Read the article and select the best answer. Article: While many women are busy with planning their bridal showers  , a baby shower usually comes as a complete surprise. A baby shower is a party where a pregnant   woman is "showered" with gifts and good wishes. A baby shower is usually given by a close female friend or a relative of the mother-to-be. Sometimes co-workers of a pregnant person will also hold a baby shower for her. The baby shower is usually given when the mother-to-be is between 6 and 9 months pregnant. _ the date of a baby's birth isn't always exact. Sometimes a baby shower can also happen after the baby is born. A baby shower can be held in someone's home or outside, like in a restaurant or a catering hall. Traditionally only women are invited to a baby shower. However, more and more baby showers are also including the father-to-be. Like a bridal shower, a mother-to-be will register   a wish list of things she wants at one or several stores. This list usually includes things the mother wants for her baby like clothes, diapers and even furniture. This way friends and family members can go to the stores and buy something from the list. Registering helps make sure that there aren't repeat items, like 30 bottles when a new mom only needed 15. At a baby shower, people can give cards with wishes for the new baby and mom. Most of these cards also include money or gift cards to help the mom-to-be buy whatever else she needs for the baby. Sometimes there are games as well. In one game everyone guesses the date of the baby. Another game lets people taste baby food and guess the flavor. Question: According to the passage, we know that   _  . Options: A: the baby shower only happens at home B: the baby shower never takes place after the baby is born C: people have baby showers instead of bridal showers now D: people hold the baby shower to send wishes to the mother-to-be
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Do you like playing football? If you do, you may want to join  the school football team. Read on and see how to join the school football team. The first step  is to know the information about the team. You can ask these questions. Then you can find more information. How many students are there in the football team? How many new players do they need? How often do they play football? The second step is to practice. Practice football with your friends or your family. Only good players can join the school football team. So you need to practice your skill. The third step is to study hard. If you don't do well in your study, your teachers and parents won't let you join the football team. The last step is to _ . Have a good rest and you can be the best player. Question: Please read the first step, which is NOT the right question? Options: A: How often do they play football? B: Can I join the school team? C: How many students are there in the football team? D: How many new players do they need?
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B


Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: My name is Nick. I have four new good friends. They are Dick, Helen, Jack and Amy. Now, they're in the garden. Dick and Jack are boys. Dick is tall and strong. Jack is tall but he's not strong. He is thin. Helen and Amy are girls. They're twins. They are short and slim. Dick is thirteen. Helen is thirteen too. They're in the same class. Jack is in Class4. His shoes are black and his T-shirt is white. Question: Where are Dick and Helen now? Options: A: In the library. B: At home. C: In the classroom. D: In the garden.
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: It is autumn, and the Indians ask their new chief   what the weather is going to be like this winter. The chief looks at the sky and says it's usually cold, and he tells the villagers to collect wood for the winter. As a good chief, he goes to call the weatherman and asks, "Is the coming winter going to be cold?" "It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold," the weatherman answers. So the chief goes back to his people and tells them to collect more food. A week later he calls the weatherman again. "Is it going to be a very cold winter?" "Yes," the weatherman answers again. "It's going to be a very cold winter." The chief again goes back to his people and tells them to collect every piece of wood they can find. Two weeks later he calls the weatherman again. "Are you sure that the winter is going to be very cold?" "Yes," the weatherman answers again. "It's going to be very very cold." "Why are you so sure?" asks the chief. The weatherman answers, "Because the Indians are collecting wood !" Question: The chief calls the weatherman    _    times. Options: A: one B: two C: three D: four
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C


Ques:Read the article and select the best answer. Article: One night, I was sitting in my room half listening as my 15-year-old brother Tommy fought with my 12-year-old brother Kevin. I didn't pay attention when Kevin rushed up the stairs with the hurt on his face. About 20mintes later, as I was walking up-stairs I heard Kevin crying inside the bathroom. I knocked on the door and asked, "Hey, Kevin, do you want to talk?" No answer. I tried again, "Why don't you come out of there?" Again, on answer. I tried again, "Why don't you come out of there?" Again, on answer. So, looking around, I grabbed a stack of  cards and a pencil and wrote, "if you don't want to talk, we can write notes to each other.." An hour later, I was still sitting on the floor outside the bathroom with two stacks of cards in front of me. One was blank and one was cards from Kevin on which he had translated all his _ feeling into words for me. As I read one of Kevin's notes, tears came to my eyes. It said, "No-body in this family cares about me. I'm not the youngest, and I'm not the oldest. Tommy thinks I'm silly and Dad wishes he had the other Kevin as a kid because he's better at basketball. And you're never around to even notice me." Tears came to my eyes as I wrote back to him. "You know Kevin, I really do love you and I'm sorry I don't always show it . I am here for you and you are loved in this family." There was no answer for a while, but then I heard a tearing sound coming from inside the bathroom. Kevin, who had run out of words wrote on a torn paper cup. "Thanks." I wrote back, "For what?" It returned to me with "Loving me." On it. Since then, I try my best to never only half-notice my family members any more. Kevin and I have a closer relationship now. And sometimes when one of us notices that the other is upset, we'll smile and say "Write it on a paper cup." ,. Question: What could the reason that Kevin's Dad doesn't like him? Options: A: Kevin is not as clever as his brother. B: Kevin is not good at playing basketball. C: Kevin doesn't like to make friends with others. D: Kevin isn't interested in playing basketball.

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D