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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!"
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[{'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.']}]
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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.
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[{'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.']}]
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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.
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[{'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."]}]
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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 .
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[{'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']}]
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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.
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[{'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']}]
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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 .
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[{'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']}]
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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?
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[{'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.']}]
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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."
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[{'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.']}]
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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.
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[{'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']}]
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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.
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[{'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.']}]
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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.
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[{'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.']}]
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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.
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[{'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.']}]
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"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."
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[{'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.']}]
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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.
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[{'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.']}]
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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?"
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[{'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."]}]
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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!
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[{'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']}]
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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.
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[{'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.']}]
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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.
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[{'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"]}]
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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.
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[{'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."]}]
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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.
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[{'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']}]
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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.
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[{'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']}]
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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.
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[{'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']}]
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"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".
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[{'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']}]
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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."
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[{'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']}]
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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!
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[{'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']}]
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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.
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[{'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.']}]
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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.
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[{'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']}]
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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.
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[{'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.']}]
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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.
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[{'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']}]
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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.
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[{'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.']}]
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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."
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[{'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']}]
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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.
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[{'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']}]
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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.
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[{'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.']}]
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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.
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[{'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."]}]
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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.
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[{'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.']}]
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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.
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[{'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']}]
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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.
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[{'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']}]
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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".
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[{'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']}]
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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.
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[{'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']}]
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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.
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[{'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']}]
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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."
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[{'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']}]
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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.
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[{'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.']}]
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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)
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[{'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.']}]
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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.
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[{'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']}]
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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.
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[{'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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Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day the feelings were told that the island would sink, so all built boats and left, except Love. Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.
When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.
Richness was passing by Love in a big boat. Love said, "Richness, can you take me with you?"
Richness answered, "No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you."
Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful ship."Vanity, please help me!"
"I can't help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat, "Vanity answered.
Sadness was close by so Love asked, "Sadness, let me go with you."
"Oh...Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!"
Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.
Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come, Love, I will take you."It was an elder. So thankful and happy, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way. Realizing how much was owed the elder, Love asked Knowledge, another elder, "Who helped me?"
"It was Time, "Knowledge answered.
"Time?"asked Love."But why did Time help me?"
Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, "Because only Time is able to understand how valuable Love is."
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[{'question': 'How did the feelings go away from the island?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['By water.', 'By swimming.', 'On foot.', 'By flying']}, {'question': 'How many feelings did Love ask for help but failed?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['2.', '3', '4', '5']}, {'question': 'Which of the following is true?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Happiness was blind.', 'Richness had a small boat.', "Vanity's ship was damaged.", 'Sadness wanted to stay alone.']}, {'question': 'Who saved Love?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Time.', 'Knowledge.', 'Richness.', 'Happiness.']}, {'question': 'Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Love and Time', 'An Accident', 'A sinking island', 'Different Feelings']}]
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Dear Mr. Expert,
I grew up in an abusive home. I always promised myself that I'd get out as soon as possible. Now, at age 20, I have a good job and a nice house of my own, and I'm really proud.
Here's the problem: some of my friends who still live with their parents spend the weekends with me. But now they make mine theirs. They bring boy friends over, talk on the phone, etc.
I enjoy having my friends here sometimes - it makes the place feel comfortable and warm, but this is my home, not a party house, what shall I do?
Joan
Dear Joan,
If your family didn't pay attention to your needs when you were a child, you probably have trouble letting others know your needs now.
And if you've gathered your friends around you to rebuild a happy family, you may fear that saying no will bring back the kind of _ that you grew up in. You need to understand that in true friendship it's okay to put your own needs first from time to time.
Be clear about the message you want to send. For example, "I really love you, but I also need some personal space. So please call before you come over."
Edward
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[{'question': 'We can infer from the first letter that _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Joan considers her friends more important than her personal space', "Joan's friends visit her more often than she can accept", "Joan doesn't like the parties at all", 'Joan dislikes the boyfriends that her friends bring over']}, {'question': "According to Mr. Expert, why can't Joan tell her friends her feeling?", 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['She is afraid of hurting her friends.', 'She does not understand true friendship.', 'Her family experience stops her doing so.', 'She does not put her needs first.']}]
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My friend Tom is a schoolboy. Everyone likes him very much because he is kind. He likes to help people. He is a smart boy and he can play many musical instruments . After school, when he is with his friends, he often plays musical instruments for them. On weekends, he is free and he always goes to the old people's home. He plays the violin and the guitar to make them happy. He thinks it's interesting and fun.
Today is February 28th. It's Tom's birthday. He has a big and interesting party at home. Many friends come to his party. Tom's mother cooks a lot of food for them. Everyone gives a beautiful gift to him. Sally gives him an English dictionary because Tom also likes English. Bob gives Tom a guitar because he likes playing the guitar very much. At the party, Tom plays the guitar and he also plays the piano. We sing many songs and play some interesting games. We have a good time today.
