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It is well-known that the "prom", a formal dance held at the end of high school or college, is an important date in every student's life. What is less well-known is that the word "prom" comes from the verb "to promenade", which means to walk around, beautifully dressed, in order to attract attention. The idea is that you should see and be seen by others.
The prom is not just an American tradition, though most people believe that it started in America. In Canada the event is called a "formal". In Britain and Australia the old fashioned word "dance" is more and more frequently being referred to as a "prom". Most countries have some form of celebration when students finish high school: after all, it means the end of life as a child, and the beginning of life as an adult.
The prom is expensive to organize and the tickets can cost students a lot of money. The tradition is that students themselves have to raise the money to pay for it. Selling the students newspapers is one way to raise money; so is taking a part-time job at the weekend.
Although the prom should be the experience of a lifetime, it also worries many students. There is the problem of what to wear, who to take as your partner, who will be voted "prom queen", etc. And it is not only students who feel worried. What many parents find difficult is the realization that their children's school days are almost over. However, for most people at the prom, once the music starts playing, everyone relaxes and stops worrying. | [{'question': 'In which country is the prom called a "formal"?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['America.', 'Canada.', 'Britain.', 'Australia.']}, {'question': "Why is the prom important in the students' lives?", 'answer': 'A', 'options': ["It's the sign of becoming an adult.", "It's an old tradition in many countries.", 'There are many problems to work out.', 'The students can raise money by themselves.']}, {'question': 'What is the passage mainly about?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['The history of the prom.', 'The traditions of the prom.', 'The development of the prom.', 'The general information of the prom.']}] |
Kites have a long history. They may date back long time ago. They were made of bamboo and silk in China. Nobody knows exactly how or when a kite was first flown, but it is said that when a Chinese farmer tied a string to his hat to keep it from blowing away in a strong wind, the first kite was born.
Children like playing with kites. Kites for work or play are made of wood, bamboo, paper, or silk. In 478 B.C., a Chinese philosopher , Mo Zi, spent three years making a kite out of light wood and bamboo. The earliest record of kite flying was in about 200 B.C. when the Chinese General Han Xin of Han Dynasty flew a kite over the walls of a city. He wanted to know how far his army would have to travel.
In the 13thcentury, Marco Polo wrote about how the shipping businessmen flew the huge kite in the wind before the ship set sail. They predicted the voyage in this way. If the kite went high and straight it meant a quick and successful voyage, but if it did not fly well, it was a bad omen . In the late 1500s, the kite was introduced to Europe by the Italians. Kite flying was first mentioned in England in a popular book in 1589. | [{'question': 'The first kite was born when _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['kites were used for sailing', 'a Chinese farmer tied a string to his hat to keep it from blowing away', 'a Chinese general called Han Xin flew a kite to train his army', 'Mo Zi used light wood and bamboo to make a kite']}, {'question': 'Kites are made of the following materials EXCEPT _ according to the passage.', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['silk', 'bamboo', 'cloth', 'paper']}, {'question': 'The kite was introduced to Europe by _', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Marco Polo', 'the Italians', 'Mo Zi,', 'Han Xin']}, {'question': 'The passage tells us _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['how to make a kite', 'how to fly a kite', 'how kite flying was introduced to Europe', 'what a kite is like']}] |
When my wife left this world, I chose to travel in Antigua looking for a peaceful place to rest my old body. Not quite old and weak, I felt I wanted something more than the usual hotel room with 24-hour room service.
I decided this year to try something completely new and booked myself a private holiday home in Antigua. This was the best decision I had ever made, as there was plenty to do, plenty to see and lots of lovely restaurants to visit. There was a private swimming pool, and a cool, wide yard where I ate my breakfast most mornings.
Antigua has to be one of the loveliest places on earth to spend a holiday. The bright blue sea and the endless blue around the beach areas proved to be an excellent place for me to spend the long afternoons.
I had to hurry to do what I wanted to do before the holiday came to an end. I managed to visit the Sugar Mill and Shirley Heights on my last two days and yet found myself wondering whether I could extend for a few more days.
I rented a boat and came home after a day's sailing, refreshed, looking forward to dinner. Everything is so pleasant on these beautiful islands, swept by the trade winds and warmed by the sun for so many summer months. The food just tasted better to me, perhaps because I was having such a great holiday. There was always someone to have a drink with---- that's what I liked most. | [{'question': 'Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned about the private holiday home the writer stayed in?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['It had a private swimming pool.', 'There were lots of restaurants near it.', 'The writer often had breakfast in its yard.', 'It supplied delicious seafood to the writer.']}, {'question': 'The most important reason for the writer to travel in Antigua was _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['there was bright blue sea', 'there was endless blue sky', 'there were lots of lovely restaurants', 'there were many people to drink with']}, {'question': 'The passage is most likely to be taken from a part of _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['a tour guide', 'a travel diary', "a student's report", 'a health report']}] |
It was very late at night when Sam got off the train . He was tired and wanted to find a hotel to have a rest. He looked around and saw a hotel not far away. There were three floors in it. Then Sam went in.
"How much do I need to pay for a single room a night?" Sam asked.
"Well , sir,"said the girl, "a single room on the first floor is fifty dollars a night."
"What about the one on the second floor?" asked Sam.
"Forty dollars."
"Then how about the one on the third floor?"
"Thirty dollars."
Sam picked up his suitcase and wanted to go out.
"Don't you think our price is reasonable?" The girl said.
"Yes," said Sam. "Your price is of course _ , but I'm sure your hotel is not high enough." | [{'question': 'Sam wanted to find a hotel after _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['working a whole day', 'getting off the train', 'getting out of his car', 'walking a whole day']}, {'question': 'How many floors were there in the hotel?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['One', 'Two', 'Three', 'Four']}, {'question': 'Sam needed to pay _ for a single room on the second floor.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['$50', '$40', '$30', '$20']}, {'question': "Why didn't Sam stay in the hotel?", 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Because the hotel was full', "Because the hotel wasn't clean.", "Because the hotel wasn't nice enough.", 'Because Sam thought the price was high.']}] |
Autumn is the harvest season. There must be a lot for us to eat !Yes, autumn is a great time for fruit and vegetables. Let's find out about some of the best.
Apples: You can eat apples all the year round, but they are better and cheaper in autumn. People say "An apple a day keeps the doctor away". Apples have a lot of vitamin C and fiber in them. They are good for the heart and can make your mouth fresh.
Pears: Pears are in season from autumn to mid winter. They have minerals and vitamins C and E in them. They are good for the heart and can keep cancer away.
Pumpkins: Pumpkin is a nice vegetable in autumn. They are rich in beta carotene , which is turned into vitamin A in our bodies. Pumpkins also have calcium ,iron and vitamin C in them. Eating pumpkins can make us look young.
Sweet corn : Sweet corn is in season near the end of the year. It has minerals in it. It's good for the heart.
Autumn weather is cold and dry. Try to eat as much fruit and vegetables as you can. They will make you healthy. | [{'question': 'The passage mainly tells us _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['autumn is a great time for fruit and vegetables', 'why people need to eat an apple each day.', 'eating pumpkins can make us look young', 'to eat as much fruit and vegetables as we can']}, {'question': '_ are /is in rich beta carotene.', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Pumpkins', 'Sweet corn', 'Apples', 'Pears']}] |
Many people like to search the Internet. Exploring the Internet is one of the most important activities of the day. The Internet brings the outside world closer to people's homes. Some people say the world is smaller than before because of the Internet.
What's going on in other countries? How do people live in places far away? Is there a good sports game somewhere? What's the life like in the deepest part of sea? If you want to answer all these questions, just come to the Internet. Of course, people can also learn through reading or listening to the radio. But with the Internet they can learn better and more easily. A lot of information can be collected at a great speed.
Can we go shopping without leaving home? Can we see a doctor without going to the hospital? Can we study without going to school? Can we draw money without going to bank? All these things seemed to be impossible, but now they have become quite possible.
The Internet helps us open our eyes. The Internet also helps open our minds. The Internet often gives us new ideas. In a word, it helps us in many ways. Great changes have taken place in our life since the appearance of the Internet.
,. | [{'question': 'Some people say the world is smaller than before because.', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['all people like to search the Internet', 'the Internet makes the search smaller in size', 'the Internet brings the outside world closer to them', 'exploring the Internet is one of the most importantactivities of the day']}, {'question': "We can't _ through the Internet.", 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['know a good sports match somewhere', 'cook the meal', 'know a lot of information', 'see a doctor and study all kinds of subjects']}, {'question': 'This passage has told us_.', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ["it's helpful to explore the Internet", 'not to explore the Internet any more', 'to stop reading to explore the Internet', 'students should not explore the Internet at any time']}, {'question': 'Which of the following sentences is not true?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['The Internet can get the information faster than reading.', 'Without leaving home, we can get the money from the bank by the radio.', 'People can learn better and more through the Internet.', 'People often learn a lot of new ideas from the Internet.']}] |
Joe, an outgoing girl, is from a rich family. Therefore she can afford almost everything. But Joe's parents are too busy to spend enough time with her, which makes Joe more than lonely. So, she always goes to WeChat. On WeChat, she can do a lot of things like buying things, reading articles, and making friends with those she either knows or not.
She uses the name Linda on WeChat and has made a lot of friends there. Last year Joe made a foreign friend on WeChat. Her name was Catherine and she lived in Sydney. Catherine once sent a picture of "herself": a tall, good-looking young woman with big eyes. Catherine and Joe were both interested in rock music and modern dance. So, they liked each other very much.
When Joe's father told her that he was meeting a client in Sydney this summer, she went with him to give Catherine a surprise for her birthday. When Joe came to Catherine's house in Sydney, she found that her foreign "girlfriend" was a ten-year-old boy named Jim! What a surprise! | [{'question': 'Joe spends time on WeChat to _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['make friends', 'kill time', 'read articles', 'buy things']}, {'question': 'What is the real name of Joe\'s "girlfriend"?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Catherine', 'Joe', 'Jim', 'Linda']}, {'question': 'From this article, we can say _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Everyone uses his real name on WeChat', 'On WeChat, we can only talk with Chinese people.', 'On WeChat, we can talk with Chinese people in Australia.', "Joe's father went to Sydney to meet Joe's friend Catherine."]}, {'question': "What's the best title of the passage?", 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['A Sad Girl', 'A Real Surprise', 'A Special Foreigner', 'A Boy Called Jim']}] |
Mary is an English girl, but she lives in China. She is six. Her mother says to her, "You are six now, Mary, and you are going to school. I think it is very good. It's a nice school."
"Is it a Chinese school?" Mary asks.
"Yes, it is." Her mother says.
It is September and the new school year begins. Mary goes to school every day. She likes her lessons and her classmates very much. Her classmates like her, too. Mary can speak a little Chinese. She likes China. She likes the people of China and Chinese food very much.
,. | [{'question': 'Mary lives in _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['England', 'France', 'Canada', 'China']}, {'question': 'Mary studies in _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['a French school', 'a Chinese school', 'a Japanese school', 'an English school']}, {'question': 'Mary likes her _ and _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['school; class', 'lessons; classmates', 'students; lessons', 'teacher; school']}, {'question': 'Mary can speak a little _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Chinese', 'English', 'Japanese', 'French']}, {'question': 'She likes _ and _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Chinese; Chinese people', 'China; China food', 'Chinese food; Chinese people', 'the students of China; the food of China']}] |
"I'm so sorry. It was all my fault, with no excuse and no reason," said the 23-year-old Taiwan actor, Kai Ko or Ko Chen-tung , bowing to the press conference . Ko apologized publically for taking drugs with friends at his house in Beijing"It was my personal behavior, selfish and stupid. I cannot go back in time to undo what I did, but there is willingness to correct a mistake. I want to correct my mistake, because I don't want to see the sad faces of those who love me and those who I love. I am really sorry to them."Ko said.
Ko became very famous and popular after starring in the film called You Are the Apple of My Eye in 2011. His clean and youthful image won him many fans. For those fans, they are willing to trust Ko. By the end of the 10-minute press conference, 3,207 users of Sina Weibo supported Ko and hoped he would be a better person in the future.
However, there were other voices. Wang Zhuo, a user of Sina Weibo said, " It doesn't matter whether he apologizes or not, because nobody cares. Showbiz and the arts industry will not use anyone like him from now on anyway." Another user said, "After 14 days of detention , Ko's acting skills grew a lot!"
When asked what his plans are after he regained freedom, Ko said he would continue to cooperate with the police on further investigations after returning to Taiwan. | [{'question': 'Ko Cheng-tung apologized publically because he _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['took drugs', 'hit his fans', 'did badly in his film', 'said something bad']}, {'question': 'What made Ko become famous?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['The song called You Are the Apple of My Eye.', 'The film You Are the Apple of My Eye.', 'His good looking.', 'His background.']}, {'question': 'How long did the press conference last?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ["We don't know.", '1 hour.', 'Half an hour.', '10 minutes']}, {'question': 'What does the user mean by saying "After 14 days of detention, Ko\'s acting skills grew a lot"?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['He thinks Ko is still a good actor.', 'He supports Ko no matter what happened.', "He doesn't trust what Ko said.", 'He thinks Ko has trained hard and improved his acting skills.']}, {'question': 'The best title for the passage is " _ ".', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Drugs are dangerous', 'A famous Taiwan actor', 'Apologizing for taking drugs', 'At the press conference']}] |
Today is Sunday, and it is a fine day. The animals in the zoo are having a sports meeting now. Let's go and watch it. Look! Some tigers and horses are running fast. They all want to get the first place .What are elephants and lions doing? Oh ,they are playing soccer. The big elephants and the fast lions! What a funny picture it is! And some pandas are watching the soccer game happily .In the pool, a dolphin and a penguin are swimming. Near the pool, a monkey and a koala are climbing up an apple tree .They are both fast and want to get the apples on the tree. A giraffe is umpiring the game under the tree. Who do you think can get more apples, the monkey or the koala? What an interesting sports meeting it is! | [{'question': 'Where are the animals having the sports meeting?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['In the forest', 'In a park', 'In a zoo', 'In a school.']}, {'question': 'What are the tigers doing?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['They are running', 'They are watching the soccer game', 'They are swimming.', 'They are playing soccer.']}, {'question': 'Why are a monkey and a koala climbing up the tree?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Because they like climbing up the tree.', 'Because they want to get the banana on the tree.', 'Because they want to get the apples on the tree.', "Because they don't have other things to do."]}, {'question': 'Which of the following is NOT right?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['The elephants and lions are playing soccer.', 'Some pandas are watching the soccer game.', 'A dolphin and a penguin are swimming in the pool.', 'A giraffe is eating apples under the trees']}, {'question': 'What is the best title for the article?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Welcome to the zoo', 'The animal sports meeting', 'The cute animals', 'Welcome to the sports meeting.']}] |
Lucy:I like sports. I have ten tennis balls, seven basketballs, four volleyballs and five soccer balls. I play tennis with my friends every day.
Mary:I have five baseballs, five volleyballs, two soccer balls. I like ping-pong. It's easy for me. I often play ping-pong with my classmates. I also have three ping-pong bats and some ping-pong balls.
Alice:I don't have any balls. I love sports, but I don't play them. I only watch them on TV. | [{'question': 'Lucy and Mary have _ volleyballs.', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['four', 'five', 'eight', 'nine']}, {'question': 'Lucy plays _ every day.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['ping-pong', 'tennis', 'baseball', 'soccer']}, {'question': "Mary doesn't have _ .", 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['volleyballs', 'ping-pong balls', 'baseballs', 'basketballs']}, {'question': '_ has/have five soccer balls.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Mary', 'Lucy', 'Alice', 'Mary and Lucy']}, {'question': 'Alice _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['has no balls', "doesn't like sports", 'thinks ping-pong is easy', 'plays sports with her classmates']}] |
Do you have a dictionary? I think almost everyone has one.But ,how often do you use a dictionary? I don't believe that everyone makes good use of it.You may come across lots of new words in your study and you will ask someone for the answers. But if you have a dictionary ,
please don't let it sleep.You should make better use of it .It can tell you not only the meaning of the words but also the use of them.What's more, it can tell you how to use them.
It is true that dictionaries are very useful and important to us.They are like silent teachers. When you have a question, you can turn to them.They will give you the right answer.They are also like a trusted friend and stay with you forever. You can learn a lot from them .
Don't be lazy. Don't let your dictionary sleep any more. You will find it is a new world if you walk to it. | [{'question': 'Does everyone make good use of the dictionary?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ["No,they aren't.", "No,they don't.", 'Yes,they do.', "I don't know."]}, {'question': 'What does a student often do if he comes across lots of new words in the study?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['He will look them up in the dictionary.', 'He will ask his parents.', 'He will ask someone for the answers.', "I don't know."]}, {'question': 'What are dictionaries like according to the passage?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['They are like silent teachers and trusted friends.', 'They are of medium height.', 'They are very cute.', 'They are very beautiful.']}, {'question': 'Which is TRUE according to the passage?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['We should let the dictionary sleep.', 'Dictionaries are like our mothers.', 'Dictionaries are very useful to us.', 'We can see the film in the dictionary.']}] |
Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals. Therefore animals and man need plants in order to live. This is why we find that there are so many plants around us.
If you look carefully at the plants around you, you will find that there are two kinds of plants: flowering plants and non-flowering plants.
Flowering plants can make seeds . The seeds are protected by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed, some have two, three or four, and some have many seeds. But a few fruits have no seeds at all. An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana fruit.
