Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Chen Zhengshan has a special classmate, his 63-year-old grandma. His grandma began to look after him 10 years ago. Chen got a bad illness when he was three. His mother left the family. His father couldn't work. So his grandparents began to look after him.  Chen had to take five kinds of medicine every day and it cost the family more than 1,200 yuan every month. Chen couldn't speak well. Some boys often laughed at him at school. He was very sad. In 2008, his grandma decided to go to school with him. She asked the school to let her do so, but the teachers didn't agree. In 2009, she made it,because the teachers were moved by her love. The teachers also asked students to help the boy and collected more than 600 yuan for him. The grandma planned to go to school with her grandson until he got well. She said,"My boy who likes playing the piano is as clever as the other children." ,. Question: How is the life for Chen Zhengshan? Options: A: Relaxing. B: Busy. C: Boring. D: Difficult.
D


Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Most people want to work, but it has become more difficult in today's world to find work for everyone. The economy   of the world needs to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for people. Often this is not possible, and so more people are out of work. Some people have no jobs now because new machines can do the work of many people in short time. Also, machines do not ask for more money and longer holiday. In all of the countries of the world, machines are taking work from people, not only in factories but also on the farms. One machine can often do the work from forty people. About 75,000 people are moving to the cities a day to look for jobs, but only 70% of them can find jobs. Question: If the economy of the world grows by 4% each year,   _  . Options: A: people will have no jobs B: people can still have jobs as before C: 4% of the people will have jobs D: 97% of the people will have jobs
B


Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Many people love going on a trip by plane, because planes are fast. But an airport  is usually far away from the city, and it usually takes hours to get out of the airport and into the city. You have to get there and wait for the plane to _ for hours. You can not open the window, and you can not have delicious food. I like travelling by train. I think trains are the safest . Train stations are usually in cities. When you are late for a train, you can catch another one. You can walk around in the train and look out of the window. You can see many interesting things on your way. I know it takes some time. I also like cars. You can start your trip when you want to, and you don't need to get to a station. You can carry many things with you, too. But sometimes there are many cars on the road. Question: Many people like travelling by plane because  _  . Options: A: it is interesting B: it is fast C: it is cheap D: it is expensive
A: B


Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Legend has it that an apple which fell from its branches was the inspiration for Sir Isaac Newton's discovery of gravity . But now history's famous fruit tree is paying the price of fame. The thousands of visitors drawn to Sir Isaac's childhood home each year could be damaging the tree. A willow barrier has been put around the tree. It means visitors to the 17thcentury Woolsthorpe Manor, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, will no longer be able to sit under its branches as Newton was said to have been doing in 1665 when "the notion of gravitation came to mind." The National Trust, which owns the small manor where Newton was born in 1642, said the 2ft-high barrier was designed to _ the tree. Official Ann Moynihan said there had been no damage so far but warned that there could soon be a problem."Visitor numbers have gone up by around 50 percent, to 33,000 a year in three years. The more people who visit, the more the earth will become compacted  around the tree and over the roots. We just want to _ the tree for another 400 years if we can."She said visitors will still be able to take apples from the tree. Visitor Chris Gwyther,37,said,"I suppose it is a pity that you can't sit under the tree like Newton. But you can still see it and the tree is 400 years old, it needs saving for the future." Newton left no information saying he had been inspired by a falling apple. The story appeared in a book by French philosopher Voltaire published in 1727, the year Newton died at the age of 84. Question: Why do people go to Woolsthorpe Manor to see the apple tree? Options: A: Because of the story about the apple tree. B: Because of the long history of the apple tree. C: Because of the sweetness of the apple. D: Because of the unusual flower of the apple tree.
Answer: A


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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: There are four people in the twins' family. They are the twins, their father and their mother. The twins' names are Lucy and Lily. They are fourteen. They are in the same class in NO.1 Middle School. They are very good students. They not only work very hard but also sing very well. They want to join the music club. Lucy wants to play the piano. Lily can play the guitar. Their father, Mr. King, is a teacher. He teaches English in a school near his home. Their mother, Mrs. King, is a teacher, too. She teaches Chinese. Mr. and Mrs. King are in different schools. But they have the same hobby--play the guitar. Question: Lily can   _  . Options: A: play the piano B: draw horses C: play the guitar D: play chess
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C