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[{'question': 'Everyone likes Tom because _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['he studies well', 'he is smart', 'he is friendly', 'he can play many instruments']}, {'question': 'What does Tom always do on weekends?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['He plays with his friends.', 'He has birthday parties.', 'He plays the piano.', 'He plays musical instruments for the old people.']}, {'question': 'Tom _ on his birthday.', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['does his homework', 'goes to a movie', 'goes to the store', 'has a party']}, {'question': '_ gives Tom an English dictionary.', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['His mother', 'His father', 'Sally', 'Bob']}]
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Do you know the story about Vince? It was a true story. Vince was an English boy and he was eight years old. He didn't like soap or water. Three or four times a day his mother said to him, "Vince, your hands are very dirty again." Go and wash them. " But Vince never washed them well. He only put his hands in the water for a few seconds and then took them out again.
Vince's uncle and aunt lived in another city. One day they came to stay with Vince's parents, and they brought their small son, Toby, with them. Toby was seven years old and he didn't like soap or water, either. The boys sat with their parents for a few minutes and then they went outside. When they were playing, Vince looked at Toby's hands and then went back to Toby's parents and said proudly , "Toby's hands are dirtier than mine, "
"Of course they are,"Toby said angrily. "You are one year older than I am, "
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[{'question': "Vince's mother asked him to _ three or four times a day.", 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['wash his hands', 'do his homework', 'clean his bedroom', 'wash his teeth']}, {'question': "When Vince saw Toby's hands, he felt _ .", 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['sorry', 'proud', 'sad', 'terrible']}, {'question': "Vince's hands were a little _ than Toby's.", 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['dirtier', 'cleaner', 'bigger', 'smaller']}, {'question': 'From the story we know that _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ["Vince liked soap and water, but Toby didn't.", "Toby liked soap and water,but Vince didn't.", 'Vince and Toby liked soap and water.', "Vince and Toby didn't like soap or water."]}, {'question': 'How many people are there in the story?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Four.', 'Five.', 'Six.', 'Seven.']}]
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Victory Bacelis is a California immigrant who grew up in a poor village in Mexico. He is used to working hard. He works more than 90 hours a week at three different jobs, including McDonal's. He is saving up to buy a house.
One day, while Victory was cleaning the floor at McDonal's, he found an envelope and picked it up. There was $612 in it. He called the police to report the lost money. The police couldn't find the owner, so they gave the money back to Victory.
Then Victory read a story in the newspaper about Adrian Snadoval, a baby who was very sick. Victory decided to give the money away to help pay for the baby's operation. Victory truly has a heart of gold.
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[{'question': 'Where did Victory Bacelis grow up?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['in California', 'in America', 'in Mexico', "at McDonal's"]}, {'question': 'Why does Victory work so hard? Because _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['he is very strong', 'he likes his work very much', 'he is helping his parents', 'he is saving up to buy a house']}, {'question': 'What was in the envelope?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['3 dollars', '90 dollars', '612 yuan', '612 dollars']}, {'question': 'How did Victory deal with the money finally?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['He gave it away to a very sick baby.', 'He kept it himself.', 'He gave it back to the owner.', 'He gave it to the police.']}, {'question': 'The writer thinks that Victory is _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['very poor', 'very funny', 'very kind', 'very lucky']}]
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How much do you know about Albert Einstein?
Albert Einstein, born on March 14, 1579 in Germany, was a great scientist in the world. He was strange because he hated haircuts and new clothes. He believed in peace. All his life, he hated war. However, his most famous idea, E=mc2, helped create the world's most dangerous weapon . Many people think he was the smartest person in the world. But Einstein said that _
What did he like?
Einstein liked learning sailing . He sailed in small boats all his life. He once joked, "Sailing is the sport that takes the least energy!"
When Einstein was a child, his mother made him take violin lessons. At first, he didn't like the violin. But then he learned to love music and became a good violinist. Later, he said, "Love is the best teacher."
Why is the sky blue?
In 1910, Einstein asked a question which many children often ask, "Why is the sky blue?" After his careful research, he answered the question like this: "It's because light is made up of many colors including blue. When light travels to Earth, gas particles spread the blue light all over the sky." His answer is true in physics.
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[{'question': 'Einstein _ learning sailing and playing the violin.', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['was interested in', 'looked forward to', 'was known for', 'had no interest in']}, {'question': 'Einstein offered a _ explanation for the question why the sky is blue.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['magic', 'scientific', 'careful', 'Natural']}]
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It?s always hard to say goodbye to someone you love. In Washington DC, US, local zoo-goers are sad about the news that their superstar panda Tai Shan is going to leave the National Zoo.
At a morning meeting on December 4, zoo director Steven Montfort said that the black-eared bear would be going off to China sometime over the winter, under an agreement with the Chinese government.