Most non-flowering plants do not grow from seeds. They grow from spores . Spores are very, very small. Some spores are so small and light that they can float in the air. We may say that spores are quite the same as seeds. When these spores fall on wet and shady places, they usually grow into new plants. | [{'question': 'What fact does the passage lead you to believe?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Of all living things, animals are most important.', 'Spores are seeds.', 'All fruits of flowering plants have seeds.', 'Without plants, man will die out.']}, {'question': 'This passage is most likely to be taken from _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['a story book', 'a novel', 'a science magazine', 'a laboratory report']}] |
My name is Peter.I am 12.I have one brother and one sister.My brother is 15 and my sister is 9.I have a friend.He is an English boy.His name is Tanaka.He is in my class.I have a dog, too.Its name is Billy.Billy is 2.I like sports.I play basketball, soccer and volleyball after class .I have one pencil case, two English books and three Chinese books. | [{'question': 'Peter has _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['one brother and one sister', 'two brothers and two sisters', 'a Chinese friend', 'a dog and a cat']}, {'question': 'Billy is _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ["Peter's friend", "Peter's dog", "Tanaka's dog", "Tanaka's friend"]}, {'question': '-- Does peter play sports after class? -- _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ["Yes, he doesn't.", 'Yes, he do.', 'Yes, he does.', "No, he doesn't."]}, {'question': 'Peter likes _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['computer', 'balls', 'pens', 'photos']}, {'question': 'Peter and Tanaka are _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['brothers', 'sisters', 'friends', 'Chinese']}] |
Do you know how to talk to others politely in English? Have a look at the following.
Could you give me five minutes? VS Go away.
You're really busy, but your classmate needs your help. When you're busy and can't help him or her, you can't say "Go away". And you can say, "Could you give me five minutes?"
Excuse me. VS Move
Telling someone to move out of the way is very rude . When someone is in your way, you should say "Excuse me".
I'm afraid I can't. VS No
It can often be difficult to _ an invitation from a friend. Saying "No" would be impolite. It's a good idea to say,"I'm afraid I can't." if you have to say no to an invitation.
Would you mind...? VS Stop it!
If someone is doing something rude, would you like them to stop? You shouldn't say, "Stop talking on your phone in the cinema!" You can say, "Would you mind not using your phone in the cinema, please?" | [{'question': 'The passage mainly tells us _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['how to talk to others politely', 'how to ask questions', 'how to solve our problems', 'how to make others happy']}, {'question': 'Which is a polite way to talk to others?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Stop it!', 'Go away!', 'Excuse me', 'Shut up']}, {'question': 'If you don\'t want to go to your friend\'s birthday party, you may say," _ ".', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ["I'm busy", "No, I don't.", 'I have no interest.', "I'm afraid I can't."]}, {'question': "If you don't like what someone is doing, what can you say?", 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Would you mind not stopping your car here?', "Don't stop your car here.", 'Move out of the way.', 'Stop smoking here']}] |
Dear John, Thank you very much for your letter. I am glad that you enjoyed your holiday with me. We enjoyed having you and your sister here. We hope that you will both be able to come again next year. Perhaps you'll be able to stay longer next time you come. A week is not really long enough, is it? If your school has a five-week holiday next year, perhaps you'll be able to stay with us for two or three weeks.
We have been back at school three weeks now. It feels like three months! I expect that you are both working very hard now that you are in Grade One. I shall have to work hard next year when I am in Grade One. Tom and Ann won't be in Grade One until 2011.
They went for a picnic yesterday but I didn't go with them because I cut my foot and I couldn't walk very well. They went to an island and enjoyed themselves. Do you still remember the island? That's where all five of us spent the last day of our holiday.
Tom, Ann and I send our best wishes to Betty and you. We hope to see you soon.
Yours sincerely,
Michael | [{'question': '_ stayed with Michael for a holiday.', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Only John', 'Only Tom and Ann', 'John and his sister', 'Only Tom']}, {'question': 'Their holiday lasted for _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['one week', 'two weeks', 'three weeks', 'five weeks']}, {'question': 'From the words of "It feels like three months!" we know that _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ["Michael's teacher is very strict with the students", 'Michael is pleased with his school report', 'Michael has no interest in learning', 'Michael works very hard at his studies']}, {'question': '_ in Grade One now.', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['John and his sister are both', 'John is', "John's sister is", 'Michael is']}, {'question': "Why didn't Michael go to the island for picnic?", 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['He had to go to school.', "He didn't like the island.", 'Something was wrong with his foot.', 'The weather was bad that day.']}] |
We have twenty minutes' break time after the second class in the morning. Look! Most of us are playing during the break time. Some students are on the playground . They are playing basketball. Oh! A boy is running with the ball. And another is stopping him. They look so cool. And there are some girls watching the game. Some students are in the classroom. They are talking. A few of them are reading and doing homework. Look! A girl is looking at the birds in the tree in front of the classroom. She must be thinking of something interesting because she is smiling .
What are the teachers doing? Some of them are working in the office. And some are talking with students. Everyone is doing his or her things, busy but happy! | [{'question': 'Where are the students playing basketball?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['In front of the tree.', 'In front of the classroom.', 'On the playground.', 'In the tree.']}, {'question': 'A girl is looking at the birds. She is _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['happy', 'cool', 'interesting', 'exciting']}, {'question': 'What are the teachers doing?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Working or talking with students.', 'Having a basketball game.', 'Playing with the students.', 'Looking at the birds.']}, {'question': 'There are _ students in the classroom.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['no', 'some', 'few', 'many']}, {'question': 'The passage is mainly about _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['students', 'a basketball game', 'break time activities', 'teachers']}] |
Do you know the phrase "Weibo Addicts" ? Do you write a Weibo? If you don't, you are "out"!
Weibo means microblog. People may spend much time writing a blog, but it takes a little time to write a microblog. Why? Because every message on a microblog is less than 140 words.
Microblog started in the USA. It came to China in 2009 and it grows very fast. In 2011, the number of Chinese micro-bloggers grew to 300 million. People write microblogs for many reasons. For many microblog users, it is a great way of learning the freshest news, talking with friends and sharing different kinds of information, including news, everyday life, pictures, music, videos and so on.
It is easy and fast to send a message on a microblog. However, this can also bring problems and even panic . For example, when the big earthquake and tsunami hit Japan in March, 2011, messages like "Salt can help people fight radiation " were hot on microblogs. Then a crazy buying of salt followed. Later people knew it was just a rumor .
In a word, microblog plays a new part in the life of Chinese people. | [{'question': 'What is NOT an advantage of Weibo?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['It is short but carries many meanings.', 'It can help us learn the latest news.', 'It can send rumors.', 'It is easy to use.']}, {'question': "People usually don't share their _ on Weibo?", 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['videos.', 'music.', 'pictures.', 'secrets.']}, {'question': 'What does Para. 2 mainly talk about?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['How to use Weibo.', 'Why Weibo is so popular.', 'Who is using Weibo.', 'What Weibo is.']}] |
More and more people around the world are joining in dangerous sports. Some people climbed the highest mountains; some traveled into unknown parts of the world; some sailed small boats across the largest sea. Now some people begin to look for new excitement.
Bungee jumping and motorcycle racing are quite dangerous sports. Bungee jumping only lasts for a few minutes or even seconds. You jump from a high place, about 200 meters above the ground, and there is a rubber band tied to your legs. When you jump down, the rubber band pulls you up. About 2,000,000 people around the world have tried bungee jumping.
Why do people join in these dangerous sports? Some scientists say that it is because modern life has become safe and it is not interesting. In the past, people lived in danger. They had to go out and look for food, and life was like a fight but was interesting.
Many people think that there is little excitement in life. They live and work in safe places, buy food in shops, and there are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they become ill.
,. | [{'question': 'People like to join in dangerous sports because _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['they have a lot of free time', 'they can go to the hospital if they are hurt', 'they need excitement', "they don't need to look for food"]}, {'question': '_ is not a dangerous sport.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Climbing the highest mountains', 'Playing table tennis', 'Traveling into unknown parts of the world', 'Sailing small boats across the largest sea']}, {'question': 'In bungee jumping, you _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['jump up as high as you can', 'jump down with a rubber band tied to your legs', 'jump down without a rubber band', 'jump to the ground']}, {'question': 'In the past, people lived in danger because _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['the living condition was poor', 'there was no doctor or hospital', 'there were many dangerous animals', 'A, B and C']}, {'question': 'Which is NOT true?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ["Everyone's life is interesting.", 'Many people live and work in safe places.', 'Many people buy food in shops.', 'People can go to see the doctors when they become ill.']}] |
October is getting closer and it also means that the year of 2014 is coming to an end. "Hooray! It's a holiday!" While you are thinking of putting textbooks aside and playing video games, let's take a look at what children in other continents usually do during their holidays.
Children in America don't have much homework to do. They keep themselves busy by playing camp games. A parent says, "My daughter Shirley usually attends different camps. We don't ask her to spend plenty of time on maths problems or spelling tests."
Children in Australia take partin activities on over twenty different themes . They learn painting, dancing, singing, history, culture and so on. Parents can _ their kids to enjoy the learning process and to build a closer relationship with them.
These are what African kids do: build a boat, have a camel race, make a drum and make a rag football. Don't you think it is interesting that kids in other places have no idea how to make a drum, but kids in Africa do?
Plan your holiday well and try what you want to try. Make a good plan and you will have a lot of fun. | [{'question': 'Where does Shirley come from?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Asia.', 'America.', 'Australia.', 'Africa.']}, {'question': 'According to the passage, only kids in Africa know how to _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['play camp games', 'do spelling tests', 'build a boat', 'make a drum']}, {'question': 'Which of the following is TRUE?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['The passage was written before October.', 'Kids in America are good at maths.', 'Kids in Australia spend much time on homework.', "Kids in Africa don't play football."]}, {'question': 'What is the purpose of this passage?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['To advise kids to make holiday plans.', 'To introduce some good holiday camps.', 'To encourage kids to make friends with parents.', 'To show the importance of doing homework during holidays.']}] |
Mike is seven and begins to go to school this week . It's Sunday . His mother Mrs. Smith doesn't go to work. Mike wants to go to the zoo. He gets up at six thirty and asks his mother to take him there. After breakfast they go to the bus stop. They want to take a No.3 bus to the zoo .
"Look ,Mummy!" the boy is calling out, "A NO.3 bus is coming !"
"No, dear" Mrs. Smith is saying ,"It isn't No.3 It's No.21."
"You're wrong, Mummy, "Mike is saying. "My teacher says two and one is three !" | [{'question': 'Mike is a student of Grade _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['One', 'Two', 'Three', 'Fou']}, {'question': 'Mike is going to the zoo with _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['his father', 'his mother', 'his sister', 'his brother']}, {'question': 'Mrs. Smith and her son want to go to the zoo by _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['bus', 'bike', 'boat', 'plane']}, {'question': 'Mike thinks _ , so he is calling out .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Two and one is three', 'a No.2 bus is coming', 'a No. 3 bus is coming', 'a No.21 bus is coming']}, {'question': 'Who is wrong ?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['The teacher', 'Mike', 'His mother', 'A, B and C']}] |
One day a farmer went out for a walk with his daughter. The farmer put on a pair of wrong shoes-one with a thick sole and the other with a thin one. So as he began to walk, he felt very uncomfortable. When he was just out of the house, he turned to his daughter and said, "Why should one of my legs be longer than the other today?"
The daughter looked at his father's legs carefully as he was walking, and then laughed, "Oh, no, Daddy, your legs are all right. You have put on the wrong shoes."
The farmer was very happy to hear that and said to himself, "What a clever daughter I have got!" Then he asked his daughter to go back and get the other pair of shoes for him.
The farmer had only two pairs of shoes.
When the daughter ran back to the house, she found that the other pair was also a pair of wrong shoes.
She had to return to his father with nothing in her hands and said out of breath, "It's no use changing them, Daddy! The shoes at home were not a pair, either!" | [{'question': 'When the farmer went out for a walk with his daughter, he put on a pair of _ shoes.', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['wrong', 'comfortable', 'old', 'new']}, {'question': 'A pair of wrong shoes means _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ["the shoes are not the farmer's", 'the shoes are too small', 'one of the shoes has a thick sole, the other has a thin one, they are not a pair', 'the shoes are too big']}, {'question': 'When the farmer began to walk, he felt very uncomfortable because _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['one of his legs was longer than the other one', 'he was ill that day', 'he wore a pair of wrong shoes', 'the shoes were too small']}, {'question': 'The farmer thought his daughter was a clever girl because _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['she could make shoes', 'she could find out that her father wore a pair of wrong shoes', 'she could find out a pair of right shoes', "she found that her father's legs were sick"]}, {'question': 'The father asked his daughter to go and get the other pair of shoes for him and the daughter _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['brought back a pair of wrong shoes', 'brought back of a pair of right shoes', "didn't bring any shoes; she knew the other pair at home was not a pair, either", "couldn't find anything at home"]}] |
Long long ago, there were three tortoises . They were friends.
One of them was a large tortoise, one was a medium-sized tortoise and the third was a small tortoise.
One day they went into a restaurant and ordered some cakes. While(......) they were waiting for the cakes, they remembered that they didn't bring any money.
"Hey, we forgot to bring money to pay for our cakes," the big tortoise said.
"The little tortoise can go home and get it," the medium-sized tortoise said. "He's the youngest, so he should be the one to go."
The little tortoise wasn't very happy, but he knew he shouldn't argue with his elders, so he said, "All right, I'll go. But you must promise not to eat my cake while I'm away."
The large tortoise and the medium-sized tortoise agreed, and the little tortoise left for home to get some money.
A few days later, the big tortoise said to the medium-sized tortoise, "Let's eat the little tortoise's cake. I'm hungry again."
"So am I," the medium-sized tortoise said, and reached for the cake.
As she did so, the little tortoise shouted from near the door of the restaurant, "If you touch my cake, I won't go and get the money!"
, . | [{'question': 'The three tortoises _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ["didn't know each other", 'knew each other', 'lived in a restaurant', 'were very poor']}, {'question': "The three tortoises found they didn't take money with them _ .", 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['when they were ordering the cake', 'after they ate up the cake', 'before they went into the restaurant', 'after they ordered the cake']}, {'question': 'The little tortoise _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ["didn't mind getting the money", "couldn't find the money", 'wanted to share his cake', 'agreed to get the money']}, {'question': 'The little tortoise _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ["didn't go very far after a few days", 'came back very quickly', 'had some money with him', 'believed in the other two tortoises']}, {'question': "The two elders decided to eat the little tortoise's cake because _ .", 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['they felt hungry again', 'they wanted to leave at last', 'the cake was so nice to eat', 'they were angry with the little tortoise']}] |
What does it feel like to break a bone ? It's different for everyone, but the pain is often sharp . If the break is small, however, the person may not feel much pain at all. If you think that you or someone else has broken a bone, the most important things to do are to stay calm, make the hurt person comfortable, and call the doctor. Do not move the injured body part since movement could make it worse.
To treat the break, the doctor will need to take an X-ray. This gives the doctor the information he or she needs to set the bone: to put it back to its normal place. If the bone is large or it is broken in more than one place, the doctor may need to use metal pins to set it. After the bone has been set, the next step is usually putting on a cast, the special, hard thing that will keep the bone in place for a month or two.
Your bones are excellent at healing themselves. Broken bones will produce many new cells and tiny blood vessels . These cover both ends of the broken part, and close up the break until the bone is as whole and strong as before. | [{'question': 'Which of the following is the best title for the passage?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['How to Know if a Bone is Broken', 'How Broken Bones Heal Themselves', 'Common Causes of Broken Bones', 'What You Should Know about Broken Bones']}, {'question': 'When someone breaks his bone, the following should be done except _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['asking the doctor for help', 'comforting the hurt person', 'moving the injured part', 'staying calm']}] |
"You know, these cups brings to my mind a story I heard," Mary said to her students.
She poured some tea. There were four of them and there were four completely different cups on the tables.
"I heard there was a teacher who took all his students for tea. His students were surprised that all the cups on the table were different. They all took a cup and started drinking their tea, each looking at the cups of others. The teacher said, "Did you notice your behavior? You are all looking at each other's tea cup and some of you even envy the finer cups of others."
"I put the different cups here on purpose. I want to say life is like this tea. You all have the same thing in your cups----tea. And yet you cannot truly enjoy it in your envy of another's cup. You forget to enjoy your own life when you envy someone else's life. We all have the same thing----life. We should care more about the tastes of your own life. So now, taste your own tea. Does it matter from which cup it came from?" Mary finished telling her story and her students all sat in silence for a while, enjoying their tea. And it really did not matter a bit from which teacup they drank. | [{'question': 'Which of the following statement is TRUE?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['All of the students had the same kind of cups.', 'One of the cups is different from others.', 'All of the cups were filled with the same tea.', 'There was different tea in different cups.']}, {'question': 'What should we learn from the story?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Envy others and make progress.', 'All the lives are the same.', 'Work hard and catch up with others.', 'Try to enjoy your own life.']}, {'question': 'Which is the best title for the story?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['More than tea in a cup', 'The same cups, the same tea', 'The taste of the tea', 'Different cups, different tea']}] |
Today is Sunday. Our class meets at seven thirty a.m. at the school gate. We take a bus to Haian Park. The price of the ticket for each adult is eighteen yuan, but for each student is half. The park is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. First we play games in the park. And then we have dinner at noon. After that we sit and chat under the trees. At half past three, we go to the Swimming Club. We come back home at about six o'clock in the afternoon because it is time for all of us to have supper. We are tired but we are very happy. | [{'question': 'We meet _', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['at the school gate.', 'in the park', 'in the bus', 'in the Swimming Club']}, {'question': 'The price of the ticket for each student is _ yuan.', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['nineteen', 'thirty--six', 'nine', 'eighteen']}, {'question': 'The park is open for _ hours a day.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['eight', 'nine', 'ten', 'eleven']}, {'question': 'After dinner we sit and chat _', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['at home', 'near the club', 'on the sofa', 'under the trees']}, {'question': 'Why do the students go home at about six p.m.?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Because they are happy', 'Because they are tired', 'Because they go home for supper', 'Because they have some homework to do']}] |
Mike was ten years old and he went to the Ashland School. He was very good at football, so he was chosen by the school team. He always played very well in the matches, and he scored a lot of goals . One day Mike said to his parents, "we will play football with the Gum Tree School .Will you come and cheer us on?" And they agreed to come.
