Question: Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: People have strange ideas about food. In the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous . They called tomatoes "poison apples." President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way, for a cream of tomato soup . This beautiful pink soup was served at the President's next dinner party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their President would sever his dinner guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his guests about the fact. Question: Which of the following is true? - Americans never ate tomatoes after the 17th century. - Even now Americans don't eat tomatoes. - It was not until after the 18th century that Americans began to grow tomatoes for food. - Americans didn't eat tomatoes before the 19th century.
A: It was not until after the 18th century that Americans began to grow tomatoes for food.


Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Many textbooks are not written in the kind of English that we speak every day. In fact, sometimes the reading is so difficult that it almost seems like a foreign language. In a way, it is--the language of science. You should not expect to be able to read a difficult science passage the same way you read an interesting story; you should not expect to read it easily and all at once. Instead, you may have to read it several times through, catching on the meaning of difficult words, going back over difficult sentences, and finally putting the whole thing together. Do not be discourages if the whole passage don't make sense to you at first. You need to pick it apart patiently until you can understand it. These are the steps to follow when you are reading something difficult: 1. Start to read normally until you _ a sentence that doesn't make sense to you. 2. When a sentence doesn't make sense, go back and read it again more slowly. 3. Look for any word you don't know in the sentence. Try to understand their meanings using word parts and context clues . If necessary, look them up in the dictionary. 4. Look at the next few sentences to see if they explain more about the sentence you are working on. Do not read very much farther ahead until you understand what is being said. 5. Finally, read the sentence again. Try to put it into simpler words. 6. Read through the passage once. Try to understand all the hard parts well. Then read the whole passage once more at a usual speed. This helps you to put all ides together. The stops sound a lot harder than they are. It is really just the normal way good readers understand anything that is difficult to read. After you have done the best you can this way, you should always feel free to ask for help from your teacher, if you have one. Question: From the passage, we can know   _  . - we should look up new words before reading - it is sometimes difficult to read a science passage - the six steps are helpful in learning spoken English - interesting stories help readers to improve their English
A: it is sometimes difficult to read a science passage


Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Great Sale at Jenny's Come to Jenny's great sale on clothes, things for your room and things for school. We have jackets in black and brown for thirty-five dollars, sweaters in blue and red for fifteen dollars and bags in green and yellow for five dollars. See our great tables, beds and chairs. Get a new bookcase in brown and white for all your books. At Jenny's sale, they are only twenty dollars! Tomorrow is New Year's Day. Come to Jenny's store today! One day only! Everything is at the lowest price. Question: Cindy likes blue, so she can buy a   _  . - bags - sweater - bookcase - jacket
A: sweater


Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: When I tidied up some old boxes under my bed, I found an old letter for me from my best friend. Her name was Minnie. In the letter, Minnie wrote, "I am really sorry about before. Tell me if you will be my best friend again and tell me if you accept my _ . "I wrote, "YES. I will be your best friend. " The twelve-year-old letter made me remember the time that Minnie and I spent together. We often wrote to each other during that time. One minute, Minnie and I would be playing happily together; the other moment we would get into arguments. But things would always be better again. She gave me a doll for my tenth birthday. I still keep it. Finally things changed. We stopped writing letters to each other after she moved away, and I could no longer ride my bike to her house. Years later, she invited me to her sixteenth birthday party. I don't see Minnie very often from then on. But I'll always keep the letter and I'll never forget the time we spent together. Question: The writer got the letter  _  years ago. - 10 - 12 - 14 - 16

Answer: A: 12