Tai Shan, whose name means "peaceful mountain," was born at the DC zoo on July 9, 2005. He has been loved by zoo-goers since his first public show in December of that year.
But under the agreement that brought his mother, Mei Xiang, and father, Tian Tian, to the zoo from China, all three belong to China.
Tai Shan should have been returned to China when he was 2. But China gave him two extensions to stay at the National Zoo. Tai is old enough to breed . So it?s time for him to come back to China and join a program to try to increase the panda population.
The National Zoo has tried to breed Mei Xiang a few times since Tai Shan was born, without success. Montfort said the zoo would try again soon in the hope of producing another baby panda. "We?re hopeful every year," he said.
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[{'question': 'Where can the passage probably be taken from?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['A dictionary.', 'A science book.', 'A newspaper.', 'A novel.']}, {'question': 'The word "zoo-goers" mean people who _', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['live at the zoo', 'love to visit the zoo', 'work at the zoo', 'leave the zoo']}, {'question': 'According to the passage, who is going to leave the National Zoo?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Steven Montfort.', 'Mei Xiang.', 'Tian Tian.', 'Tai Shan.']}, {'question': 'We can tell from the passage that _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Tai Shan and his parents belong to China', 'Tai Shan first appeared in public in 2006', "Tai Shan's parents will be sent to China", "Tai Shan belongs to the US because it's born there"]}, {'question': 'What does the National Zoo try to do every year?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['To make Tai Shan stay there.', 'To make Mei Xiang give birth to new babies.', 'To attract more people to visit Tai Shan.', 'To send Tai Shan and his parents back to China.']}]
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Mr. Yang is a doctor. He cares a lot about not only others' health but also his own. He controls( )his weight carefully. To him, _ is the most important thing to do if one wants to enjoy good health.
Mr. Yang controls his weight in two ways: exercising and not eating much. As a doctor. Mr. Yang is too busy to go to the gym. He exercises by getting off the bus one or two stops early and walking the rest of the way to his office.
Besides, he doesn't eat much. Mr. Yang has a special habit. When he buys a belt, he asks the salesperson to punch a hole in the belt at 90cm from the buckle end of the belt, so that he ca always remind himself. He will stop eating if he feels the belt a little too tight . Mr. Yang thinks exercising doesn't work as well as eating less.
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[{'question': "Mr. Yang cares much about _ besides others' health.", 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['money', 'his work', 'his health', 'his friends']}, {'question': 'Mr.Yang controls his weight in _ way(s).', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['one', 'two', 'ninety', 'many']}, {'question': 'Mr. Yang punches a hole in his new belt, because _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['he is too heavy', 'the belt is too long', "he doesn't like his new belt", 'it can remind him not to eat too much']}, {'question': 'Which of the following is true?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Mr. Yang takes exercise at the gym.', 'Mr. Yang walks all the way to work.', 'Mr. Yang uses a belt to control how much he eats.', 'Mr. Yang thinks exercising is better than eating less in controlling wight.']}]
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Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.
When he was 12, his parents died. He was alone and didn't get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed kindness to him.
His only friend was a dog named Tiger. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not polite to it. He didn't know that an unkind word sometimes could cut one's heart like a knife.
One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to pick it up, she dropped other bags. He came to help her. "Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!" she said kindly, smiling.
A special feeling came to him. These were the first kind words he had ever heard. He watched her until she went far away, and then he whistled to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.
"Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy" he repeated the woman's words. Then in a low voice he said to his dog, "You are a nice little dog!" Tiger raised its ears as if it understood.
"Unum! Even a dog likes it!" he said. "Well, Tiger, I won't say unkind words to you any more." Tiger waved its tail happily.
The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw nothing but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he had a new life.
After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. What a great power it has!"
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[{'question': 'The boy repeated the words "Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!" because _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['he was thinking about the words', "he didn't understand the words", 'he wanted to talk to his dog', 'he liked talking to himself']}, {'question': 'What made the boy start his new life?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['The people laughing at him.', 'The kind words spoken to him.', 'The hard life.', 'His lovely dog.']}, {'question': 'He was feeling _ when he whistled to his dog.', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['funny', 'sad', 'lonely', 'excited']}, {'question': 'Which of the following is Right according to the passage?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['He never took good care of his friend, Tiger.', 'He usually had many friends around him.', 'He helped a young lady when her bag dropped.', 'He often washed his dirty face in lake.']}, {'question': "What's the best title of this passage?", 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['A Dog and a Boy', "A Poor Boy's Childhood", 'A Businessman and a Boy', 'The Power of Kindness']}]
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Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012. Mo, who was born in 1955 from a farmer's family in Gaomi county in Shandong Province, is the first person in China to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. In his early years, life was not easy and he experienced hunger. These things have influence Mo Yan's later writings.