The match was in the park. The Gum Tree School team wore green shirts and blue shorts , and Mike's team wore white shirts and red shorts. In the first two minutes of the match, Mike ran with the ball and kicked it into the goal. All the Ashland School boys and their families were very excited about it.
After that, Mike scored two goals before half time. Then in the second half of the match he almost scored another goal, but he kicked the ball with his foot lightly , and the goalkeeper caught it easily and threw it out.
After the match, Mike's father said to him, "You missed a good chance to score another goal, Mike. Why did you kick it lightly?"
"Because there were tears in the goalkeeper's eyes," Mike answered. | [{'question': 'Mike was chosen in the school team because he _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['studied well', 'ran fast', 'like basketball', 'played football well']}, {'question': "What color shirts did Mike's team wear?", 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Blue', 'Green', 'Red', 'White']}, {'question': 'How many goals did Mike score in the match? .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Two', 'Four', 'Three', 'Five']}, {'question': 'From the passage we know _', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ["Mike's farther didn't like playing football", 'the Gum Tree School Team lost the match because of the goalkeeper', 'the goalkeeper was happy when they won the match', 'Mike was a good player and was kind to others']}] |
Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was 12 years old ,Jeff had cancer . Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg.
Every day Jeff puts on an artificial leg. The leg is plastic. With the plastic leg Jeff can ski ,ride a bicycle ,swim and play soccer. He can also run.
Jeff made a plan with his friends who had plastic legs, too. They decided to run across America. They all wore special T-shirts. On it was "Run ,Jeff, Run ,Jeff Keith's Run Across America."
When he was 22 years old,Jeff Keith ran across the United States from the east to the west. He started running in Boston. Seven months later ,he stopped running in Los Angeles . He ran 3200 miles. Jeff wore out 36 pairs of running shoes and five plastic legs. Jeff stopped in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money .The money was not for Jeff ,but for American Cancer Society .The Society used the money to know more about cancer .
On the way to Los Angeles Jeff talked to people about cancer. Jeff is disabled ,but he can do many things. He finished college and is studying to be a lawyer .Jeff says, "People can do anything they want to do .I want people to know that I ran not only for disabled people ,I ran for everybody." | [{'question': "Jeff's right leg was cut off because of the _ .", 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['.TB', 'an accident', 'cancer', 'hurt']}, {'question': "Jeff's friends ran across America with him .They all have no _", 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['T-shirts', 'legs', 'shoes', 'bicycles']}, {'question': 'The sentence "I ran for everybody "means _', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['he wants to get more artificial legs', 'people can do anything they want to', 'some disabled men will become lawyers', 'disabled people can also run']}] |
For most people, the word "fashion" means "clothes". But people may ask the question, "What clothes are in fashion?" And they use the word "fashionable" in the same way.
"She was wearing a fashionable coat. His shirt was really a fashionable colour. "
But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs ... and in languages.
Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860.
Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours.
New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see _ . | [{'question': 'Most people think that "fashion" means _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['subjects', 'holidays', 'books', 'clothes']}, {'question': 'By _ we can see that fashions change as time goes.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['finding a job', 'looking at pictures', 'eating in a restaurant', 'wearing a fashionable coat']}, {'question': '"There is money in fashion" means _', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['people like fashion and money', 'fashionable things are expensive', 'one can make money through fashion', 'a fashionable man makes much money']}, {'question': 'The passage is mainly about _', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['the changes of fashions', 'the kinds of colours', 'the money in fashion', 'the differences between houses']}] |
Tomorrow is August fourth. It is Peter's grandfather's birthday. It is his 73rd birthday. Peter and his two sisters, Sally and Tina buy some things for their grandfather this afternoon. Sally buys a nice birthday card. And she writes "Happy birthday" on it. Tina buys a blue shirt from a clothes store. It is $29. Peter buys some fruit and a set of books. They are $39 .The name of the books is Harry Potter. His grandfather likes reading a lot. Peter hopes he will like the books. | [{'question': "How old is Peter's grandfather?", 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['70 years old', '73 years old', '74 years old', '75 years old']}, {'question': 'What does Sally buy for her grandfather?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['some fruit', 'A blue shirt', 'A birthday card', 'A set of books']}, {'question': 'How much is the blue shirt?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ["It's twenty-nine yuan", "It's twenty-nine dollars", "It's thirty-nine yuan", "It's thirty-nine dollars"]}] |
Tiger Mom,
You've been criticized a lot since your book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, came out. One problem is that some people don't get your humor. They think you're serious about all things and Lulu and I are suffering a lot from such a strict mother. That is not true.
But for real, it's not their fault. No outsider can know what our family is really like. They don't hear us laughing over each other's jokes. They don't see us eating our hamburgers with fried rice. They don't know how much fun we have when the six of us dogs included squeeze into one bed and argue about what movies to download from Netflix.
I admit it: Having you as a mother was no tea party. There were some play dates I wish I'd gone to and some piano camps I wish I'd got away from. But now that I'm 18 and about to leave the tiger den , I'm glad you and Daddy raised me the way you did.
A lot of people have accused you of producing robot kids who can't think for themselves. Well, I came to the opposite conclusion: your strict parenting made me more independent .
Everybody's talking about the birthday cards we once made for you, which you refused to take because they weren't good enough. Funny how some people believe that Lulu and I will feel hurt for life. But let's face it: It took me 30 second; I didn't put my heart into it. That's why, when you rejected it, I didn't feel hurt at all.
There's one more thing: I have come to understand what it really means to live a meaningful life to the fullest. To me, it's about knowing that you've tried your best, body and mind. You feel _ when the piano piece you've practiced for days and hours finally comes to life beneath your fingertips. You feel _ when you do something on your own that you never thought you could. And for that, Tiger Mom, thank you.
Yours,
Sophia | [{'question': "In the writer's opinion, why do some people criticize her mother", 'answer': 'A', 'options': ["They don't know what her family is really like.", 'They have a different culture.', "They aren't strict with their children.", "They don't have a good sense of humor."]}, {'question': "The passage tells us her mother's strict parenting raised the writer to be _ .", 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['a robot kid', 'a kid with no play dates', 'a kid uninterested in the piano', 'an independent thinker']}, {'question': 'Which of the following sentences is Wrong', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Sophia is thankful for what her strict mother has made her', 'Sophia has never been disturbed by tea parties.', "Sophia is satisfied with her parents' way of raising her.", "Tiger Mom was blamed for rejecting her daughters' birthday cards."]}] |
Have you heard of EXO? EXO is a Chinese-South Korean boy band with 12 people. They are in two teams: EXO-M and EXO-K. There's even a "competition" between the two teams. "I will not call it a competition. It's always in good fun," said Sehun of EXO-K.
Here comes the new superstar! His name is Austin Mahone. The 18-year-old is a pop singer in the US. His success story is just like that of Justin Bieber. Last month Mahone's new album The Secret came out. Maybe it's a good chance for us to know more about him and his music.
Forget about Super Junior. We now have TFBOYS. TFBOYS is a popular Chinese boy band made up of three members. They are Wang Junkai, 14, Wang Yuan, 13, and Yi Yangqianxi, 13. The boys are all junior middle school students. Their songs are full of positive energy . In their latest album, they call on teenagers not to be afraid of dreaming big. | [{'question': 'Members of EXO come from _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['the UK and the US', 'China and South Korea', 'China and America', 'South Korea and Japan']}, {'question': "If you listen to TFBOY's songs, you can feel a lot of _ .", 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['trouble in study', 'tiredness of life', 'positive energy', 'anger of society']}, {'question': "Austin Mahone's success story is almost the same as _ .", 'answer': 'B', 'options': ["TFBOY's", "Justin Bieber's", "EXO's", "Taylor Swift's"]}] |
Last Sunday afternoon, I was having dinner in a restaurant when my friend Poor came in. Poor is working in a bank and is quite rich, but he is always borrowing money from his friends and never pays it back. Poor saw me and came to sit at my table. He had never borrowed any money from me. When he was eating, I asked him to lend me two dollars. To my surprise, he gave me the money at once."I have never borrowed any money from you,"Poor said,"So you can pay for my dinner."
Read the passage and choose the best answers.(,. ) | [{'question': 'The story happened _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['at home', 'in a restaurant', 'in a bank', 'in an office']}, {'question': 'Poor is the name of a man and the writer _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['knows him well', "doesn't know him", 'often lends him some money', 'often borrows money from him']}, {'question': 'Poor is a _ man.', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['busy', 'clever', 'rich', 'poor']}, {'question': 'Why was Poor glad to lend the writer two dollars?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Because they are brothers.', 'Because Poor is rich.', 'Because the writer is rich.', 'Because Poor wanted the writer to pay for the dinner.']}, {'question': 'From the story we can see _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Poor is an old man', 'Poor is friendly', 'the writer paid for the dinner', 'the writer is poor']}] |
You may have noticed that the world's population is not evenly distributed around our planet. There are more countries where people seem to be living nearly _ each other because conditions are overcrowded . Then there are others where it seems that hardly anybody lives. What influences this unequal distribution of people ? There are specific advantages and disadvantages of living in a certain area.
The two main factors that influence people's choice of location are climate and resources. Climate is the usual weather conditions in a region. Areas that have bad weather are generally less ideal as places to live in . The north and south poles at the top and bottom of the world may be beautiful in their rugged, natural way , but the disadvantage of the bitterly cold and windy conditions usually keeps people away. When it comes to climates, warm conditions and a normal amount of rainfall are advantages that attract people.
Natural resources are tings that we get from nature that help us survive. Each region offers different resources, and therefore attracts different groups of people. People who enjoy the beach can make their living by catching and selling the ocean's many fish and other sea creature. Those who prefer farming can take advantage of rich soil in valleys near rivers. Some people are willing to accept the disadvantages of the terrible conditions of deserts or mountains in order to take advantages of the resources like oil or woods. | [{'question': 'What are the main factors that influence the distribution of people ?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Resources and oceans.', 'Climate and rivers.', 'Climate and resources.', 'Warm conditions and rainfall.']}, {'question': "The writer thinks many people don't live near the north or south pole because _ .", 'answer': 'C', 'options': ["they can't get enough food there", "the natural sights there don't arrract people", 'the unpleasant weather keeps them away', 'the length of nighttime keeps them away']}, {'question': 'Why do people go and live in valleys near rives ?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ["The temperature isn't too low in winter.", 'The resources like oil can bring them much money.', 'People can make their living by catching and selling fish.', "It's easier for people to grow plants or keep animals."]}] |
In some places around China,the junior high school graduates have to take a P. E. test. The full marks are usually 30 points and it counts for much in the senior high school entrance exam.
In Nanjing the test is held in April. Students have the test in their own schools. Each student is tested on three sports. They can choose long jump, basketball dribbling or volleyball. The _ is for boys and girls can choose the sit-up. Both boys and girls must skip in the test.
Most students find the test easy and more than 90%of them can get full marks. That's because they have been training for it during the three whole years. Students in Junior Three usually do lots of practice in P. E. classes. The training makes the test easier than it seems to be.
Students in Nanjing don't need to run a lot for the test, but students in Beijing must do lots of running for the test. Running is one of the sports in test. So in P. E. classes, they usually run a lot. Sometimes they have to run 3,000 meters in one class. Most teachers and parents welcome the P. E. test. They say it helps students build up their health and it's really useful.
,. | [{'question': 'The P. E. test in Nanjing includes all of these sports except _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['skipping', 'basketball', 'football', 'volleyball']}, {'question': 'Students in Nanjing have the P. E. test in _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['spring', 'Junior One', 'autumn', 'Junior Two']}, {'question': 'Most students get high marks in the test because _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['they are really strong', "it's so easy that all of them can get full marks", 'they have been training for the test during the three years', 'their parents help them']}, {'question': 'What do most teachers and parents think of the P. E. test?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['It is difficult.', 'It is easy.', 'It is useless.', 'It is useful.']}] |
Have you ever heard someone use the phrase "once in a blue moon"? People use this expression to describe something that they do not do very often. For example, someone might say that he tries to avoid eating sweets because they are unhealthy, but will eat chocolate "once in a blue moon". Or someone who does not usually like to go to the beach might say "I visit the shore once in a moon." While many people use this phrase, not everyone knows the meaning behind it.
The first thing to know is that the moon itself is never really blue. This is just an expression. In fact, the phrase "blue moon" has to do with the shape of the moon, not the color.
As the moon travels around the earth, it appears to change shape. We associate names with certain shapes of the moon. For example, when we can see a small part of the moon, it is called a crescent moon. A crescent is a shape that looks like the tip of a fingernail. When we cannot see the moon at all, it is called a new moon. When we can see the whole moon, it is called a full moon. Usually, there is only one full moon every month. Sometimes, however, there will be two full moons in one month. When this happens, the second full moon is called a "blue moon".
Over the next 20 years, there will only be 15 blue moons. As you can see, a blue moon is a very rare event. _ has led people to use the expression "once in a blue moon" to other very rare events in their lives. | [{'question': 'Which of the following would be a good example of using the phrase "once in a blue moon"?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Simon often tells jokes. Simon tells jokes once in a blue moon.', 'Tom rarely remembers to do exercise. Tom does exercise once in a blue moon.', 'Mary likes to go shopping every weekend. Mary goes shopping once in a blue moon.', 'Cindy hates to stay up, but she stays up every day. Cindy stays up once in a blue moon.']}, {'question': 'When does a blue moon happen in nature?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['When the moon has a blue moon.', 'When we cannot see the moon at all.', 'When there are two full moons in one month.', 'When we can only see a small part of the moon.']}, {'question': 'Which of the following is another example of something that has a crescent shape?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['The letter "O".', 'The letter "M".', 'The letter "H".', 'The letter "C".']}, {'question': 'How often will a blue moon happen over the next twenty years?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Once a year.', 'Less than once a year.', 'More than once a year.', 'At least twice a year.']}] |
One day my wife and I went shopping at the shop. We took the car as we had a lot of things to buy because my brother and his family were going to spend the weekend with us. We stopped the car in front of the shop. An hour later we came back to the car with a lot of things. Then the trouble started. We could not open the car door.
"Oh, dear," said my wife, "What are you going to do?"
"Let's ask that policeman," I said. The policeman was very kind and glad to help us. A few minutes later he got the door open. Just at that moment an angry man came up and shouted, "What are you doing with my car?"
We looked at the number of the car and our faces turned very red. | [{'question': 'The husband and the wife went shopping _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['by bus', 'in their car', 'by bike', 'on foot']}, {'question': 'How long did they spend in the shop doing their shopping?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['About half an hour.', 'A whole morning.', 'One hour or so.', 'A whole day.']}, {'question': 'Who opened the car door in the end?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['The husband.', 'The wife.', 'The angry man.', 'The policeman.']}, {'question': 'The man was very angry _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['to see someone had opened his car door', 'to see the policeman standing by the car', 'because he came to the car a bit late', "because he couldn't open the car door either"]}, {'question': "They didn't know it was the wrong car until they looked at _ .", 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['the colour of the car', 'the owner of the car', 'the things in the car', 'the number of the car']}] |
"Make-A-Wish" is one of the world's most well-known charities . It makes wishes come true for children who have serious illnesses. It gives them hope and joy and helps them forget about their health problems and have fun.
It all started in 1980 in Phoenix,Arizona.Christopher was a 7-year-old boy who was very sick. He always dreamed of becoming a police officer.Tommy Austin and Ron Cox,two police officers, made his wish come true. They gave Cristopher a tour of the city in a police helicopter( )and made a real police uniform for him.
There are four kinds of wishes children usually have:
I wish to go. Children ueually want to travel or go to a concert ,a game or a park.
I wish to meet. Children sometimes want to meet their favourite actors,singers or players.
I wish to be. Some children wish to become actors,singers or police officers.
I wish to have. They often want to have a computer, a game, a bike or many other things.
Let's hope more wishes will come true in the future.People who work in the charity always try for the best.Almost 25,000 volunteers help,work or give money. Will you be one of them? | [{'question': '"Make-A-Wish "is a charity to help _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['sick children', 'serious officers', 'famous actors', 'popular singers']}, {'question': 'What did the two police officers do for Christopher?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['They gave him a computer.', 'They gave him a tour of the city .', 'They took him to a concert.', 'They took him to the hospital.']}, {'question': 'Which of the following is True according to the passage?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Sick children just wish to get well.', 'Christopher and Tommy are two officers.', 'A few people are working for "Make-A-Wish ".', '"Make-A-Wish "has a history of over 30 years.']}] |
In some countries, people eat rice every day. Sometimes they eat it twice or three times a day for breakfast, lunch and supper. Some people do not eat some kinds of meat. Muslims, for example, do not eat pork.
Japanese eat lots of fish. They are near the sea. So it is easy for them to get fish.
In the West, such as England and the USA, the most important food is potatoes. People there can cook potatoes in many different ways.
Some people eat only fruit and vegetables. They do not eat meat or fish or anything else from animals. They eat food only from plants . They say the food from plants is better for us than meat. These people are called _ | [{'question': 'In some countries, people eat _ every day.', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['fish', 'vegetables', 'fruit', 'rice']}, {'question': 'Why do Japanese eat lots of fish?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Because they like fish better than the other food.', 'Because it is easy for them to get fish', 'Because fish can give them lots of calories.', 'Because there is no other food.']}, {'question': 'What is the most important food in some Western countries?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Fish', 'Potatoes', 'Vegetables.', 'Fruit and vegetables.']}] |
I was 10 the year my cousin Marley's parents gave her a painful Christmas surprise: they were getting a divorce . My aunt went to California, but my uncle decided to get her back. There was one matter: where to put his young daughter. Luckily, my mother loved Marley, giving her more attention than her family ever did.
On that Christmas Eve, my cousin arrived on our doorstep carrying an old blue suitcase. Before she stepped inside, Marley said, "It doesn't matter. When my parents come back, we'll have a bigger Christmas than this."
