of course  they don't eat the coin . In the south of China, people make rice cakes for New Year. The Chinese pronunciation  for rice cake is "Nian Gao", which means "get better year after year". Japanese people eat noodles on New Year's Eve and on their birthdays. They think it may bring them good luck and long life. The food may be different in each country, but the meaning is the same---people hope the food will bring them luck and happiness(,) in the coming year. Question: What do the writer want to express  in the article ? Options: A: People like to eat B: Different countries have different food C: People around the world use food to express their good wishes for the coming year D: The writer likes to travel
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C

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Mr Green is a teacher of English. He comes from America. He teaches English in China. He speaks English quite well. He reads a lot of books and his wife Mrs Green often writes books for the students. He gets up at five in the morning. He leaves home at ten to six. He begins the first lesson at 8:00. He teaches English every day except Sunday. At ten to twelve he finishes his lessons. Ten minutes later he has lunch. In the afternoon he often plays games with his students at about four o'clock. Sometimes he teaches his students in his room. Supper time is at about six. After that he reads newspapers and watches TV. At about ten to eleven he goes to bed. Question: Mr Green comes from   _  . Options: A: China B: Australia C: England D: America
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D

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: One summer morning a tiger is walking near  a lake. He wants to eat something. He is very hungry. In the lake, a duck is swimming ."That is my breakfast," thinks the tiger. "Good morning, Mr. Duck!" says the tiger. "Go away, you bad tiger!" says the duck. "I want to tell you something about your friend, Miss Chicken. If you don't come, I'll go. Good bye. Mr. Duck." "Wait a minute," says the duck. "Tell me!" The tiger looks around ,"I don't want other animals to know it. Come up to me," says the tiger. Then Mr. Duck swims to the tiger. As soon as(............) he gets to the bank ,the tiger gets it and eats it up. He laughs best that laughs last.. Question: The duck   _   from the tiger. Options: A: like B: likes C: wants to see D: wants to know something about his friend
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: It was a cold night. The taxi driver didn't take even one passenger all day. When he went by the railwaystation, he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he drove to him and asked, " whereare you going ,sir? "To the Red Hotel," the young man answered. When the taxi driver heard this, he didn't feel happy anymore. The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was near the railway station. Butsuddenly, he had an idea. He took the young man through many streets of the big city. After a long time, they arrived at the hotel. "Here we are! You should pay me fifteen dollars, please."the taxi driver said to the young man. "What? Fifteen dollars! Do you think I'm a fool? Only last week, Itook a taxi from the railway station to this hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how muchI have to pay for the trip." Question: Which of the following is TRUE? Options: A: The two taxi drivers were both honest. B: The two taxi drivers cheated the young man. C: It is very far from the railway station to the Red Hotel. D: The young man knew how far it was from the railway station to the hotel.
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Answer: B