Park Geun-hue is 64 years old this year. She was selected the new President of South Korea in December, 2012. She is the country's first female head of state and her term will last five years from 2013. "I will become a president who puts people's living before anything else," she told the cheering people in central Seoul as she accepted her win. "I will keep my promises."
Barack Obama (born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1961), who was elected the 44th President of the United States in 2008, has been elected again to a second term. Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School. His father was from Kenya. And his mother was born in Wichita, Kansas.
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[{'question': 'When Mo Yan was young, his family might be _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['big', 'poor', 'rich', 'small']}, {'question': 'When was Park Geun-hue born?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['In 1952.', 'In 1955.', 'In 1961.', 'In 1987.']}, {'question': 'Where was Barack Obama born?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['In Kansas.', 'In Kenya.', 'In Golumbia.', 'In Hawaii.']}, {'question': 'Which of the following is NOT true about the passages?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['The writer Mo Yan lived in a big city before he got the prize.', 'Park Geun-hue will lead South Korea till the year 2018.', 'Obama studied in Columbia University and Harvard Law School.', 'Among the three persons, Park Geun-hue is the oldest.']}, {'question': 'The three passages may be from _ . .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['an e-mail', 'a letter', 'news', 'an ad']}]
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The first time I went abroad was when I went to London. It was in the summer holidays about five or six years ago and I went with three friends. The plane and train were quite expensive, so we decided to travel by coach. We left at five o'clock in the morning and the journey to London took about sixteen hours but we didn't mind: we were all very excited because for all four of us it was our first time away from home.
We stayed in London for three days, in a youth hotel not far from the centre. While we were there, we walked a lot. First, we went to see all the famous sites--Big Ben, Piccadilly Circus, Buckingham Palace, then we went shopping in Oxford Street. On the last morning my friends stayed in bed late, but I got up early and went to Camden Market. You can buy all kinds of jewelry and clothes there, and I bought a silver ring for my sister. It was really hot in the afternoon, so we went to Hyde Park for a game of football. Unfortunately, I think the ring fell out of my pocket during the game, because I couldn't find it when I got on the coach that evening!
I've been back to London several times since then, but I don't think I'll ever feel as excited as I did that first time.
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[{'question': 'The writer went to London for the first time _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['By plane.', 'By car.', 'By coach.', 'By train.']}, {'question': 'Why did the writer go to Camden Market alone?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Because his friends went back home first.', 'Because his friends stayed in bed late.', "Because his friends didn't want to buy things there.", 'Because he wanted to buy his sister a ring.']}, {'question': 'When did the wrier think he lost the silver ring he bought for his sister?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['When they went shopping in Oxford Street.', 'When they played football in Hyde Park.', 'When he got on the coach that evening.', 'When he got back to London.']}, {'question': 'Why does the writer think he will never feel as excited as he did that first time? _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Because he went there for the first time.', 'Because he went there with his friends.', 'Because he lost the silver ring .', 'Because he went to Hyde Park for a game of football with friends.']}]
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To make sure that you enjoy your visit to the Harper Hot Springs and that you are safe during your visit, please take time to read the following:
Do not put your head under the hot water because it may be bad for your eyes.
Do not run around because the floors may be _
Do not leave your children alone.
Do not leave your things about. Just ask one of our workers to look after your things.
Do not eat or drink anything in the area because we want to keep the area clean .There is a place for you to eat and soft drinks when you need to have a rest.
Do not bring anything made of glass into the area, because it maybe easily to broken when you fall.
Do not bring any hard drinks into the area.
Do not smoke in the area.
Do not stay in the sunlight for too long.
We hope that you will enjoy your visit here
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[{'question': 'The purpose of this notice is _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['to ask people to visit the Spring', 'to make people know the area', 'to tell visitors what not to do', 'to tell the visitors to have a rest']}, {'question': 'people are not allowed to _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['bring any things into the area', 'have soft drinks in the area', 'look after children in the area', 'sit in the sun for long in the area']}, {'question': '_ is not mentioned in the notice.', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['How long visitors can stay in the area', 'What visitors cannot come to the area.', 'Who can take care of the visitors things', 'Whether smoking is allowed in the area']}, {'question': 'The notice is Written for _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['visitors', 'children', 'workers', 'managers']}]
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There are two main kinds of sports. These two kinds of sports are team sports and individual sports. Team sports are such sports as baseball, basketball, and volleyball. Team sports need two separate teams. The teams play against each other. They compete against each other to get the best score. For example, in a football game, if team A gets 8 points and team B gets 4 points, team A wins the game. Team sports are sometimes called competitive sports.
Another kind of sports is individual sports. In individual sports there are no teams. There isn't any competition. People play individual sports in order to get some exercise, not to win a game. Individual sports are such sports as swimming, skiing, and running.
Of course, it is possible to compete in individual sports. It is possible to keep a score in individual sports. The main difference, however, between team sports and individual sports is that individual sports can be finished alone. But team sports always need more than one person.