Late on the night Marley arrived, my mom came into my room, her arms filled with packages.I knew they were my Christmas presents. "I know how you love surprises but we have to decide which ones to give to Marley."
My mother carefully opened the gifts. Wow! I saw ice skates, red leather gloves and a dollhouse. The last present was the music box we'd asked the lady at the local store to take down and play for us over and over again.
"Which ones?" my mother asked. "She can have the ice skates," I said reluctantly . "That's good," my mother said. She began to tape the packages up again. Then she stopped and asked, "Are you sure about these?" At that moment, I realized she expected more from me than I had already given. So I gave her the music box, too, and _ . The next morning, Marley's eyes were resolute . She expected nothing and wanted us to know she didn't care. But when she saw her name on the biggest box, she couldn't hide her excitement. I thought my happiness would be cut in half. Instead it was doubled.
Over the last 40 years, Marley and I have grown apart . But the love we felt for each other that day still remains. Today Marley says, "They were the best presents I ever got. | [{'question': 'Who did Marley spend her Christmas with?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Her father.', 'Her mother.', 'Her parents.', "Her uncle's family."]}, {'question': 'What did the writer give to Marley as a Christmas present?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['A music box.', 'A dollhouse.', 'Red leather gloves.', 'Nothing.']}, {'question': 'According to this passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ["The writer's parents got a divorce when she was ten.", 'The writer hated her cousin because she took away some of her presents', "Marley expected nothing, so she wasn't excited about the Christmas presents.", 'The writer was very happy during that Christmas.']}] |
Chinese young people love their smart phones.They play with phone apps every day.But now, a book has let them forget about their phones.The book is called Secret Garden.
It is a colouring book for adults'.You don't have to read it, because it has almost no words.All the pages are pictures but no colours.You just need to use colour pens to paint it.An artist in Britain made the book.
The book is now the biggest selling book on amazon.Cn.last month, it sold 25,000 copies in China.Many young people bought this book.They like it so much that they stop playing games or surfing the Internet on their phones.These people are mainly young mothers and workers.It is very difficult to take care of babies or do a good job at first, so they feel a lot of pressure.Drawing the book can help them become less nervous.
In the past, people thought colouring books are only for children.With Secret Garden getting more and more popular, many young adults also begin to paint as a hobby. | [{'question': 'What made Chinese young people forget about their phones?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Games.', 'A book.', 'Housework.', 'Colours.']}, {'question': "What's in Secret Garden?", 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Many words.', 'Colour pens', 'Pictures without colours.', 'Pictures with colours.']}, {'question': 'What kind of people like the colouring book?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Children.', 'Young adults.', 'Old people.', 'All the people.']}, {'question': 'Who made the book?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['An artist in China.', 'An artist in British.', 'English young people.', 'Chinese people.']}, {'question': 'How can people use the book?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['People can read it easily.', 'People can touch it to read it.', 'People can use colour pens to paint it.', 'People can listen to its sound to read it.']}] |
Joe Read studied in this school for fourteen years. When he finished school, he was already eighteen years old. And then his father said to him, "You finished school, and you are a good student. Now you may go to town and get a good job. They need some clever people to work in the office. The people there can get a lot of money now. If you stay at home, you can't get money from our family." A few weeks later, Joe went to the office and asked for a job there. A man took him into a small room and gave him some questions on a piece of paper. Joe answered the questions quickly, and he gave the paper to the man. The man looked at the paper for a few minutes and then asked, "You were born on Sep. 23. But which year were you born in?" Joe answered, "Oh, every year." | [{'question': 'How old was Joe when he went to school?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['8.', '18.', '4.', '14.']}, {'question': 'What place did his father want him to work in?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['A school.', 'An office', 'A house.', 'A shop.']}, {'question': 'What did his father think of Joe?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['He was a good student.', "He wasn't a good student.", "He wasn't clever.", 'He could get money from his family.']}, {'question': 'Why did the man give Joe a piece of paper?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Because he wanted to give Joe a job.', 'Because he wanted Joe to answer some questions.', 'Because he wanted to know if Joe was clever.', 'Because he wanted to know how old Joe was.']}, {'question': 'From Joe\'s answered, "Oh, every year.", we can infer that _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ["he didn't want to work in the office", 'he was hardworking but dishonest', 'he was outgoing and clever', "in fact, he didn't really answer the man's question"]}] |
Walking is a popular form of exercise. It is an easy activity and offers a good way to improve physical fitness. Walking also gives many of the same benefits as other kinds of exercise.
Regular, brisk walks help a person's body work better. Walking builds a stronger heart and lungs. Walking also seems to help protect the heart from heart disease. The lungs work better because they take in and use oxygen more effectively. Walking can help in weight control, too. A quick fifteen-minute walk burns as many calories as jogging the same distance in half the time. Walking causes very injuries, so there is also a lower "dropout" rate among walkers than among runners.
People are more likely to continue a walking program. This gives a better chance for success. Walking offers some mental benefits, too. It seems to make people feel better. Many walkers say they sleep better at night when they take regular walks. Others say they have a better attitude towards life. Walking offers many of the same physical and mental benefits as other forms of exercise, but walking offers some special advantages, too. Almost everyone can walk. There are no special lessons or training. To become a real walker, a person only needs to walk faster, farther, and more often.
People can walk almost anywhere. There are no special playing fields or courts for walking. Sidewalks, streets, parks, fields, and malls are excellent places for walking. People can walk almost anytime. A person doesn't need a team or a partner for walking. There is no "season" for walking. Most walkers walk in all kinds of weather.
Walking doesn't cost anything. There are no special fees for walking. Good walking shoes and comfortable clothes are the only equipment that a walker needs.
Walking offers a form of exercise within the reach of nearly everyone. With a little time and effort, people can rediscover a valuable form of exercise and improve their fitness. | [{'question': "Walking benefits people's _ .", 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['legs and arms', 'feet and hands', 'heart and lungs', 'head and stomach']}, {'question': 'Most people like walking because _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['it is easy to continue', 'it is funny', 'they are ill', 'they want to see who walks faster']}, {'question': 'When you start walking, you should prepare _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['a good bag', 'a hat and gloves', 'some food and drinks', 'walking shoes and comfortable clothes']}] |
Dan was the doorman of a club in a big city. Every day, thousands of people passed his door, and a lot of them stopped and asked him, "What's the time, please?"
After a few months, Dan said to himself, "I'm not going to answer all those stupid people any more. I'm going to buy a big clock and put it on the wall here." Then he did so.
"Now people aren't going to stop and ask me the time." He thought happily.
But after that, a lot of people stopped, looked at the clock and asked Dan, "Is that clock right?" | [{'question': 'What does Dan do?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['a policeman', 'a doorman', 'a worker', 'a waiter']}, {'question': 'What question did thousands of people ask Dan a few months ago?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Is that clock right?', "What's the price of the big clock?", 'How are you?', 'What time is it,please?']}, {'question': 'At last, did Dan solve his problem?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Yes, he did', 'Maybe', "No, he didn't", 'Of course']}, {'question': 'What would be the best title for the passage?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Hardworking Dan', 'A Big Clock', 'Stupid Question', 'Boring People']}] |
On a hot summer day, Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. After a good meal and a bottle of wine, they lay down in a tent for the night and went to sleep.
Some hours later, Holmes woke up and pushed his friend. "Watson, look! What can you see in the sky?"
Watson replied, "I see millions and millions of stars."
"What does that tell you?" asked Holmes.
Watson thought for a while. "First, it tells me that we will have a beautiful clear day tomorrow. Second, it tells me that the time is about twelve o'clock. And..."
"What else?" Holmes asked.
"Well, it also reminds me that the world is so big and we are so small. What does that tell you?" Holmes said with a grin on his face, "You silly guy! It only tells me that someone has stolen our tent!" | [{'question': 'Holmes woke up _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['in the middle of the night', 'early in the morning', 'soon after he fell asleep', 'after Watson pushed him']}, {'question': 'Watson thought of at least _ things after he saw the stars.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['two', 'three', 'four', 'five']}, {'question': 'Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['The story happened in the afternoon.', 'They had some wine before they went to sleep.', "Holmes asked Watson questions because Holmes didn't know what happened.", 'Holmes and Watson were in their tent while they were talking about the question.']}] |
Do you know "World Reading Day"? It is on April 23rd. It is the eighteenth "World Reading Day". As we know books are very important for us.
In Germany, more than 70% of people like reading: They often read. They read in their homes. They read in libraries. They read in parks. They even read in hospitals. Parents often read books for kids.
It is easy to buy books in Germany. There are many bookshops in Germany. They are in big cities and small town. A bookshop can sell many books every day. Germans also like to buy books on the Internet. More and more people buy books on the Internet.
In Germany, people often have reading parties. They are happy at the parties.
Do you love reading? Hope you enjoy it! | [{'question': 'April 23rd is _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['World Reading Day.', 'China Reading Day', 'Germany Reading Day.', 'Germans Buy Books Day']}, {'question': 'Where can Germans buy books?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Bookshops.', 'Small towns.', 'On the Internet.', 'Everywhere.']}, {'question': 'If there are 10 Germans, _ like reading according to the passage.', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['six.', 'five.', 'seven.', 'eight.']}] |
You can be proud of yourselves, even if you can only make one or two of these green changes. The goal here is to limit CO2and other greenhouse gases, which are closely connected to the big problem of global-warming .
WAY 1: Bring your own cup to Starbucks. You'll get a 10-cent discount, and it's one less paper cup to end up in a dustbin. The store won't create more waste when they throw away a cup.
WAY 2: Turn off your computer. If you don't do that, your PC is still using energy. Turning off a monitor for 40 hours a week may only save $ 5 a month, but it reduces CO
by 750 pounds.
WAY 3: Reuse plastic bags. Instead of throwing away 100 billion plastic bags a year, try and get a second, third, or tenth use out of them. Better yet, next time you shop, try a reusable bag. Oil that is used for making just 14 plastic bags would run your car for one mile.
WAY 4: Use recycled paper in the bathroom. Most of the toilet paper we use is made from trees found in forests. If every family replaced one roll of toilet paper with a recycled one, 424,000 trees would still be standing.
WAY 5: Plant a tree. Adding green to your garden is beautiful and earth-pleasing. Just one tree will help make cleaner air and save the environment from 5, 000 pounds of hot CO
each year. | [{'question': 'How many ways are mentioned in the passage?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Two.', 'Three.', 'Four.', 'Five.']}, {'question': "What will happen if our PC is turned off when it isn't in use?", 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['It will help to save much money.', 'It will help to reduce a great deal of CO2.', 'It will save a lot of oil that runs your car for a mile.', 'It will be like planting 1.7 million acres of new trees.']}, {'question': 'Which ways suggest recycling or reusing of things?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Ways 3 & 4.', 'Ways 2 & 3.', 'Ways 3 & 5.', 'Ways 2 & 4.']}, {'question': 'How do these ways do good to our environment?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['They all help reduce the use of energy like electricity.', 'They all cut down the number of the use of paper.', 'They all produce less greenhouse gases as a result.', 'They all help protect our trees and forests.']}, {'question': 'What are the uses of planting a tree?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['To make your garden beautiful', 'To help make cleaner air', 'To save environment', 'All of above']}] |
Kids have unbelievable imaginations. We asked one hundred kids how robots might help them learn better. This is what they thought.
Roberts can make learning fun
Kids dreamed robots would make learning fun. One 9-year-old boy in Germany says, "When I get home, my robot helps me with my homework. My mother and father came in and said 'no video games now, homework first'. When they saw that I had finished my homework, they'd be surprised".
Robots take care of the dirty work
Dirty dishes? No problem. A quarter of kids surveyed imagined that their robots could do chores and boring work so that they might be freed up.
Robots are our friends
Two-thirds of the kids thought that their robots could be friends. One 10-year-old French boy describes his dream robot: "He created books for me to read, we played with toy cars. He keeps my secrets. I can tell him anything, and he gives me suggestions."
Robots are cool
An 8-year-old girl in the U.S. imagines that her robot is "really smart and everyone likes to talk to her. She has a funny voice, but we do not laugh at her." | [{'question': 'The boy from Germany wanted his robot to _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['help him with the homework', 'play game spot with him', 'surprise his parents', 'make fun of him']}, {'question': 'How many kids imagined robots could help do chores?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['20', '25', '100', '50']}, {'question': 'Which is NOT mentioned in the passage?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Robots keep secrets.', 'Robots give suggestions.', 'Robots do chores.', 'Robots make movies.']}, {'question': 'Robots could be the following, NOT including _ according to the passage.', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['kitchen helpers', 'listeners', 'tutors', 'parents']}, {'question': 'kids _ according to the passage.', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['are full of ideas', 'depend robots do everything', 'hate robots', 'need care from their parents']}] |
A long time ago, in 1893, in the United States, some people were talking about fruits and vegetables. They asked, "What are fruits and what are vegetables? How are fruits different from vegetables and vegetables different from fruits?" They talked for a long time and then they decided, "We eat vegetables as part of a meal, but we eat fruits before or after a meal."
In real life, people do not think the dictionaries give the right meaning of a word. For example, the dictionaries say that tomatoes are fruits. But few people know that. Most people think they are vegetables. They call them vegetables and eat them as vegetables. To most people, fruits mean sweet things like apples, pears, oranges and watermelons.
What are vegetables then? We call many plants and grasses vegetables. Some people think some fruits are vegetables, such as apples, pears and bananas. But to most people, vegetables mean things like potatoes, onions and carrots. | [{'question': 'A long time ago, some people in the United States _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['wanted to know what were fruits and vegetables', "didn't know when to eat fruits", "didn't think fruits were as good as vegetables", "didn't talk about fruits and vegetables"]}, {'question': 'People usually eat vegetables _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['before a meal', 'after a meal', 'alone', 'during a meal']}, {'question': 'What do most people think of fruits?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['They are the same as vegetables.', 'They are sweet things.', 'They are like potatoes, onions and carrots.', 'They are only apples, pears, oranges and watermelons.']}] |
A farmer had four lambs ( ) . One was black , and the other three were white. The black lamb was friendly to the others in the group . But the white lamb s often laughed at him. They thought he was ugly. The farmer did not like him, either. He gave bad food to the black lamb.
One winter day, the four lambs went out to eat grass. They went far away from home. Suddenly, it began to snow. It was such a heavy snow that the ground was all white soon. They couldn't find the way home.
When the farmer found that the lambs were not at home, he went out to look for them. There was snow everywhere. Suddenly, he saw something black . He went to it. Oh , it was his black lamb! And the white lambs were there, too. The farmer said excitedly, "Thanks to the black lamb, I can find you! " | [{'question': 'What did the white lambs think of the black lamb?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Friendly.', 'Kind.', 'Ugly.', 'Beautiful.']}, {'question': 'The farmer gave bad food to _', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['the black lamb', 'the white lambs', 'all the lambs', 'his black dog']}, {'question': 'The lambs couldn t find the way home because', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['they were far away from home', 'the ground was covered with thick snow', 'the wind was blowing hard', 'they didn t want to go back home']}, {'question': 'The farmer found all the lambs after _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['he saw the black lamb', 'he saw the white lambs', 'he heard the sound of the lambs', 'they came back home']}, {'question': 'What can we learn from the story?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Appearance is the most important in our life.', 'A friend in need is a friend indeed.', 'Don t tell a person by his appearance.', 'Many hands make light work.']}] |
As many as 10 of the 17 kinds of penguins may be in danger of disappearing. The number of penguins have decreased by 30% since 1987.
Penguins are black and white birds that live in the southern part of the world. They are common in South America,New Zealand,Australia and South Africa. Many live near cold waters. But some live near warm waters in Galapagos Islands. Penguins cannot fly,but they are fine swimmers. Penguins eat fish and krill .
The warming of the earth is the decrease in penguin populations. The heating of the air has caused ocean waters to become warmer. Higher water temperatures have reduced the supply of fish and krill. Some years later these birds are completely unable to reproduce . Besides,many adult penguins die of hunger.
Widespread fishing,exploration for oil and oil leaks also make penguins be in danger. Poisonous organisms in ocean water are another danger. Penguins also have their enemies,including wild dogs,sharks,seals and sea lions.
News about penguins is not all bad,however. Several years ago,oil leaking from a ship hurt 40% of the penguins in South Africa. The penguins became covered with oil. But thousands of people helped clean and treat the birds well. Then they returned the penguins to the wild. Now these South African penguins are reproducing in higher numbers than before the oil leaking. | [{'question': 'Penguins _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['can swim better than fly', 'can be found near Oceania', 'eat fish only', 'live only in cold waters.']}, {'question': "Which of the following is NOT the cause of penguin's decrease in numbers?", 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Oil searching.', 'Widespread fishing.', "Human's killing.", 'Warming of the oceans.']}, {'question': 'Why are the penguins in South Africa reproducing in higher numbers than before the oil leaking?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Because people removed the ship.', 'Because people sent a lot of penguins to the wild.', 'Because people helped the penguins.', 'Because people treated the penguins well.']}] |
Do you help with chores at home? These are what some people say about it.
Manuel, 19: "I only like to do the laundry. My mom does the other chores. When she isn't at home, I can cook an easy dinner myself, but please don't ask me whether I'm a good cook or not. "
Vivian, 38: "I do everything because I live by myself now. I think I can do everything because I watched and helped my mom cook our family meals all the time when I was young. At first I was told to help my mom, but later I began to like cooking. Now I can cook many kinds of dishes. "
Arthur, 67: "I do many things around the house because everyday is like Sunday for me now. I have to do something to keep busy. I help with gardening and cleaning the most. I enjoy doing these things. Cooking and laundry are my wife's chores. " | [{'question': 'Who did Vivian learn cooking from?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Arthur.', 'Her friend.', 'Her mom.', 'Her teacher.']}, {'question': 'Why does Vivian have to do all the chores?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['She loves doing chores.', 'Her parents force her to do all the chores', 'Her mother asks her to do all the chores.', 'She lives by herself.']}, {'question': 'What can we learn from the passage?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Manuel is good at cooking.', 'Maybe Arthur has already retired .', 'Vivian has to cook for the family every day.', 'The writer likes doing chores at home.']}] |
Tony is a boy. He is 16 years old. He studies in a middle school. He often watches TV and likes the popular hair style . His parents and teachers tell him not to do so, but he doesn't listen to them.
