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Word Power   Author(s): Kaplan   $13.95  You'll never be at a loss for words again. Energize your vocabulary with must-know everyday words that are the essentials of a good vocabulary, engaging lessons to help you use words in text, hot words often found on tests, tips to help you figure out new words, roots, and more.   Grades: 8 & up   Ages: 13 & up  Word Smart Junior   Author(s): Russell Stauffer   $ 17.95  Now this is the way to add new words to your vocabulary! Word Smart Junior will make you laugh so much. You'll be amazed that you've just learned more than 120 fascinating and very useful words!  Parents, teachers, and friends will marvel at your eloquence  !   Grades: 3-5   Ages: 8-10 Grammar Smart Junior   Author(s): Marcia Reynolds   $ 16.85  Do you quake when your teacher says, "Now it's time for grammar"? Do your verbs agree with your subjects?  Fear no more!A big Hollywood producer and a famous movie star will help you learn all those nasty   elements of grammar. You'll be amazed at how quickly you learn, and how much fun it can be.  _ and you'll never have to worry about it again.   Grades: 7-9 Ages: 12-14 Grammar Smart: An Audio Guide to Perfect Usage   Author(s): Julian Fleisher    $ 12.68  The words you use say a lot about you ... but the way you put them together says even more. Your grammar makes an immediate and lasting impression on your teachers, and even your friends. So don't make the mistake of thinking that grammar is too complicated. We've created Grammar Smart to help you write and speak with clarity and confidence.   Grades: 6-8    Ages: 11-13 By saying "You'll finally know your grammar backwards and forwards", the writer means "  _ A) You will be clearly familiar with grammar B) You will know the history of grammar C) You will know the make-up of grammar D) You will learn about the future of grammar
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A


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A jobless man applied for the position of "office boy" at Microsoft.The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test."You are employed," he said."Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the application to fill in, as well as the date when you may start." The man replied, "But I don't have a computer, neither an e-mail." "I'm sorry," said the HR manager."If you don't have an email, that means you do not exist. And who doesn't exist cannot have the job." The man left with no hope at all.He didn't know what to do, with only ten dollars in his pocket.He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10 kg tomatoes.He then sold the tomatoes from door to door.In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital  . He repeated the operation three times, and returned home happily with 60 dollars. The man realized that he could survive in this way, and started to go every day earlier, and return later.Thus, his money doubled or _ every day.Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet   of delivery vehicles.Five years later, the man was one of the biggest food retailers   in the US. He started to plan his family's future and decided to have a life insurance.He called an insurance broker and chose a protection plan.When the conversation was concluded, the broker asked him his e-mail.The man replied, "I don't have an e-mail."The broker said curiously, "You don't have an e-mail, and yet have succeeded to build an empire.Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?" The man thought for a while and replied, "Yes, I'd be an office boy at Microsoft !" The man can be described as   _  . A) helpful and considerate B) positive and generous C) smart and hardworking D) nervous and unselfish
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C


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Deep into the night, the bus pulled in to a Howard Johnson's restaurant and everybody got off the bus except Vingo. The young people began to wonder about him , trying to imagine his life. One of the girls sat beside him and introduced herself. After a long time, slowly and painfully, he began to tell his story. He had been in prison in prefix = st1 /New Yorkfor the last four years, and now he was going home.        "Well, when I was in prison I wrote to my wife. I said, 'Martha, I understand if you can not stay married to me'. I said I was going to be away for a long time, and that if she couldn't stand it , if the kids kept asking questions, if it hurt her too much, well, she could just forget me . Get a new young man---she's a wonderful woman---and forget all about me. I told her she didn't have to write to me and she didn't. Not for the three and a half years."        "Last week, when I was sure freedom was coming through, I wrote to her. I told her that if she had a new young man, I would understand. But if she didn't, if she would take me back, she should let me know. We used to live in the town,Brunswick, and there's a great big oak tree just as you come into the town. I told her if she would take me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree, and if she didn't want me, forgot me, no handkerchief and I'd keep going on through."        Soon all the others were in it. When they were 20 miles fromBrunswick, the young men took over window seats on the right side, waiting for the approach of the great oak tree. Vingo stopped looking, tightening his face into the ex-con's mask. Then it was 10 miles, and then 5, and the bus became very quiet.        Then suddenly all of the young people were up out of their seats, screaming and shouting and crying, doing small dances. All except Vingo. The bus became quiet when it came near the town because all the passengers_. A) got tired after a long journey B) got too sad to say anything C) grew excited and anxious to see the oak tree D) were attracted by the story
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C