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[{'question': 'There are _ kinds of sports according to the passage.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['one', 'two', 'three', 'four']}, {'question': 'In a football match team A gets 1 point and team B gets 3 points, then _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['team A wins', 'team B wins', 'team B loses', 'both teams win']}, {'question': '_ sports need more than one person in the games.', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['No', 'Favorite', 'Individual', 'Team']}, {'question': '_ is a kind of individual sports.', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['The high jump', 'Table tennis', 'Volleyball', 'Basketball']}, {'question': 'Team sports _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['are also called individual sports', 'can be done alone', 'need two teams to play against each other', 'are the same as individual sports']}]
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Kate is an American girl. Now she lives in New York with her parents. She lives in a community called Sunny Community. It's on Blue Street. There are five rows of buildings in the community. Her house is in the first row. She lives on the third floor.
There is a post office on Blue Street . Next to it ,there is a bank. Across from the bank ,there is a bookstore. The workers in the bookstore are very friendly to people. Mrs Green works in it. She is Kate's new neighbor. She has a son. His name is Bob. He is in the same class as Kate.
Kate thinks the traffic here is very good, because she never meets any accidents here. She loves her community very much.
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[{'question': '.Kate lives on the _ floor.', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['first', 'second', 'third', 'fourth']}, {'question': 'Where is the bookstore ?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Next to the post office', 'Next to the bank.', 'Behind the post office', 'Across from the bank']}, {'question': 'Who is Bob ?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ["Mrs Green's new neighbor.", "Kate's classmate.", 'A worker in the bookstore.', "Kate's cousin."]}, {'question': 'Where does Mrs Green work ?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['In a post office.', 'In a bank.', 'In a bookstore.', 'In a school.']}, {'question': "What's the best title of this passage?", 'answer': 'C', 'options': ["Kate's new neighbor.", "Kate's father is a worker.", "Kate's community.", 'The stores in community.']}]
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Driving a car at a high speed along a highway seems to be fun. You only need to follow the bright traffic signs beside the highway and it will take you where you wish to go. But to a London taxi driver, driving is not an easy job. A taxi driver needs to have not only good driving skills but also a good knowledge of the city of London, from the loneliest street to the popular restaurant around. He has to be at the service of all kinds of passengers at all times.
A London taxi driver said the following about his job.
During the night it is usual for him to stop two or three times for some food. He said, "I never drink when I'm working, otherwise I'd lose my license ."
He normally goes home between two and three o'clock in the morning. There are times he has to stay longer and try to make more runs. He said, "That's the worst thing about working for yourself. If you don't make money, no one is going to give it to you. "
London taxi drivers not only "take" but also "give". Every summer hundreds of poor children from London go for a day at the sea -- by taxi! There rides are paid by the taxi drivers. At the sea, they are met by the mayor , and a lunch party is also held for the taxi drivers and the children. After a happy day's running around the beaches and visiting the market there, the children go home again by taxi, free of charge of course!
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[{'question': 'London taxi drivers try to make more runs sometimes mainly because _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['they make a living by driving', 'they prefer to work for themselves', 'they want to help more passengers', 'they are used to working deep into the night']}, {'question': 'How do London taxi drivers "give"?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['They give the poor children a lunch party at the sea each summer.', 'They give poor children the chance to meet the maor.', "They pay for some poor children's rides for a day's tour each summer.", 'They play with some poor children at the sea for a day each summer.']}, {'question': 'Which of the following words can be used to describe London taxi drivers?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Brave and careful', 'Rich and generous', 'Modest and easy-going', 'Hard-working and kind']}, {'question': 'The passage is most likely to be found from _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['an advertisement of a taxi company', 'an online travel guide', 'a website about the taxi drivers in London', 'a report about living conditions in London']}]
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In many countries, holidays are important parts in people's life. Let's show some countries to you.
America
American people's holidays are flexible ( ). They can use up their holidays once, and they can also use them up a few times. During the holidays, they still get money.
Canada
Many people in Canada can rest three days a week. They have all kinds of activities for holidays. They may go fishing, boating or mountain climbing. Also, they have long holidays. They may go to the beach to spend a sunny winter holiday. Like American people, Canadians also get money during the holidays.
France
People in France are very good at enjoying life. They have a 6-week holiday every year, and they work less than 40 hours a week.
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[{'question': 'How many countries are mentioned in the passage?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Two.', 'Three.', 'Four.', 'Six.']}, {'question': 'In which countries can people still get money during the holidays according to the passage?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['America and Canada.', 'Canada and France.', 'Japan and France.', 'America and France.']}, {'question': 'Which of the following activities is not mentioned in the passage?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Go fishing.', 'Go boating.', 'Go skating.', 'Go mountain climbing.']}, {'question': 'In which country can people work less than 40 hours a week?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['America.', 'Canada.', 'France.', 'China.']}, {'question': 'Which is the best title for this passage?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Holidays are important', 'Holidays in different countries', "People's work time", 'Activities in different countries']}]
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The crow is an ordinary bird. It is about twenty inches long and black all over. Crows are dirty birds because they live on old bad food. Crows eat a lot of waste food. In this way they are more useful to us than any birds. They clean up the dirty things in our streets. Crows are always hungry. They look for food all day long, and in the evening you can see them in large numbers flying back to their nests in the trees. They sleep there at night.