One Sunday afternoon his mother buys a beautiful shirt for him and he loves it very much. The next morning, it is cold, but he still puts it on. That evening he has a bad cold. His parents take him to hospital.
About thirty minutes later, a nurse brings him to a women's ward ."Don't you know I am a boy"? says Tony."Oh, I'm sorry. I don't know you are a boy, because your hair is too long". | [{'question': '--What does Tony do? --He is _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['a teacher', 'a student', 'a worker', 'a driver']}, {'question': '--Do his parents and teachers like his hair style? -- _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Yes, they do', "No, they don't", "Sorry, I don't know", 'Yes ,I think so']}, {'question': 'His mother buys a beautiful _ for him.', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['computer', 'book', 'shirt', 'flower']}, {'question': "Why do Tony's parents take him to hospital?", 'answer': 'D', 'options': ["Because he doesn't listen to them.", 'Because he has a bad cold.', 'Because he likes watching TV.', 'Because he likes the popular hair style.']}, {'question': 'Which sentence is right?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['The nurse knows he is a boy.', 'That evening he has a bad cold.', 'His parents take him to school.', "He doesn't watch TV and like the popular hair style."]}] |
For many American teenagers, having a part-time job is an important part of growing up. A part-time job can teach teenagers important skills like responsibility , independence ,teamwork and leadership.
Young people can expand their social circles beyond their classmates by making friends with co-workers. And many teenagers find that earning their own money gives them a sense of pride and freedom.
The US Department of Labor allows teenagers to apply for jobs at the age of 14. Popular part-time jobs include working in ice cream stores, coffee shops, and clothing stores. During the school year, teenagers may go to work a few times a week after their classes get out, then work for longer on the weekends.
In the summer, top jobs for teens include working at camps, swimming pools and amusement parks. These jobs are great for young people who want to be active and have fun while making money.
A favorite job for many teens is babysitting , and they can start before 14 if the parents agree. After the children are sleeping and before the parents come home, babysitters have lots of freedom.
As long as they stay in the house and make sure the kids are okay, babysitters can do their homework, enjoy a snack, watch TV, or talk on the phone with friends.
It can be stressful to balance school, homework, and a part-time job. Still, many American teenagers value their work experience and the skills they gain on the job. | [{'question': 'The author thinks a part-time job can teach teenagers many skills except _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['responsibility', 'teamwork', 'leadership', 'organization']}, {'question': 'American teenagers can work when they are _ years old by law.', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['fourteen', 'thirteen', 'twelve', 'eleven']}, {'question': 'Where do American teenagers like to work most in the summer?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['At a shop.', 'In the office.', 'At a camp.', 'At a clothing store.']}, {'question': 'American teenagers like to babysit because they _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['can start before 14', 'can make more money', 'like to play with children', 'have lots of freedom']}] |
There are several ways you can find out about the countries and places you wish to visit. You can talk to friends who have traveled to the places, you can go and see a colour film about them, or you can read a travel book.
It seems that there are three kinds of travel books. The first are those that give a personal, subjective idea of travels which their writer has got himself. These books can be useful if the writers share their traveling experiences with others. The second kind are those books which give objective information of things to be done and seen. If _ has written such a book about the facts of a place, then it is more useful. The third kind are those books which are called "a guide" to some place or other. If they are good, they will describe and explain the place in detail. Like the first kind , they can be interesting and exciting, but their main purpose is to help the reader plan his travel in the most practical way.
Whatever kind of travel book you choose, you must make sure that the book does not describe everything as interesting, exciting or fantastic. You must also keep an open eyes on its date of publication because travel is very practical matter and many things change quickly in the 21st century. Finally, you should make sure that it's easy to find the useful information for you travel. | [{'question': 'The passage was written to introduce _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['travel maps', 'travel books', 'travel films', 'travel places']}, {'question': 'The writer of the first kind of travel books gave his ideas after he _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['travelled', 'read books', 'a lot of experience', 'surfed the Internet']}, {'question': 'The date of publication must be noticed because _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['the prices of travel books may be different', 'the writers of travel books may be different', 'the information in travel books is always the same', 'the information in travel books is always changing']}] |
Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was 12 years old, Jeff had cancer. Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg. Everyday Jeff puts on an _ leg. The leg is plastic. With the plastic leg Jeff can ski, ride a bicycle, swim, and play soccer. He can also run.
In the photo, Jeff is running with some young men. They have plastic legs, too. They are wearing special T-shirts. The T-shirts say, "Run, Jeff, Run. Jeff Keith Run Across America."
When he was 22 years old, Jeff Keith ran across the United State, from the East Coast to the West Coast. He started running in Boston. Seven months later, he stopped running in Los Angeles. He ran 3,200 miles, that's about 16 miles each day. Jeff wore out 36 pairs of running shoes and five plastic legs.
Jeff stopped in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money. The money was not for Jeff. It was for American Cancer Society. The American Cancer Society used the money to learn about cancer.
On the way to Los Angeles Jeff talked to people about cancer. He also talked about being disabled. Jeff is disabled, but he can do many things: he skis, swims, plays soccer, and runs. He finished college and is studying to be a lawyer. Jeff says, "People can do anything they want to do. I want people to know that. I am not only for disabled people. I ran for everyone!"
,. | [{'question': 'This passage tells us a story about a _ young man.', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['disabled', 'healthy', 'blind', 'sad']}, {'question': 'Jeff lost one of his right _ because of cancer.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['arms', 'legs', 'eyes', 'ears']}, {'question': 'Jeff ran across American _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['when he was twelve years old', 'when he was at college', 'at the age of twenty-two', 'at the age sixteen']}, {'question': 'Which of the followings is NOT true according to the passage?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Jeff is studying in a college now and he wants to be a lawyer.', 'The money people gave Jeff is used for learning about cancer.', 'What Jeff did tells us people can do anything they want to do.', 'In order to run across American, Jeff wore out five plastic legs.']}] |
Unlike Chinese people, the ones in the West believe in star signs. Western world has a complete system of star signs, and they explain them and use them to tell a person's characteristics and the things they like or dislike. There are a cycle of 12 of them in all. All of them are decided by the date instead of the year of your birth and each of them has its own characteristics.
Sagittarius is one of them. Now, let's take it as an example:
Sagittarius (November 23--December 21)
Sagittarius in short
Sagittarius are fun, loving, generous and very friendly. They seldom tell lies; in fact they're so open about everything, They have surprising intuitions that they should pay attention to. They are pretty clever because they are so interested in everything. They can be a bit rude, that's only because they're very honest and will say exactly what they think. They love travelling, fast cars and horse riding. They also love spending money.
More about Sagittarius
Sagittarius are great friends because they are interested in everything and everyone. They are attracted by even the strangest people. With their humour, they are often in a good mood. They can be hurtful to others because they cannot stop speaking what they see as the truth, but they don't mean to. _ . Their values are spiritual rather than material.
They are hard-working. They are very open-minded about new ideas and love to try ideas out. Usually it does end up working because they have an excellent intuition and can usually tell straight away if an idea is a good one or a bad one. One of their weaknesses is not asking enough money for all the hard work they do, because they love doing it. | [{'question': 'Whose star sign is Sagittarius?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Miss Yao who was born on Mar 18, 1978.', 'Peter, a boy who was born on Nov 22, 1998.', 'Mr Zhou who was born on Dec 23, 1976.', 'Lucy, a girl who was born on Nov 30, 1991.']}, {'question': 'Which is WRONG about Sagittariaus?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Sagittarians often tell lies.', 'Sagittarians can be rude.', 'Sagittarians show great interest in strange things and people.', 'Sagittarians can end up working by using their good intuition.']}] |
Are you a crazy chocolate fan? Have you heard about Hershey's Kisses? Do you love the movieCharlie and the Chocolate Factory? If your answer was, "yes", to any of the questions, then my experience will make you jealous . I just went to the famous Hershey Chocolate Factory!
The other day we drove from Washington DC to the small town of Hershey, Pennsylvania. When we arrived at the factory, we realized that this was much more than just a factory. The whole town is a chocolate-themed amusement park. The sweet smell of chocolate is on every street corner. There are even road signs that say things like, "Chocolate Ave " and "Cake St.".
As we were walking towards the park, Jason, our tour guide, began telling us about this quiet little town. Hershey chocolate has been a _ in the world over the past hundred years. It is the biggest company that makes and sells chocolate in America," he started. "I guess you get the chocolate in China, don't you?"
I nodded without thinking. How could I possibly not know those lovely little candies when I've been eating them all these years?
Jason went on, "The factory first started on a small farm. It developed very fast. So they built this town for factory workers to live in. Then they built hotels, hospitals, stadiums , theaters and even museums with the theme of chocolate. Isn't that cool?"
"Yes, a hundred times yes!" I yelled ( )with delight. | [{'question': 'What did the writer mainly talk about?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Her wonderful trip to a chocolate factory.', 'What kind of chocolate she likes best.', 'How chocolate is produced in the factory.', 'Why she likes chocolate so much.']}, {'question': 'What was the small town of Hershey like?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['It was very beautiful.', 'It was like a big city.', 'It was very colorful.', 'It was a theme park.']}, {'question': 'Which of the following statements is TRUE?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Hershey Chocolate has not been introduced to China yet.', 'Hershey was a German company.', 'Hershey Chocolate developed very fast.', 'Hershey Chocolate first started on a big farm.']}, {'question': "What can we know from the writer's answer to the guide?", 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['The writer had never heard about Hershey Chocolate.', "The writer didn't want to visit the factory any more.", 'The writer had visited the factory before.', "The writer couldn't wait to visit the factory."]}] |
Rita was in shopping mall, looking for a gift for her little daughter. Suddenly she stopped before a store, inside which were all kinds of dolls.
"Why not a lovely doll? Girls like dolls," she thought as she stepped into the store.
Looking around ,she saw a grandma doll--one with gray and a pair of glasses. As she gazed at it, in her mind somehow appeared Linda, her mother.
When Rita was a little girl, she got her first doll form Linda for her birthday. She was very happy. Then the second, the third......,Rita began to feel puzzled, When she asked her mum the reason, the answer was always "A girl can never have enough dolls." Year after year, Rita grew up and Linda aged, but a doll a year from Linda never arrived late.
"But why always a doll?" This question had been in Rita's mind until one day her father gave the answer.
Little Linda dreamed to have a doll. Her parents promised one for her fifth birthday. Sadly, they both died in a traffic accident before it arrived .The never--received gift was the most precious* in her eyes. That's why she thought dolls were the best birthday gifts for Rita.
Her mother's story being recalled ,Rita got an idea......
It was Linda's sixtieth birthday. The whole family gathered around the sixty-year-old lady when the doorbell rang, Much to Linda's surprise ,a package was delivered* to her, with a card read:
Dear Linda,
I forget to send you the package that you should have received on May 20,1956,your fifth birthday. The gift inside has aged ,but I felt that you might still wish to have it. Sorry for the lateness! Love, Angel of Joy
Linda opened the package and saw a lovely grandma doll. She _ the doll that she had waited so many years to receive ,tears coursing down her face. The doll, given by "Angel of Joy", made her the happiest "child "alive . | [{'question': 'Why did Linda think that dolls were the best birthday gifts for Rita?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Rita dreamed to have all kinds of lovely dolls.', 'Rita looked liked a doll when she was a little girl.', 'Linda received a lot of lovely dolls form her parents.', 'Linda had never got the dream doll form her parents']}, {'question': 'Which can be the best title of the passage?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['The Story of an Angel', "Linda's Birthday", 'Linda,the Happiest Child', 'A Late Birthday Gift']}] |
The seahorse is a very strange fish. Do you know what its head looks like? It looks like a horse. Of course it is not as big as a horse. You can pick it up with one hand. It swims with its head up and tail down.
This strange looking fish often remains still. It will hang on to a bit of weed with its tail. Then when a small fish swims by, the seahorse will suddenly jump and eat it up.
Mother seahorse lays eggs .These eggs are kept in Father's pouch .When the eggs hatch, the babies pop out of the pouch into the sea. | [{'question': 'The seahorse is _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['a small horse', 'a fish', 'an egg', 'a sea']}, {'question': 'Baby seahorses are _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['hatched from eggs', "born in mother's pouch", "born in father's pouch", 'hatched from horses']}, {'question': 'A seahorse eats _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['sea weed', 'small fish', 'water', 'nothing']}, {'question': 'A seahorse is _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['bigger than a horse', 'the same size as a horse', 'as big as a horse', 'much smaller than a horse']}] |
Do you kow that animals have love for each other and their children just like us humans? Let me tell you some moving stories of great animal parents.
Several years ago a heavy rain hit a town and made the river go up. When the rain stopped, people found that a dog swam to an island in the river twice a day for two weeks. Why did she do so? Her four children were there. The mother swam there every day to feed her babies. This true story moved many people.
Another story is about chimpanzees . A scientist named Jane Goodall spent 4 years living with chimpanzees in Africa. She found that chimpanzees also cared for those that were hurt or got lost. "It is not only humans who have duties, animals also do," she said.
Two birds in Chengdu also showed their parental love. Their baby was hurt and fell on the street in the center of the city. Cars were driving past but the brave parents rushed down to the road and took the little bird away with their claws . | [{'question': 'After the heavy rain, the mother dog swam to the island _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['to look for food', 'to feed her babies', 'to move some people', 'to carry things to her owner']}, {'question': 'The scientist found chimpanzees _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['cared for the hurt or lost ones', 'often left for a far place', 'always stayed in the same place', "didn't care about each other"]}, {'question': 'The two birds rushed down and took the little one away because _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ["they didn't like their baby", 'they were not kind enough', 'they wanted to teach their baby', 'they wanted to save their baby']}, {'question': 'From the passage we know _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['dogs like to swim across the river in a heavy rain.', "mother birds don't want to save their children", 'animal parents love their children a lot', 'all animals want to move people very much']}] |
Today is the fifth day of August. It is Judy's birthday. When she comes back home from school, she sees a card on the table. It says, "There's a present for you, Judy. Look for it in your bedroom." Judy runs into her bedroom. Her parents are looking at her and _ . On the chair she sees a red box. She thinks her present must be in it. She opens it, and there is a piece of paper in it. She reads it, "Dear Judy, I'm your present. My first letter is in the word 'bag', but not in 'age'. My second letter is in 'like', but not in 'lake'. My third letter is in "know", but not in 'now'. And you can find my last letter in both 'desk' and 'get'. What am I?" Judy thinks for a while and says, "Aha, I know. But where is it?" Her father tells her it is in her study.
What is it? Do you know?
. (5) | [{'question': "When is Judy's birthday?", 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Aug.5th.', 'Aug.6th.', 'Sept.5th.', 'Sept.6th.']}, {'question': 'What does the piece of paper in the box tell Judy?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['The color of her present.', 'The shape of her present.', 'The place of her present.', 'The name of her present.']}, {'question': 'Where can Judy find her present?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['On the chair.', 'In her study.', 'In the box.', 'In the living room.']}, {'question': "What is Judy's present?", 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['A book.', 'A bag.', 'A bike.', 'A desk.']}] |
Take a class at Dulangkou School, and you'll see lots of things different from other schools, You can see the desks are not in rows and students sit in groups. They put their desks together so they're facing each other. How can they see the blackboard? There are three blackboards on the three walls of the classroom!
The school calls the new way of learning "Tuantuanzuo", meaning sitting in groups. Wei Liying, a Junior 3 teacher, said it was to give students more chances to communicate.
Each group has five or six students, according to Wei, and they play different roles .There is a team leader who takes care of the whole group. There is a "study leader"who makes sure that everyone finishes their homework. And there is a discipline leader who makes sure that nobody chats in class.
Wang Lin is a team leader. The 15-year-old said that having to deal with so many things was tiring.
"I just looked after my own business before,"said Wang. "But now I have to think about my five group members."
But Wang has got used to it and can see the benefits now.
"I used to speak too little. But being a team leader means you have to talk a lot. You could even call me an excellent speaker today."
Zhang Qi, 16, was weak in English. She used to get about 70 in English tests. But in a recent test, Zhang got a grade of more than 80.
"I rarely asked others when I had problems with my English tests. But now I can ask the team leader or study leader. They are really helpful." | [{'question': 'A discipline leader is supposed to _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['take care of the whole group', 'make sure that everybody finishes homework', 'make sure that nobody chats in class', 'collect all the homework and hand it in to teachers']}, {'question': 'The new way of learning is said to give students more chances to _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['chat with each other', 'listen to the teacher', 'make friends', 'communicate']}, {'question': 'We can see from the story that some students _ this new way of learning.', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['get benefits from', 'are tired of', 'cannot get used to', 'hate']}, {'question': 'How many leaders are there in one group?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Three.', 'Four.', 'Two.', 'Five or six.']}] |
My friends like different clothes. Sue likes red clothes. She is often in a red skirt and red shoes. Mina likes white clothes. She is in a white shirt. Her sister Emma likes to wear a green skirt. She looks nice. David often wears a white cap and black pants. Peter often wears a white coat and black pants.
,. | [{'question': 'What color does Sue like?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['White.', 'Red.', 'Yellow.', 'Green.']}, {'question': 'Mina is in a white _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['shirt', 'skirt', 'dress', 'coat']}, {'question': "Mina's sister's name is _ .", 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Sue', 'Emma', 'Jenny', 'David']}, {'question': 'David often wears a _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['black pants', 'black cap', 'white cap', 'white pants']}, {'question': '_ often wear black pants.', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Sue and Emma', 'Mina and Sue', 'David and Peter', 'David and Mina']}] |
My name is Lin Tao. I'm a Chinese boy. Now I'm studying in America. There are many kinds of clubs here. When I first come here, l don't know anything about clubs.
