Q: A man fell out of his plane and fell back into it again. Two people rowed  a small boat from New York to England in 56 days. One person was so big that he wouldn't fit in any hospital room. Would you believe these stories? Well, they may sound strange, but they did happen. James Cornell has more strange but true stories like these in a book called Very Strange People. Here is part of the contents  of Very Strange People. The contents lists the names of the chapters  or parts of the book. It also tells on what page each chapter begins. Chapter                                                            Page One       A Dog's Life  ..........................................3 Two      A Lucky Pilot   ................... ..............14 Three    High Wire Act   .................... .............33 Four   Fat Men  ............................................... 41 Five     Over the Falls  .........................................43 Six      A House without an end  ................... .............53 Seven    Row, Row, Row Your Boat  ................. ..............60 Eight  The Tower Builder  ....................... ..............85 One morning in New York City, people saw a man walking on a rope between two tall buildings. You may read this story in Chapter   _  . A) 1 B) 3 C) 5 D) 6
A: B


Q: The tall man was sitting in the chair. He was reading a book. When I talked to him, I found that from boyhood  , he had the habit   of carrying a little book in his pocket. He often read every minute when he was not doing anything else. He found a book very useful during the time of waiting, such as waiting for meals, buses, doctors, telephone calls, plays to begin or something to happen. That was how he found his fifteen minutes a day for reading. That was how he read his twenty books a year --one thousand in his lifetime. When the man was waiting for the doctor, he   _  . A) talk with others B) found something to eat C) read a book D) wanted to know who the doctor was
A: C


Q: If you have failed in the past to try to make big changes in life,try again now,one tiny step at a time. Every year it's the same.As December comes to an end,you think about the new year and all the ways you want to improve your life. But as you start to write down your hopes for the new year,you think about the last year.You excitedly write down all the changes you are going to make,but by the end of January those ideas get lost in your busy life. Here's a suggestion:Forget the too big,hard-to-achieve goals  and just think about the small ones."We often think that we have to do everything in big steps, even though it's so hard for us to reach it." said Robert Maurer,who recently wrote the book One Small Step Can Change Your Life."What we try to do is to begin with such a small step that we can't find any excuse not to do it." "Kaizen",a Japanese word,is used to mean to change behavior and attitudes .During World War Il,American factory managers were able to increase productivity by trying small, continuous improvements instead of sudden changes.After the war,the idea was brought to a rebuilding Japan.It made Japan develop fast. The Japanese called it "kaizen", which means "improvement". Maurer studied the idea and did some experiments with it. "Kaizen" could possibly help people succeed in doing everything Which of the following is TRUE from the passage? A) Robert Maurer studied "kaizen" and found it helpful. B) You can achieve your goals if you are not too busy. C) You can't find any excuse not to reach a big goal. D) "Kaizen" was brought to Japan during World WarII.
A: A


Q: Are you interested in country music? I like it very much !It will take me away for a while after I am tired . The guitars and songs will take me to mountains and fields. Country music usually talks of everyday life and feelings. It's the spirit  of America ,easy to understand ,slow and simple. Country music developed in the Southern United States. It was the folk music of American countryside. Many of songs tell about the lives of famers . They talk about love, crops  or death. The life of the countryside can be hard, so the words in country music are often sad. At first, people played the music only at family parties. But it became more popular later. In the 1920s,people played country songs on the radio, and they made them into records. When people in the countryside moved to towns and cities to look for work, they took their music with them. Country music continued to change and became popular across America. John Denver was one of America's most famous country singers in the 1970s. His song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is well-known and people still play it today. ,,.  ( ,2,10) Country music is usually about   _  . A) students' feelings B) farmers's feelings C) the lives of workers D) crops

A: B