Crows are much noisier than other birds. Very often a large number of crows will get together on one house and talk. Sometimes they talk together, and sometimes they do it by turns like human beings . It is easy to tell from crows' sounds whether they are pleased or angry. Perhaps crows talk a lot because they are friendly birds. A pair of crows will live together all their lives, and if one of them dies, the other one becomes very sad and quiet for the rest of its life and sometimes it dies, too.
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[{'question': 'Why are crows dirty?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['They are black all over the body.', 'They like to eat dirty food.', 'They usually talk.', "They don't have baths."]}, {'question': 'Why are crows more useful to us than any birds?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['They are usually noisy.', 'They are usually dirty.', 'They are flying in large numbers.', 'They eat a lot of waste food.']}, {'question': "You can tell from crows' sounds _ .", 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['whether they are hungry or full', 'whether they are pleased or hungry', 'whether they are ill or healthy', 'whether they are living or dead.']}]
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Air is all around us. It is around us as we talk and play. From the moment we were born, We are surrounded by air. When we sit down, it is around us. When we go to bed, air is also around us. Wherever we are on the earth, We are surrounded by air. We live in air.
All living things need air, living things can't live without air. We can go without food or water for a few days, but we can't live for more than a few minutes without air. We breathe in air. When we are working or running, We need more air. So we breathe faster than usual. When we are asleep, We need less air.
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[{'question': 'From the text, we know that on the earth _', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['there is air everywhere', "some animals don't need air", 'plants need more air', "for a long time people don't need air"]}, {'question': 'The writer tells us that _', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['there is less air on the earth than on the moon', 'the earth is covered with air', 'the earth is covered with water', 'there is no air on the earth']}, {'question': "Which is the first important thing for people's lives?", 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Water', 'Air', 'Food', 'Sunlight']}, {'question': 'Which of the following things needs air?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Land', 'A mirror', 'A cat', 'A river']}, {'question': 'A man needs more air when he _', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['dies', 'runs fast', 'takes a rest', 'sleeps']}]
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You must have seen ads on TV about hair care products . The models have shining hair like jewels . But now to make hair shine is no longer the task of hair care products, because hair can be made into real jewels. Believe it or not, a company called LifeGem in the US turns hair into jewels.
The company is in the business of taking hair from dead people and making it into diamonds . The diamonds are for the families to remember the dead people.
Now the company plans to make three diamonds using Beethoven's hair to show their latest technology . The work will take about 7 months and in the end, Beethoven's long hair will become 3 shining diamonds between 0.5 to 1 carat in size.
Since the great musician died in 1827, you may wonder how they got Beethoven's hair. Actually, the hair was given by John Rezniloff, who holds the Guinness World Record for the largest and most valuable collection of celebrities' hair. His collection also includes hair of Napoleon, Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. In total, the collection is worth over 5 million dollars.
Though it sounds unbelievable , to have such diamonds made with hair may be a good way to show respect and love to those who died.
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[{'question': 'What does the company of LifeGem do?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['It buys shining hair.', 'It produces hair care products.', 'It uses hair to make jewels.', 'It sells expensive diamonds to famous people.']}, {'question': "Why does the company decide to make diamonds out of Beethoven's hair?", 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['To show the latest technology.', 'To make the biggest diamond.', 'To make the most shining diamond.', 'To help the dead people become famous.']}, {'question': 'How long will the work take?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Half a month.', 'One month.', 'Three months.', 'Seven months.']}]
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People usually check whether their keys, wallets and phones are with them before going out. But many people in China now have one more important thing to take, a face mask. They hope that it can protect them from polluted air.
Since January 2013, many cities in China have seen a lot of foggy days. In Beijing, only five days in January _ . What's the difference between fog and smog?
According to scientists, fog is made up of tiny drops of water and also ice particles during very cold conditions. Smog is dirty air that looks like a mixture of smoke and fog, caused mainly by smoke from cars and factories in cities.
An official for the Ministry of Environmental Protection told Beijing News that PM2.5 pollution is the main problem with air pollution. PM 2.5 refers to pollution with small particles 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter .
According to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, two main factors that cause PM 2.5 are motor vehicles and the burning of coal.
Poor air has done harm to people's health. Children and the elderly are more at risk. A report from Beijing Children's Hospital shows that from December 5 to December 11, 2013, half of the patients in the hospital came for respiratory problems.