I'm a shy boy, so I can't speak English well. In my first year in America, l don't like to speak to others. In my second year I have to change myself by doing some new things. I _ that school is not just about getting good grades , it's also about being part of a club. One day, when I go to the Media Center with my classmate Jim, he tells me something about the club, It's interesting, so 1 join it.
I am in many clubs now, it's good to be part of a club. These clubs help me to make new friends. | [{'question': 'Where is Lin Tao studying now?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['In America', 'In China.', 'In Canada.', 'In Australia.']}, {'question': "Lin Tao doesn't speak t the first year because _ .", 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['he is busy with his study', "he can't speak English well", "he doesn't like his classmates", "he doesn't know anyone"]}, {'question': 'What does Lin Tao think in his second school year?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['He must study hard.', 'He must speak English more.', 'He must do some new things.', 'He must make more friends.']}, {'question': 'What can you learn from the passage ?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Lin Tao lives in America with his parents.', "The Media Center is Lin Tao's first club.", "Lin Tao doesn't like joining clubs.", 'Lin Tao makes many new friends in the first year.']}] |
The Chinese tradition of giving gifts of money in red envelopes at Lunar New Year has turned into big business for Web giants Alibaba and Tencent, which now both offer electronic "hong bao".
At the end of each lunar year, it is common in China to give children hong bao -- some money in envelopes that are red, the colour of success. But now theold also take part in this activity.
It is now possible to exchange "red envelopes" with smartphone, which is popular in China and has caused a battle for the _ market between the two companies providing the service, Tencent and Alibaba.
"You don't have to pay the same cost or wait as long as you would for a traditional bank transfer . It's more convenient, simple and fun," Wang Le, a 28-year-old Beijinger, told AFP. " With electronic red envelopes, you're not limited by your identity or the time of year. It's a new, fresh way of playing the game."
The idea was introduced in 2014 by WeChat, a mobile messaging system with over 400 million users and run[:**]by Tencent, China's largest Internet service system. It was successful at once.
This year, Alipay Wallet , the payment system run by Alibaba, is ready to take on the competition. It is allowing its 190 million users to send digital gifts, especially on the Twitter-like Sina Weibo.
For the past few weeks a digital battle has been terrible, with Tencent banning Alipay from sending red envelopes on WeChat, saying they were at a risk. Recently, WeChat also blocked Alibaba's music app Xiami.
To attract the public's attention, the two companies have launched lotteries through which they award red envelopes to users in an online game.
It's easy to send and receive hong bao or take part in the lotteries: you simply need to register your bank details.
According to market research group iResearch, Alipay controls 82.6 percent of the Chinese mobile phone payment market, compared to 10 percent for Tencent's Tenpay. | [{'question': 'Which Web giants now offer electronic "hong bao"?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Alibaba', 'Tencent', 'Alibaba and Tencent', 'Sina Weibo']}, {'question': 'According to the passage, what\'s the popular trend for people to send "red envelopes" ?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Sending "red envelopes" through short messages', 'Sending "red envelopes" through a vedios.', 'Sending "red envelopes" through smartphones.', 'Sending "red envelopes" through Express.']}, {'question': 'Which one is TRUE according to the passage?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Tencent allows Alipay to send red envelopes via Wechat.', 'The idea of electronic red envelope was introduced by Wechat in 2014.', "It's complicated to send and receive hongbao or participate in the lotteries.", "Alipay controls a smaller payment market of the Chinese microphone thanTencent's Tenpay."]}, {'question': "What's the main business purpose for Tencent and Alibaba launch lotteries?", 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['To catch the new fashion on the website.', 'To raise money from netizens.', 'To obtain a better reputation.', 'To gain many more new App users.']}] |
Just as in face-to-face communication, there are some basic rules of behavior that should be followed on the Internet. The basic rule is simple: treat others in the same way you would want to be treated. Imagine how you'd feel if you were in the other person's shoes.
For anything you're about to send: ask yourself, " Would I say that to the person's face?" If the answer is no, rewrite and reread. If someone in the chat room is rude to you, you needn't to fire back. You should either ignore the person, or use your chat software to block their messages. Remember to respect the beliefs and opinions of others in the chat room.
Everyone was new to the network once. Offer advice when asked by newcomers, as they may not be sure what to do or how to communicate. When someone makes a mistake, be kind about it. If you do decide to tell someone about the mistake, point it out politely. At the same time, if you find you are wrong, be sure to correct yourself and apologize to those that you have offended . You'd better not ask others questions about their age, sex and families. Unless you know the person very well, and you are both comfortable with sharing personal information, or don't ask such questions. | [{'question': "You should point out someone's mistake _ .", 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['politely', 'rudely', 'patiently', 'seriously']}, {'question': "If you don't know the person very well, you'd better not to ask _ .", 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['their age', 'their sex', 'their weight', 'both A and B']}, {'question': 'This passage is mainly about _', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['how to communicate', 'sharing personal information', 'basic rules of behavior on the Internet.', 'respecting others in the chat room.']}] |
"Which meal do we all need most, breakfast, lunch or dinner?" Miss Baker asks. Boys and girls wave their hands in the air. They know the answer.
"What do you think, Jim?" Miss Baker asks.
"Dinner," Jim answers.
"Dinner is the big meal of the day," says Miss Baker. "But I don't think we need it most."
Tom puts up his hands. " Do we need lunch most?"
"No," says Miss Baker. "We need breakfast most." "Why is this so?"
"From night to morning is a long time to go without food," says Ann.
"That's right," says Miss Baker. "We need food every morning. What may happen to us if we have no breakfast?"
The students have many answers to give.
"We may feel hungry."
"We may not feel like working."
"We may feel sick."
"Yes, you are right," says Miss Baker. "Now let's talk about what makes a good breakfast. Give me your answers. I will write them on the blackboard." | [{'question': '_ are discussing eating.', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['The mother and children', 'Some of the boys and girls', 'The teacher and her students', 'A group of friends']}, {'question': 'Miss Baker thinks _ is a big meal of the day.', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['breakfast', 'lunch', 'dinner', 'picnic']}, {'question': 'Why is breakfast the most important meal? Because _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['it is the last meal', 'there are usually a lot of nice things to eat at breakfast.', 'people like to enjoy food before going to work.', 'from night to morning is a long time to go without food.']}] |
Do you have a headache? Take an aspirin or eat bird brains. Do you want beautiful skin? Use skin cream or eat pearls. Is your hair turning gray? Color your hair or eat black rice.
"Eat bird brains, pearls, and black rice?" some people ask. "How strange!" But for many Chinese people, bird brains, pearls, and black rice are not strange things to eat. Instead, they are good medicines.
Food that people use for medicines is called medical food. The Chinese have eaten medicinal food and spices for centuries. Ginger, for example, is a common spice in Chinese cooking. Ginger gives food a nice flavor. The Chinese began to use ginger many years ago. They used ginger not because it tasted good. They used ginger because it was medicinal. Ginger, they thought, was good for the digestion. It also helped people who had colds. Pepper and garlic, too, were probably medicines a long time ago.
Some people don't believe that food and spices are good medicines. They want to buy their medicine in drugstores, not in supermarkets. Other people want to try medicinal food. They say, "Maybe medicinal food can't help me. But it can't hurt me, either."
People can try medicinal food at a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, California. The restaurant serves medicinal food. The menus at the restaurant have a list of dinners. Next to each dinner there is information about the food. The information helps people order "Queen's Secret," for example, is one dinner at the restaurant. This dinner has meat from chickens with black feathers. It is for women who want to look young. | [{'question': 'All of the followings are common spices in Chinese cooking EXCEPT _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['ginger', 'pepper', 'garlic', 'pearls']}, {'question': 'What do you know about medicinal food?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['The Chinese have eaten medicinal food for a long time.', 'Many Chinese believe medicinal food tastes good.', 'Medicinal food may be bad for your health.', 'Medicinal food is served all over the world.']}, {'question': 'Why did the Chinese begin to use ginger many years ago?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Because it gave food different flavors.', 'Because it made food more delicious.', "Because it was good for people's health.", 'Because it made people feel cold.']}, {'question': 'Which answer to the following questions can be found out from the passage?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['When did the Chinese start to eat bird brains?', 'Why do women like "Queen\'s Secret"?', 'What is the advantage of using pepper?', 'How do Chinese people stop a toothache?']}, {'question': 'What can we infer according to the passage?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['More foreigners will learn more about medicinal food.', 'All the Chinese will believe black rice stops hair turning gray.', 'Ginger will be more and more popular in China.', 'Medicinal food will be sold in drugstores and supermarkets.']}] |
Val is a six-year-old boy. He begins to go to school this term. He studies very hard and listens to the teachers carefully. He is polite and has many friends. They all like him very much.
It was Sunday. Val, his sister and his mother stayed at home. His mother was doing some housework, his sister was doing her homework. Val was watching TV. At ten his father came back with some apples. The boy liked apples very much and wanted to eat some of them. His mother gave him four apples and said, "Go and wash them."
Val washed the apples and then gave them back to his mother. Mother asked, "Which apple do you want, Val?"
"The biggest one, Mum."
"What?" said his mother, "You should be polite and want the smallest one."
"Should I tell a lie to be polite, Mum?" | [{'question': 'Why did his mother ask Val to wash the apples?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Because he was free.', 'Because he liked washing apples.', 'Because his mother was lazy.', "Because he didn't like apples."]}, {'question': 'Who was going to eat the biggest apple?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['His mother.', 'His father.', 'His sister.', 'Val.']}, {'question': 'Which is right?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Val is not polite and he has no friends.', 'Mother was cooking in the kitchen.', 'His sister was doing her homework.', "Val's father came back for some apples."]}] |
Do You Want To Be A Musician?
Do you want to be a musician? Come to our club, and you'll be very happy in the club. We have _ about the piano, the drums, the bamboo flute,the trumpet, the guitar and the violin for just $20 each.You can also learn to sing , to dance for $25 each. If you like art, you can be satisfied , too. It's just for $30 each! | [{'question': 'How many kinds of instruments are there in the ad ? There are _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['5', '6', '7', '4']}, {'question': "How much is it for piano lesson? It's _ .", 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['$25', '$20', '$30', '$45']}, {'question': "We can't learn about _ in the club.", 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['drums', 'Bamboo flute', 'guitar', 'chess']}, {'question': 'If you want to learn about guitar and singing, you should pay _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['$45', '$20', '$30', '$25']}] |
Long ago, there was an interesting man called Effendi , He had a good sense of humour. One day he played a joke on the Prime Minister . He said that the Minister would die the next day. Really the next day, the Minister fell off the horse and died. When the king learned this, he got angry and sent his men to cat ch Effendi at once.
When Effendi was in front of the King, the king shouted angrily, "Effendi, since you know when my Minister would die, you must know the date of your own death. Say it out, or you will die today."Effendi looked at the king for a while, he answered, "But how can I know? I'll die two days earlier than you."Because the king was afraid if he killed Effendi, he himself would die after that. He thought he must keep Effendi alive as long as he could, so he let Effendi go. | [{'question': 'The story tells us _', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['How Effendi played a trick on the king', 'When the king would die', 'Why the Minister died', "Effendi knew the dates of everyone's death"]}, {'question': 'The Prime Minister died because _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Effendi killed him', 'Effendi said he would die', 'he was badly ill', 'he fell to the ground from the horse']}, {'question': 'Why did the king ask Effendi to tell him the date of his own death?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['In this way the king would know when he would die', 'He wanted to find an excuse to kill Effendi', "He himself had known the date of Effendi's death", 'He wanted to know when Effendi would die']}, {'question': 'The king let Effendi go because _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['he hoped to live a long life', 'he was afraid of Effendi', "he didn't believe Effendi", 'he knew he would die two days later']}, {'question': 'Which of the following is not true?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['The Minister died after the day when Effendi played a joke on him.', 'The king was afraid of death', "Effendi didn't know when the king would die", 'If the king killed Effendi, he himself would die two days later.']}] |
Here are some ideas for learning English well.
You are like a new baby.
Babies learn their language slowly, First they learn to listen .Then they learn to talk .Finally , they can read and talk.
Listen to English every day
Listen to English radio , watch English TV, go to see English movies or use online lessons.
Practise the conversations
Make up conversations and practise the conversations .You'd better use beginner textbooks.
Reading English stories
Start with children's storybooks .Try to read stories for ESL readers , Read ads and so on ,Try English Club.com for young learners.
Write down new words
Start a new word notebook.Write words in _ (A...B...C)Make some sentences.Try to use an English-English dictionary.
Keep an English diary
Start with one sentence.Like how do you feel? What did you do today?Write another sentence tomorrow. | [{'question': 'How do babies learn their languages?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Slowly', 'Quickly', 'Loudly', 'Quietly']}, {'question': 'The writer gave us _ ideas for learning English faster.', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['four', 'five', 'six', 'seven']}, {'question': 'What kind of books do we start to read when learning English?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ["Children'storybooks", "Children's textbooks", "Children's picture books", "Children's music books"]}] |
China and the Netherlands are long-time friends. The Netherlands is more than 41,500 square kilometres in area. It is a bit larger than the size of Taiwan, China.
The Netherlands is rich in culture and art. It is home of many great artists, for example, Vincent van Gogh. Besides fine art, the Netherlands is also called the country of tulips . It has the world's largest tulip garden: Keukenhof garden.
Dutch people are very hard-working. There's a saying: "God made the Earth, but the Dutch made Holland." More than a quarter of the country is below sea level. So Dutch people build many dams to protect the country from flooding. They have created almost one sixth of the country from seas and rivers!
Did you know?
* Rubber ducks are popular around the world. Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman created it in 2007. The yellow duck is 26 metres high.
* Wooden clogs are traditional shoes in the Netherlands. They make good gifts for tourists.
* In the Netherlands, it is impolite to start eating at once. Dutch people will sometimes say "delicious" before eating.
* Like the UK, the Netherlands also has
kings and queens. | [{'question': 'Taiwan, China is _ than the Netherlands in area.', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['a bit smaller', 'much larger', 'much smaller', 'a little larger']}, {'question': 'What is not talked about in the reading?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Table manners.', 'Artists.', 'Weather.', 'Tulips.']}, {'question': 'About _ of the Netherlands is created from the seas and rivers.', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['16%', '25%', '60%', '75%']}, {'question': 'Which is NOT TRUE about the Netherlands?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['China and the Netherlands have been neighouring countries for a long time.', 'Keukenhof garden is famous for tulips.', 'The Dutch may give foreign friends wooden clogs as small presents.', "In the Netherlands, it's good manners to praise the food before eating."]}] |
The largest number of people in a race
The biggest race is in San Francisco, the USA. More than 100,000 people run the 12 kilometers in the race. Another famous race is in London every year. This race is longer and harder, it is more than 42 kilometers, but 25,000 people usually finish it. [:Zxxk.Com]
The youngest international player
The youngest international player in any sport was Jamaica. Her name was Joy Foster. She was the Jamaican table tennis champion in1958 when she was 8 years old.
The strongest superlative
Have you ever tried walking backwards? The world record for walking backwards is 12,875 kilometers. A man from Texas, the USA, walked backwards for 18 months in 1931--1032. Nobody else has ever broken this record .
The most popular sport
The popular sport team game in the world is football. People play football in villages, streets and stadiums all over the world. The most famous football competition is the World Cup. It happens every four years, and nearly 2,000,000,000 people watch it on TV. The first Women's World Cup was in 1991. | [{'question': 'The San Francisco race is not as _ as the London race.', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['easy', 'big', 'popular', 'long']}, {'question': 'Joy Foster was born in _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['1950', '1952', '1958', '1966']}, {'question': "_ walked more than 12,875 kilometers' backwards.", 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Few people', 'Nobody else', 'One man has', 'Many people']}, {'question': 'The best title of this passage is _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Enjoy your sport', 'Different sports', 'Sport superlatives', 'Strange sport']}] |
There are many kinds of food in the world. Scientists learn a lot about them. They say that there are some kinds of food people must eat every day. For example, people must eat some green and yellow vegetables. We shouldn't eat too much meat. People also need to eat some fruits, bread and rice. Of course our bodies need some water and milk.
Scientists say people in different countries and different places eat different kinds of food. They cook food in different ways. Different people eat at different times. In one place, people eat once or twice a day. But in another place, people eat three or four times. The scientists say when to eat and how many times to eat are not important. What we eat is the most important thing.
Nowadays, the world faces two problems. People in some places, for example, in Africa, are not full. Many people are eating junk food. It's bad for people's health. So it's our duty to make everyone full and make everyone healthy.
,. | [{'question': '_ know about food most according to the passage.', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Farmers', 'Cooks', 'Scientists', 'Customers']}, {'question': 'Scientists think the most important thing about food is _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['how to cook', 'when to eat', 'what to eat', 'how often to eat']}, {'question': 'Which of the following statements is NOT true?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Every day, we should eat some vegetables.', 'All the people in the world have enough food to eat.', 'Many people are eating unhealthy food.', 'Everyone is needed to help solve the two problems.']}, {'question': '_ is not good for our health.', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Meat', 'Bread', 'Milk', 'Potato chips']}, {'question': 'We may read this passage in _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['a letter', 'a story', 'a newspaper', 'a health magazine']}] |
Do you know why different animals or pests have their special colours? Colours in them seem to be mainly used to protect themselves.
Some birds like eating locusts , but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colurs with the changes of the colours of crops .When crops are green, locusts look green .But as the harvest time comes, locusts change into the same brown colour as crops have .Some other pests whose colours are different from plants are easily found and eaten by others .So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.
If you study the animals' life, you'll find the main use of colours is to protect themselves .Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests .They cannot be easily seen by hunters because their colours are much like the trees.
Colours are useful not only on the land , but also in the sea .A kind of fish in the sea can give out a kind of black liquid when the fish face danger. The liquid spreads over quickly, so they cannot be found by their enemies and can quickly swim away. That is why they can live safely though they are not strong at all. | [{'question': 'From the passage, we can know that _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['locusts are big animals', 'locusts are easily found by birds', 'locusts are dangerous to their enemies', 'locusts can change their colours to protect themselves']}, {'question': 'Those pests with different colours from plants have to _ to keep out of danger.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['change their colours', 'hide in the day time and appear at night', 'move quietly', 'hide at night and appear in the day time']}, {'question': 'Bears and lions can keep safe because _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['their colours are much like the trees', 'they move quickly', 'they are very strong', 'they live in forests']}, {'question': 'According to the passage, the fish can keep safe because _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['they can change their colours', 'they can give out a kind of black liquid', 'they are strong enough', 'they swim faster than any other fish']}, {'question': 'Which is the best title for this passage?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['The colours of the seasons', 'Animals on the land and in the sea', 'The main use of colours for animals and pests', 'How to keep safe in the sea']}] |
"High tech" and "state of the art" are two expressions that describe very modern technology. High tech is just a shorter way of saying high technology. And high technology describes any invention or system that uses the newest ideas or discoveries of science and engineering.
What is high tech? A computer is high tech. So is a communications satellite. A modern manufacturing system is surely high tech.
High tech became a popular expression in the United States during the early 1980's. Because of improvements in technology, people could buy many new kinds of products in American stores, such as home computers, microwave ovens , etc. "State of the art" is something that is as modern as possible. It is a product that is based on the very latest ways and technology. Something that is "state of the art" is the newest possible design or product of a business or industry. A state of the art television set, for example, uses the most modern electronic design and parts. It is the best that one can buy.
"State of the art" is not a new expression. Engineers have used it for years, to describe the best and most modern way of doing something.
Millions of Americans began to use the expression in the late 1970's. The reason was the computer revolution . Every computer company claimed that its computers were "state of the art".
Computer technology changes so fast that a state of the art computer today might be old tomorrow. The expression "state of the art" has become as common and popular as computers themselves. Now all kinds of products are said to be "state of the art". | [{'question': 'What is the purpose of the passage?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['To tell how "high tech" and "state of the art" have developed.', 'To give examples of high tech.', 'To tell what "high tech" and "state of the art" are.', 'To describe very modern technology.']}, {'question': 'What can we learn from the passage?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['American stores could provide new kinds of products to the people.', '"High tech" describes a technology that is not traditional.', '"State of the art" became popular later than "high tech".', 'A lantern out of a big orange pumpkin is "state of the art".']}, {'question': 'Which of the following statements is NOT true?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Since the computer revolution, the expression "state of the art" has become popular.', '"State of the art" means something that is the best one can buy.', 'With the development of computer technology, a state of the art computer may easily become unpopular.', 'All the producers claim that their products are "state of the art" nowadays.']}, {'question': 'The best title for the passage is _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Computer Technology', 'High Tech and State of the Art', 'Most Advanced Technology', 'Two New Expressions']}] |
Mr. Smith is one of my friends. He can run very fast and he is always ready to show how fast he can run.
One day a thief breaks into his house,takes some things of his and runs off as fast as he can. Mr. Smith runs after him and shouts :"Stop! Stop! Don't you know you can't run away from me?"
But the thief only runs faster. Mr. Smith gets angry. He tries his best to run. He is soon a few miles away from his house. He doesn't see anything or anybody and is still rushing alone when he runs into me.
"Why are you in such a hurry?"
"I'm trying to catch a thief."
"But where is the thief?" I ask.
"Far, far behind me," says Mr. Smith with a smile on his face.
"He thinks he can run faster than me,but you see he is wrong." | [{'question': 'Mr. Smith wants everybody to know he is good at _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['running', 'catching', 'shouting', 'talking']}, {'question': 'Someone takes some of his things from his house and _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['hides behind his house', 'runs away quickly', 'flies away', 'is caught']}, {'question': 'Mr. Smith gets angry because the thief _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['stops', 'runs away', "doesn't stop", 'runs into him']}, {'question': 'Mr. Smith is very glad that _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['he is very tired', 'he runs very fast', 'the thief runs away', 'he runs faster than the thief']}, {'question': 'At last the thief _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['runs away', 'is very tired', 'is caught', 'is after Mr. Smith']}] |
Wonder why you can get angry so easily while your friend smiles all the time? It's probably because you both have different personalities .
Personality is also about how people think, behave, and react to everything around them from day to day.
So what makes people think and behave in certain ways?
Part of the reason is that people are born like this. A baby gets its blood type, genes and other physical things when it's still inside its mother. These things may help decide what the baby will be like.
But one's personality doesn't stop here. Family life, school learning and life experiences can also make you the person you are. This doesn't mean it's impossible to change your personality. You can always try to make yourself better. Don't get too worried about your shortcomings . Just accept them. This is a good way to start making changes.
If you don't know how to make friends, find out why. Is it because you're too shy? Tell yourself to smile at people. Start talking to people using warm greetings.
Don't give yourself a hard time about it all. It's not easy to change lifelong habits in one night. Keep working at it. One day you'll see that you can turn over a new leaf and be a new you! | [{'question': 'Personality is about the following except _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['how you behave', 'what you look like', 'how you react to something', 'how you think about something']}, {'question': 'We know that _ from the passage.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ["people are born the way they'll always be", 'a person can try to change his/her personality', 'personality decides what a person looks like', 'blood type decides what a person will be like']}] |
British food is very different from Chinese food. For example, they eat a lot of potatoes.They like to eat them every day.They eat a lot of bread with butter for breakfast and usually for one other meal. Butter is made from milk.They do not eat much rice.For their dinner they like meat or fish with potatoes and one or two other vegetables.They cook all this together.After dinner they always have something sweet.They do not have dumplings.They drink a lot of tea.They are the biggest tea drinkers in the world.They like Chinese tea, but they usually drink strong black tea from India. | [{'question': 'What do British people eat every day?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Dumplings', 'Vegetables.', 'Potatoes.', 'Meat.']}, {'question': 'What do they eat when they have bread?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Dessert', 'Vegetables.', 'Juice.', 'Butter.']}, {'question': 'What is butter made from?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Drink', 'Water', 'Milk', 'Tea.']}, {'question': 'Which of the following is not true?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['English people drink a lot of tea.', 'Chinese food is different from British food', 'Both Chinese people and English people like rice and fish.', 'English people like both Chinese tea and Indian tea.']}] |
Visiting Harvard University
For All Visitors
Attend an hour-long group information meeting in the Admissions Office
Admissions officers give information and answer questions about the visit. No appointment or registration is required for families or groups of 20 people or less who wish to visit the university. Groups of more than 20 people should email tours @ fas. Harvard. Edu to plan a visit.
Take a tour
Take a student-led tour of the university. But the dorms , academic departments , athletic facilities and libraries are not included on any of our tours.
Attend a class
The Admissions Office provides a list of the meeting times and locations of courses held during the academic year that visitors are welcome to attend.
Speak with the Harvard teachers
Teachers and other staff members are often glad to talk to people who have questions about our programs. It is best to write ahead directly to the office to arrange an appointment.
For Seniors Only
Eat a meal with Harvard students
During the academic year, high school seniors are our guests for one meal in Annenberg Hall, the first-year dining hall, or in one of the House dining halls if accompanied by a House resident.
Stay overnight in one of the residence halls
Our office can arrange for high school seniors to stay with volunteer student hosts for one night, Monday through Thursday, from October 1st through early March. We need to hear from you by phone (617-495-1551) or by mail at least three weeks in advance for us to be able to confirm your stay with a host. | [{'question': 'Which of the following activities is NOT available to all visitors?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['A meeting in the Admissions Office.', 'An opportunity to talk with a teacher.', 'A tour of the university.', 'A meal with Harvard students.']}, {'question': 'Which place can be visited according to the text?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Dorms.', 'Dining halls.', 'Libraries.', 'Academic departments.']}, {'question': 'The text is most probably taken from a (n) _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['news report', 'advertisement', 'feature story', 'school website']}] |
If you see a group of people dancing and singing on the street or in the railway station, you don't need to feel surprised. They are flash mobbers . Who are they? Are they mobs ? Don't feel afraid hearing their name. In fact, like a mob, they are a large group of people, but they have a good purpose. They usually get together in a place, do some simple actions, and then quickly disappear.
Flash mob is now becoming more and more popular. People use it to do many things. For example, in 2009, Michael Jackson's fans took part in a flash mob to remember him. Hundreds of his fans organized through Internet and got together outside the railway station in Liverpool. They were singing and dancing Michael's famous song "Beat It" together. And in another example, some people took part in a flash mob to tell more people not to use negative words .
Flash mobs give different people a chance to come together to create a good memory. | [{'question': 'Where may you see a flash mob?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['In schools.', 'In villages.', 'In the railway stations.', 'On the playground.']}, {'question': 'In 2009, hundreds of people took part in a flash mob in Liverpool railway station to _', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['to show themselves', 'to remember Michael Jackson', 'tell people not to use negative words', 'to make a film']}, {'question': 'Which of the following ideas about flash mobbers is NOT right?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['They are usually a large group of people.', 'They usually do simple actions like singing and dancing.', 'They usually get together for a good purpose.', 'After simple actions they usually go away slowly.']}] |
If an American is satisfied with you,he will put his thumb and forefinger into a circle.That means OK.But in Brazil,the very sign is considered to be rude.In Poland,a guest usually presents flowers to his hostess.The number must be an odd one.Besides,the hostess isn't expected to remove the cover of the bunch of flowers.And usually,the red rose is a sign of love.
Usually we nod to express our agreement and shake our heads to show disagreement.To our surprise these body movements mean the opposite in Bulgaria.
The differences in customs and cultures in the world are really noticeable.We should learn more about them to avoid embarrassment .Then,would you please remember:When in Rome,do as the Romans do. | [{'question': 'In Poland,if a man gives some odd red roses to a woman as a present,it means that he _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['will invite her to a dinner party', 'has not been in love with her', 'will invite her to a party', 'has fallen in love with her']}, {'question': 'If an American puts his thumb and forefinger into a circle,it shows that he _ you.', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['will be friends with', 'is not been in love with', 'is willing to help', 'is satisfied with']}, {'question': 'In Poland,it is _ for the hostess to remove the cover of the bunch of flowers somebody has presented to her.', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['impolite', 'polite', 'strange', 'popular']}, {'question': 'In Bulgaria,if a man nods, it means that he _ with you.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['will have a talk', 'disagrees', 'will shake hands', 'agrees']}, {'question': 'The sentence"When in Rome,do as the Romans do."Means that _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['we should learn from the Romans', 'we should work as the Romans do', 'we should obey its customs when we are in a foreign country', 'we have been Romans']}] |
In China, there're many different kinds of food. Some of them are very popular. The real Chinese food is dumplings. Now let's talk about them, OK?
Everyone in China likes dumplings very much, and there are many different kinds of dumplings. Some have meat and vegetables in them, others have sugar, eggs and so on. I like dumplings with vegetables and pork better than any other kind.
Usually people make dumplings at home. If you have no time to make them, you can buy them from any supermarket. Then you take them home and eat them with _ .
The Spring Festival is very important in China. When it comes, we make dumplings, usually we put a coin in a dumpling. If one eats the dumpling with the coin in it, he or she will be lucky in the year.
In the old days, people couldn't often eat dumplings, because they were very poor. Now our country is becoming stronger and stronger, and our people are richer and richer. We can eat them very often.
Now tell me, do you like dumplings?
Welcome to China, and we'll invite you to eat the real Chinese food --dumplings. | [{'question': '--What does the writer like dumplings with best? -- _', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Meat.', 'Seafood.', 'Vegetables and pork.', 'Vegetables.']}, {'question': 'You can buy dumplings from the supermarket when _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['you have time', 'you are tired', 'you are busy', 'you are happy']}, {'question': 'Which of the following is NOT true ?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['The Chinese like dumplings very much.', 'If someone eats the dumpling with the coin in it, he or she will be lucky in the year.', 'In the old days, people could only eat dumplings because they were poor.', 'Now people are rich and they often eat dumplings.']}] |
When he was a teenager, Hunter Adam was very unhappy and he spent many years in a special hospital for people with mental health problems.
When he left the hospital, Adam decided to become a doctor, so he went to a medical school in Virginia, USA. But when he was there, he did things in a different way. For example, he didn't like the doctor's white coats, so he wore shirts with flowers on them when he visited his patients and he tried to make them laugh. The doctors at the medical school didn't like Adams because he was too different.
But Adams believed that people in hospital need more than medicine. He saw unhappy and lonely people, and he tried to help them as patients, but as people too. He spent a lot of time with children in the hospital and often dressed up like a clown to make the children laugh
When he finished medical school and become a doctor, Adams opened his own hospital, called "the Gusundheit Institute",together with some other doctors. They wanted it to be a place with a different way of working with sick people.
Hunter Adams became famous during the 1980s, and in 1988, Universal Pictures made a film about his life. It was very successful. In the film, Robin Williams played Adams. Williams said,:"hunter is a really warm person, who believes that patients need a doctor who is a friend. I enjoyed playing him." | [{'question': 'When did Adams have mental health problems?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['after he left medical school', 'during the 1980s', 'When he was a teenager boy', 'after the film came out']}, {'question': 'Why did the doctors at the medical school dislike Adams?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['because he was a warm person', 'because he had mental health problem', 'because he was a clown', "because he wasn't the same as others"]}, {'question': 'The Gusundheit Institute', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['was a hospital', 'belonged to Universal Pictures', 'could make films', 'was a medical school']}, {'question': 'According to the passage, which statement is NOT true?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Adams wore shirts instead of white uniforms when visiting patients', 'Robin Williams believed that patients need a doctor who is a friend.', "In Adams' opinion, not only medicine was needed for patients", 'Robin Williams was an actor']}, {'question': 'The passage mainly tells us about', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['how to cheer up patients', 'people with mental health problems', 'a film about Adams', 'a doctor named Hunter Adams']}] |
First, welcome to West Lake! I am glad to serve all of you.
Today you come here, you are sure to be attracted by its beauty. Hangzhou is famous for West Lake which is a famous fresh water lake, It lies in central Hangzhou, in Zhejiang Province of eastern China.
Traditionally, there are ten best-known spots on the West Lake. They are called Ten Scenes of West Lake by Qianlong Emperor. The West Lake is divided by three causeways called Su Di, Bai Di, and Yanggong Di. First I want to tell you the history of Bai Di.
In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, Zhen yuan era(785-804), poet Bai Juyi came to Hangzhou as a governor(,). He realized that the farmland nearby depended on the water of West Lake, but the old dyke had collapsed , the water of West Lake had dried out, and the local farmers suffered drought. He ordered the construction of a causeway of a stronger and taller dyke to solve the drought problem. The lives of local people improved over the following years. Then Bai Juyi had more free time to enjoy the beauty of West Lake. He visited West Lake almost every day. This causeway was later named after Bai Di in Bai Juyi's honor.
Next is Su Di. Spring Dawn on the Su Causeway is considered as the first of ten scenes. It was built by Su Dongpo, the great poet, during the Noah Song Dynasty. It is very beautiful in spring. | [{'question': 'West Lake lies _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['in central Hangzhou', 'in eastern Hangzhou', 'in northern Hangzhou', 'in western Hangzhou']}, {'question': 'The West Lake has _ causeways.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['two', 'three', 'five', 'ten']}, {'question': 'Spring Dawn on the Su Causeway is listed as the _ of Ten Scenes of West Lake.', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['first', 'second', 'third', 'fourth']}, {'question': 'The above words are probably for _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['students', 'teachers', 'singers', 'tourists']}] |
English tutor wanted
Do you like kids? Are you outgoing? Do you have three years' experience as an English teacher? Do you have free time on Saturdays and Sundays? We need a woman teacher for our daughter. My daughter is twelve and she is not good at English.
For the job, you will:
Teach from 3:00 to 6:00 pm.
Play with our daughter.
Tell her stories in English.
You will work in our house. We live in Beihai Road, Garden District. The pay is $30 each hour.
If you want to know more information, please call Mrs. Yang at 82569876. | [{'question': 'Mrs. Yang wants _ for her daughter.', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['a day', 'a good graduate', 'an English tutor', 'a math tutor']}, {'question': 'If you are the tutor, you must teach the daughter for _ on Saturdays.', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['a day', 'two hours', 'three hours', 'a whole afternoon']}, {'question': 'What is not a part of the job?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Cooking for the kids.', "Working in the kid's house.", 'Being good with the kid.', 'Telling English stories to the kid.']}, {'question': "If you want to be the tutor, you DON'T need to", 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['be beautiful', "have three years' teaching experience", 'have time on weekends', 'be a woman teacher']}, {'question': 'Which is NOT true?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['The tutor must teach the kid on weekends.', 'The kid is not good at English.', 'The tutor can speak English.', 'The tutor can get $260, if she teaches the kid for two weekends.']}] |
Raising pets is a popular online game among teenagers. "More than 20 of my classmates have adopted pets online, while last year the number was just 10," said Wang Hui,a middle school student from Beijing, who also raises pets online.
If you go to some websites, you can adopt virtual pets like penguins, chickens, dogs and elephants. You can feed,wash, talk to and play with your pet.
Dai Yingshuang of Shanghai raises pets on KaixinOOl. com. The 15-year-old girl said it is great fun. She thinks that she has also learned how to take care of others.
If one doesn't feed and care for the pet, it becomes unhappy and unhealthy. So raising an online pet means spending a lot of time online.
This makes many parents worried. They fear there will be bad influence in the children's studies.
Dai said that she usually asks her uncle to take care of her pet, while she is at school.
Wang Zhaotong, from Anhui,has been raising a penguin on QQ. com since last year. The 14-year-old girl takes good care of the penguin.
She said her parents knew about the penguin and think it's Okay. If the students can keep the balance between studying and playing, it's not bad for them to "raise" pets online.