Air problems and environmental protection have become a care for the whole nation.
Premier Li Keqiang made his last Government Work Report on March 6, 2014. The report said that the government should work hard to prevent pollution and give people a healthy living environment.
It calls on people to make full use of energy and resources and cut down on energy use.
'We should give people hope through our actions,' Li said.
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[{'question': "From Li Keqiang's report, we learn that _ .", 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['the environment has improved a lot since Li was in office', 'many people have breathing problems because of the air pollution', "the air pollution problem is the government's task", 'the government will try its best to solve the air pollution problem']}]
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I am a Chinese boy. My name is Li Ming. I'm a student. In my class, some of the boys like playing football very much. Wu Jun and I are on school football team. And some of them like playing basketball. _ Han Mei and Zhang Hong are on school volleyball team. Each of them has a tennis racket. In a word , everyone in our class likes sports very much.
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[{'question': 'Li Ming is in _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['China', 'America', 'Canada', 'France']}, {'question': 'Li Ming likes playing _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['basketball', 'football', 'volleyball', 'tennis']}, {'question': 'The girls like playing _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['tennis and basketball', 'football and basketball', 'tennis and volleyball', 'volleyball and basketball']}, {'question': '_ and Li Ming are on school football team.', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Wu Jun', 'Han Mei', 'Zhang Hong', 'Some of the boys']}, {'question': 'Each of the girls has a _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['tennis racket', 'baseball bat', 'volleyball', 'basketball']}]
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I'm an American boy. My name is Tony. I'm thirteen this year. I come to China with my parents and study in a new school now. The name of my new school is Yingcai Middle School. It is the best school in this city. There are nine hundred students in it. Many foreign students study here. We learn to speak Chinese. And many Chinese students can speak English well. I think Chinese is hard to study, but I like it.
The students in the school are _ to me, and the teachers take good care of me. I feel very happy every day in my new school.
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[{'question': 'Tony is from _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['England', 'America', 'English', 'American']}, {'question': 'Tony comes to China with _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['his father', 'his mother', 'his father and mother', 'his friends']}, {'question': 'What is the passage mainly about?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ["Tony's friends.", "Tony's new school.", "Tony's teachers.", "Tony's parents"]}]
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Are you always unwilling to do housework and cleaning for no reason? Well, you will be happy today. Today is No Housework Day. It's time to forget about housework and be relaxed.
No Housework Day is always on April 7th. It is your chance to do anything, except housework. Better still, have someone else do housework for a day. Housework is a daily and endless job and most people think it's boring to do housework. I have many friends and their wish is to stay away from housework. In fact, their wish can never come true.
Do you know how to celebrate No Housework Day? Well , there are two different ways.
If you usually do the housework around the house, forget it on this day. Instead, kick back and enjoy the day. Relax and do anything, except housework.
If you never do housework, you can do it for your family. It gives your parents a break from the housework. And, you just might get a chance to know how much housework your parents need to do every day.
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[{'question': 'The writer has many friends and their wish is _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['not to do any housework any more', 'to ask others to do their housework', 'to celebrate No Housework Day', 'to ask all the family members to do housework']}, {'question': 'If Lisa never does housework, the writer thinks she can _ on No Housework Day.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['forget housework', 'do housework', 'feel relaxed', 'do anything except housework']}, {'question': "What's the main idea of the passage?", 'answer': 'C', 'options': ["It's about the daily housework.", "It's about our duty and right.", "It's about No Housework Day.", "It's about some national holiday."]}]
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Tom was a farmer. He worked on the farm all day,but sometimes he went to the town market to sell fruit and vegetables. One day, a terrible sound attracted his attention in the town market. He saw a young bull for sale. The bull was white and yellow. It was looking at Tom in fear. Tom walked up and touched its head gently. Just at that time they both seemed to have known each other for a long time. How amazing!Tom bought it at once and called it Amba.
From then on , Tom and Amba got on well with each other. But some friends told him that it was dangerous to have such a close relationship with an animal.
One afternoon , Tom was walking through the forest with Amba. Suddenly , Amba stopped walking and kept pushing Tom with its head. Tom was very surprised and looked around. There was a big snake in front of him. It was beautiful but poisonous. Quickly Amba stepped on the snake's tail with its foot and at the same time Tom picked up a stick and hit the snake's head heavily. Soon the snake . died.
Tom was very grateful for Amba's help. When people heard this, they were shocked at the bull's expression of love for Tom. But for Tom, Amba was not a bull but a member of his family.