,,. | [{'question': "According to the passage, over of the students in Wang Hui's class have adopted pets online this year.", 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['10', '20', 'half', 'all']}, {'question': 'What does Dai Yingshuang think of raising pets online?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ["It's not interesting at all.", 'It wastes time.', "It's not good for her study.", 'It is great fun.']}, {'question': 'Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ["Raising an online pet doesn't mean spending a lot of time online.", "If one doesn't feed the pet, it becomes unhappy and unhealthy.", 'Raising pets online makes many parents worried.', "The writer thinks it doesn't matter if the students keep the balance between studying and playing."]}, {'question': 'How many examples are mentioned in the passage?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Two.', 'Three.', 'Four.', 'Five.']}, {'question': 'What does the passage mainly talk about?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Raising pets online is popular among teenagers.', "It's bad to raise pets online.", 'How to raise pets online.', "It's good to adopt pets online."]}] |
Happiness is for everyone. You don't need to worry about people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads in their free time.
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you are studying hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of you; When you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; When you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. All your happiness is always around you.
Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that can't be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you should not always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.
,. (5,2,10) | [{'question': 'Happiness is for _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['those who have large and beautiful houses', 'those who have cars', 'those who have a lot of money', 'all people']}, {'question': 'When you do something wrong, _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['people around you will help you to correct it', 'you will have no chance to challenge yourself', 'your classmates will laugh at you', 'you will be happy']}, {'question': 'Which is TRUE according to the passage?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['When you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you.', "You can't get help from others when you make mistakes.", "You can't be a happy person if you have little money.", 'Happiness is not a feeling from your heart.']}, {'question': 'Why do we say "Happiness is not the same as money"?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Because money always brings happiness.', "Because money doesn't always bring people happiness.", 'Because everything can be bought with money.', 'Because only rich people have happiness.']}, {'question': 'What is the best title for the passage?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Happiness is for everyone.', 'Lucky life.', 'Do something good to others.', 'Life and success.']}] |
Every country has its favorite food. Italians like to eat pizza. Indians like to eat hot food.Japanese like to eat fish. Often they don't cook it.
In England,one of the most popular kinds of food is fish and chips. People usually buy it in a fish and chip shop. They put it in paper bags,and take it home,or to their work- place. Sometimes they eat it in the park or on the road. The world's favorite food is American fast food. If you go to some important cities in the world,you can find people eating hamburgers and chips.
Fish and chips,and Chinese take-away food are very popular in England. But they are less popular in the USA,they eat take--away food,too,like chicken. But the most popular kind of take--away food is the hamburger. It looks like bread with meat in it. Ham is a kind of pork,but the hamburger does not have any pork in it. The beef is inside a kind of cake hamburgers are delicious. They are also popular in England and Australia. | [{'question': 'Italians like to eat _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['dumplings', 'pizza', 'hot food', 'fish']}, {'question': 'Fish and chips are very popular in _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['England', 'Australia', 'the USA', 'Canada']}, {'question': 'Ham is a kind of _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['pork', 'beef', 'fruit', 'vegetable']}, {'question': 'The hamburger does not have any _ in it.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['beef', 'pork', 'fish', 'vegetable']}, {'question': 'Hamburger is a kind of _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['meat', 'drink', 'food', 'vegetable']}] |
When the Audet family turns on the lights at Blue Farm, they are using electricity that comes from cows--cow manure , to be specific.
Cows produce a lot of wastes. One cow can create 30 gallons of wastes each day. Now imagine the output of over 1,000 cows at Blue Farm. That's really a big amount.
When farmers clean their barns, they put the wastes in a big heap, and spread some of them on their fields for fertilizer . But now places like Blue Spruce Farm have a new way of using cow wastes. They use them to produce electricity.
Here's how it works: A big machine moves back and forth cleaning the barn floor. "The cows aren't bothered," says Marie Audet. "They are animals of habit; they get used to it, and just lift one foot and then another to let it go by."
The machine pushes the manure into a big 600-gallon tank like a small swimming pool. The tank is called a digester because what happens there is just like what happens inside a cow: Bacteria get to work and continue to digest the manure.
Methane gas (, )in the atmosphere is known as a "greenhouse" gas because it keeps heat just like a greenhouse does, causing our planet to warm up. That's an environmental concern. But the digester has a good result. Its gas is kept and used to power electric generators .
At Blue Farm, the generators make enough electricity to power 400 homes. The Audet family sells the extra electricity they can't use themselves. | [{'question': 'We learn from the text that the Audet family is using cow wastes to _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['make electricity', 'produce fertilizer', 'build their farm', 'feed the cows']}, {'question': 'How are the cow wastes collected into the digester at Blue Farm?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Marie Audet does the work', 'The job is done by machine', 'The cows lift the cow wastes', 'Bacteria get to work on them']}, {'question': 'According to the passage, which of the following is changed into electricity?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['The power of moving water.', 'The heat of burning coal.', 'The power of sunlight.', 'The heat of the methane gas']}, {'question': 'The new way of using cow wastes at Blue Farm might be best described as _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['reducing', 'saving', 'recycling', 'changing']}, {'question': 'What is the main purpose for writing the passage?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['To introduce a new way of making electricity', 'To explain how a new energy works better', 'To show a new rebuilding plan for a big farm', 'To explain the reasons for green house effect']}] |
People believed for a long time that heart was the center of a person's emotions. That is why the word "heart" is used in so many expressions about emotional situations.
One such expression is to "lose your heart" to someone. When that happens, you have fallen in love. But if the person who "won your heart" does not love you, then you are sure to have a "broken heart". In your pain and sadness, you may decide that the person you love is "hard-hearted", and in fact, has a "heart of stone".
You may decide to "pour out your heart" to a friend. Telling someone about your personal problems can often make you feel better.
If your friend does not seem to understand how painful your broken heart is, you may ask her to "have a heart". You are asking your friend to show some sympathy for your situation. Your friend "has her heart in the right place" if she says she is sorry, and shows great concern .
If your friend says no to you, do not "lose heart". Be "strong-hearted". Sit down with him or her and have a _ talk. Be open and honest about your situation. Then you may have a "change of heart" Then you could stop worrying and "put your heart at rest". | [{'question': 'When bob loves Mary, you might say that he _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ["wins Mary's heart", 'has got his heart', 'loses his heart to Mary', 'lends Mary his heart']}, {'question': 'When you are getting into trouble or feeling sad, you should _ to your best friend.', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['pour out your heart', 'have a rest', 'have a change of heart', 'be hard-hearted']}, {'question': 'When one of your best friend has suddenly fallen badly ill, you usually _ to show your worry about his health and try your best to care for him.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['have a heart of stone', 'have your heart in the right place', 'be strong-heart in the right place', 'have a heart']}, {'question': '"Don\'t lose heart, and you are sure to win the match." Here "Don\'t lose heart" means" _ ".', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['put your heart into something', "you can't find your heart", "don't worry about something", 'be brave']}] |
Once a traveller came into a village which was suffering from hunger. The villagers asked him to leave, for they feared he wanted them to give him food. They told him that there was no food. The traveller explained that he didn't need any food and that, in fact, he was planning to make a soup to share with them instead. The villagers watched suspiciously as he built a fire and filled a pot with water With great ceremony , he pulled a stone from a bag, and dropped the stone into the pot of water. After a moment, he smelt the soup and shouted with excitement, "How delicious the soup is!" As the villagers began to show interest, he mentioned how good the soup would be with just a little cabbage in it. A villager brought out a cabbage to share. This episode repeated itself until the soup had cabbage, carrots, onions, and beets--indeed, a full pot of soup that could feed everyone in the village was ready. This story describes when there are not enough resources , humans will store things. We do not want to share. The story of stone soup helps us realize that, in doing so, we often prevent ourselves and everyone else from having a feast .The meaning of this story goes far beyond food. We keep to ourselves ideas, love, and energy, thinking we will be richer, but in fact we make the world, and ourselves, poorer. The traveller was able to see that the villagers were holding back, and he had the ability to inspire them to give. In this way, they created a large meal that none of them could have created alone. Are you like one of the villagers? If you come forward and share your gifts, you will inspire others to do the same. The reward is a feast that can feed many. | [{'question': 'The traveller put a stone into the pot in order to .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['teach the villagers to cook a soup with stone', 'inspire the villagers to bring out their own food', "prove to the villagers that he didn't want their food", 'help villagers to survive by giving them some food']}, {'question': 'The writer mainly wants to tell us that .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['storing things in hard times is human nature', 'a good leader is very necessary in hard times', 'skills are needed to inspire people to share with others', 'sharing is more important than keeping things to oneself']}] |
There is lots of junk in space .Some of it is from rockets. In 1996, a rocket broke into about 300,000 small pieces. So far, scientists have found over 10,000 man-made pieces flying around in space. Only 6-7%of them are satellites and space probes . Astronauts also lose small things while working in space. In 1965, during the first American spacewalk , astronaut Edward White lost a glove .For a month, the glove stayed in space, travelling at a speed of 28,000 kilometers per hour .It became the most dangerous piece of clothing for the Earth in history it flew away. Things move very fast in space. If they hit one another, it can be dangerous .A little piece of paint from a satellite once made a hole in a spacecraft window. Last year two US spacecraft dropped some bolts , and scientists on the Earth worried a lot. Luckily the bolts floated away into space. They couldn't hit the spacecraft.
,. | [{'question': 'Some junk in space is from _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['space', 'rockets', 'scientists', 'earth']}, {'question': 'American astronaut Edward White once lost _ in space in 1965.', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['a rocket', 'some bolts', 'a glove', 'a little piece of paint']}, {'question': 'The glove in space may travel at a speed of _ kilometers per hour.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['300,000', '28,000', '10,000', '21,000']}, {'question': 'In space all the things move very _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['fast', 'slow', 'hard', 'high']}, {'question': 'If the junk in space hits one another, it can be _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['great', 'interesting', 'safe', 'dangerous']}] |
Mr. and Mrs. Green lived in a big city. One summer they went to the country for their holiday. They enjoyed it very much because it was a quiet, clean place.
One day they went for a walk early in the morning and met an old man. He lived on a farm, and he was sitting in the warm sun in front of his house. Mr. Green asked him, "Do you like to live in this quiet place?"
The old man said, "Yes, I do."
Mr. Green then asked, "What are the good things about it?"
The old man answered, "Well, the people here know each other. They often come and visit me, and I often go and visit them. And there are also many children here." Mr. Green said, "That's interesting, and what are the bad things?"
The old man thought for a moment and then said, "Well, the same things, really." | [{'question': 'Mr. and Mrs. Green went to the country _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['to see the old man', 'to spend their holiday', 'to see the quiet place', 'to have a walk']}, {'question': 'Mr. and Mrs. Green enjoyed the country because _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['there were many children', 'there was an old man', 'it was far from the city', 'it was quiet and clean']}, {'question': 'Mr. and Mrs. Green took a walk _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['in the afternoon', 'early in the morning', 'after breakfast', 'in the evening']}, {'question': 'The old mall said, "Yes, I do." "I do" here means _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['I like to live in this place', 'I like the people here', 'I like to sit in the warm sun', 'I like to go out for a walk']}, {'question': "The old man sometimes liked the people to _ , but sometimes he didn't.", 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['ask him questions', 'keep the place quiet and clean', 'come and visit him', 'make interesting things']}] |
When you look up into the sky at night, have you ever felt that your eyes are playing tricks on you? It seems that the stars are moving all the time.
Actually, there is nothing wrong with your eyes. This twinkling effect is called scintillation . Scintillation happens because of air movements in the earth's atmosphere . Light is "bent " when it travels through different parts of the earth's atmosphere. As the air in the earth's atmosphere is moving all the time, the light from the stars looks as if it is moving too.
The same thing also happens to things on the ground. On a very hot and shiny day, if you look at the road, the image in the distance is not clear and things move slightly. You can also see the same effect if you drop a rock into water. The rock appears a little unclear under the moving water.
This twinkling effect causes a lot of problems for astronomers since they cannot _ the stars clearly. A telescope was sent into space so that the air movements in the atmosphere could be avoided . It took a long time to build the space telescope but finally in 1990, a huge space telescope called the Hubble Space Telescope was successfully sent into space. Since then, astronomers have many important observations that have helped people understand space better.
,. (10) | [{'question': "What happens to the light from the stars we see when the air in the earth's atmosphere is moving?", 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['It looks even brighter.', 'It looks as if it is bent.', 'It looks as if it is moving.', 'It looks like drops of rain.']}, {'question': 'Scintillation also happens on _ according to the passage.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['rainy days', 'shiny days', 'cloudy days', 'windy days']}, {'question': 'What can you see when you drop a rock into the water?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['The rock gets broken.', 'The rock becomes unclear.', 'The water becomes much polluted.', 'The water does not move anymore.']}, {'question': 'Why is scintillation a problem for astronomers?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['The stars never stay still.', 'It makes the stars too dark to see.', 'It makes astronomers feel too hot to work.', 'Astronomers cannot observe the stars clearly.']}] |
Children in England mustn't work until they are 13. They need to have a work permit to start working.
The jobs teenagers can do
Delivering newspapers
Many teenagers will get up early to deliver newspapers to houses in their local area before going to school. They are known as Paper-boys or Papergirls.
Babysitting: Looking after young children in their home while their parents have gone out for the evening is a popular job for teenagers, as they get money for watching children and television all at the same time!
Helping the Milkman: From the age of 14 some teenagers help the milkman deliver milk to houses.
Other popular jobs : Working in a shop; Office work; Washing cars ; In a cafe or restaurant. The hours teenagers (13 and 14 year olds )can work:
School Days
Not more than 2 hours in one day during the following periods:
Morning 7 a. m. --start of school or Evening
close of school-- 7 p. m.
Saturdays: Up to 5 hours between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Sundays
Up to 2 hours between 7 a.m. and 11 a. m.
Term time
Up to 12 hours a week (Including weekends) | [{'question': 'In England how old do children have to be before they can work?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['15.', '14.', '10.', '13.']}, {'question': 'Paper-boys and Papergirls deliver newspapers _', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['early in the morning', 'at noon', 'in the afternoon', 'in the evening']}, {'question': 'Teenagers in England can do all of the following except _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['work in an office', 'work in a night club', 'look after young children', 'deliver newspapers']}, {'question': 'How many hours a week may teenagers work during the term time?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['10.', '14.', '17.', '20.']}] |
We know exercise is important in our life. Everyone needs to do exercise. Doctors say doing sports is good for us. Sports can make our body healthy.
It's very useful for children, too. It can make children clever. This means they will do well in study and schoolwork.
There are easy ways to exercise. You can walk, run, or only jump. When you do exercise, you need to know what you are doing. Don't do sports too much at a time. Try all kinds of sports and look for one, two or even three sports you like. You can also exercise at the gym . Exercise can be fun. It can make you happy. Friends can exercise together at a gym or they can do sports together at any place they like. | [{'question': 'Sports can _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['make our body healthy', 'take too much of our time', 'make everyone do well at school', 'be very boring for children']}, {'question': 'Doing sports is important for children because _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['it can help children grow fast', 'it makes children know what they are doing', 'it helps children do their schoolwork well', 'it is easy to do for children']}, {'question': 'The writer thinks _ is easy to do.', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['playing basketball', 'swimming', 'jumping', 'playing football']}, {'question': 'It is NOT true that _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['everyone needs to do sports', 'doing a lot of sports at a time makes you very healthy', 'we should try all kinds of sports', 'people can do exercise at the gym or at home']}, {'question': 'The text wants to tell us _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['why and how we should do sports', 'why children need to do exercise', 'that we need to do all kinds of sports', 'that friends can do sports together']}] |
As kids, we learn how to write, maybe play a musical instrument and draw. So why don't we learn to code computer programs too? What coding has in common with writing, playing music and creating art is that it lets you bring your ideas to life. Coding is all about creativity and music and creating art Crearbing with code CoderDojo helps young perople around the world to learn computer programming for free. When I went to my first CoderDojo class in Dublin City University in Ireland, at age nine, I didn't know anything about coding or even what it was. But I remember making my very first web page that first day, and being surprised that I could create such a thing. It was a great feeling that I think every young person should experience!
By going to CoderDojo every week, I learned how to make websites, apps and games. One of my apps is called Auto-Journalist. It can help journalists and interwewees do interviews even if they are both really busy or live in different time zones. It is still in development, and I have showed it at an event called Coolest Projects Awards, where young people get to show the public what they have created with code. It's so mucbt fun to share one's creations, and to see what everyone else has made too.
Learnuing environment
For the past three years I have also been helping to teach other young people at CoderDojo DCU. In recent years I have also noticed many more girls attending CoderDojo DCU to try out coding. This has a lot to do with the CoderDojo girls' classes -- girls and young women take part in it with their friends, and it doesn't feel like coding is a "boy thing". It is really wonderful to see this, because we need more girls and women in STEM ( Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). It's a good way to leam more about technology.
Start early
One of the main things I have leamed in the last few years is that coding is not only for adults, coding is for young people, too. And when you are a child it is a great time to start coding, because your imagination is the limit for what you can create !
Want to leam more? Find out if there is a CoderDojo near you at www. coderdojo. com or set one up yourself! Also check out Code. org which has lots of fun drag-and-drop coding games. | [{'question': "In the writer's first coding class, she _ .", 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['made apps and games', 'created a web page', 'wrote for newspapers', 'did some interviews']}, {'question': 'Why do more girls begin to leam coding?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['There are coding classes for girls.', 'Girls want to learn a "boy thing".', 'There are more girls in STEM.', 'Girls can meet cool boys there.']}, {'question': 'What does the writer think of codin~y?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['It is better than playing music.', "It limits children's imagination.", 'It stops people from leaming fast.', 'It helps children with their creativity.']}, {'question': 'What is probably the best title for this passage?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Start Coding as Early as Possible', 'Corue for Fun in CoderDojo Class', 'Kids Should Have Chances to Learn to Code', 'STEM Is Calling for More Girls arfd Women']}] |
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