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[{'question': 'Tom worked _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['on the farm', 'in the market', 'in the forest', 'in the town']}, {'question': 'Amba was _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['a small and nice cow', 'a big and beautiful snake', 'a white and yellow bull', 'a black and white dog']}, {'question': 'From the passage, we know Tom and Amba _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['hated each other', 'got angry with each other', 'got on well with each other', 'disliked each other']}, {'question': 'Which of the following statements is NOT true?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Tom went to the town market to sell fruit and vegetables.', "Tom's friends thought animals were safe.", "Tom hit the snake's head heavily with a stick.", 'For Tom, Amba was a member of his family.']}, {'question': 'The passage mainly wants to tell us _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['the love between humans and animals', 'the fight between a bull and a snake', 'how to keep an animal', 'how to train an animal']}]
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After a quick breakfast, I went into the lecture hall in a hurry. A famous teacher was speaking to the students. He was holding up a $100 bill. Then he said to over 300 students, " Who would like this $100 bill?" The students put up their hands at once. Then he said, "I am going to give this $100 bill to one of you, but first, let me do this." He made the bill into a ball. Then he said, "Who wants it now?" The hands went back into the air. "Well," he said, "What if I do this?" and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up the dirty bill and said, "Who still wants it?" Hands went back again into the air.
"My friends," he said, "you have learned a valuable lesson today. No matter what I did to the $100 bill, you still want this bill. Many times in our life, we are dropped and stepped on. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value. You are always valuable to those people who love you. Your value doesn't come form what you do or whom you know, but who you are."
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[{'question': 'The lecture was given _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['in the morning', 'at noon', 'in the afternoon', 'in the evening']}, {'question': 'How many students went to listen to the lecture?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ["Sorry, I don't know", 'Over 100.', 'Over 200.', 'Over 300.']}, {'question': 'What did the teacher do before he said, "Who still wants it?"', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['He did nothing.', 'He made the bill dirty.', 'He put the bill into a box.', 'He put up his hand.']}, {'question': 'The lesson tells us a truth, that is _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['we should know what we do', 'we should know whom we know', 'we must know who we are', 'how to use money']}]
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Tom, Bill and Dave lost their backpacks. They are at the lost and found case. The backpacks are the same , but the things in them are different. Can you help them find the right backpack?
Tom: I have a math book and a pencil case in my backpack. There are three pencils, a pen and an eraser in the pencil case.
Bill: I have a Chinese dictionary, a math book and two notebooks in my backpack.
Dave: There are two CDs, three picture books in my backpack. My English book is also in it.
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[{'question': 'The three boys lost their _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['pens', 'backpacks', 'keys', 'dictionaries']}, {'question': "Which of the following is in Tom's backpack. A (an) _ .", 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['pencil case', 'dictionary', 'notebook', 'English book']}, {'question': "Bill doesn't have _ in his backpack.", 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['a math book', 'a pencil case', 'two notebooks', 'a Chinese dictionary']}, {'question': "_ is/are not in Dave's backpack.", 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Two CDs', 'Three pencils', 'Three picture books', 'An English book']}, {'question': 'Who has/have an eraser.', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Tom', 'Bill', 'Dave', 'Tom and Dave']}]
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"Can I see my baby?" asked the happy new mother. When the baby was in her arms, she couldn't believe her eyes. The baby was born without ears.
Time proved that the baby's hearing was very good though he had no ears. He got on well with his classmates. But one day, he said to his mother, tears in his eyes, "A big boy called me a freak ."
The boy's father asked the family doctor. "Could nothing be done?"
"I believe I could graft on a pair of outer ears if they could be got," the doctor said. They tried to find a person who was helpful for the young man.
One day, his father said to the son, "You're going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need. But we must keep it a secret who the person is."
The operation was a great success, and a new person appeared. His cleverness and hard work made him a very successful person. He married and lived a happy life.
He once asked his father, "Who gave me the ears? I could do enough for him or her."
"I do not believe you could, "said the father." The agreement was that you are not to know...not yet."
For years they kept it a secret, but the day did come. He stood with his father over his mother's body. Slowly, the father raised the thick, brown hair. To his surprise, the son found his mother had no outer ears.
"Mother said she was glad she never needed to cut her hair," his father said in a low voice, "and nobody ever thought mother less beautiful, did they?"
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[{'question': 'The mother was surprised to see her baby for the first time because the baby _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['had no outer ears', 'was born without hair', 'was in her arms', 'could not hear her']}, {'question': 'The sentence"...a new person appeared." means" _ ."', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['a new baby was born in the hospital', 'a stranger came into the hospital', 'a new doctor took care of the boy', 'the boy began to live a new life']}, {'question': "Why did the boy's mother never cut her hair?", 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Because she liked her thick, brown hair.', "Because her work didn't allow her to do that", 'Because the hair was good for her health', 'Because she wanted to keep the fact a secret']}, {'question': 'Which of the following is true according to the passage?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ["The boy couldn't hear without ears at first.", "The boy didn't know the truth until his mother died.", 'His parents often encouraged him to work hard.', 'His classmates were always making fun of him.']}, {'question': 'Which is the best title for the passage?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['A Clever Boy', 'Kind Parents', 'Great Love', 'An Ear Operation']}]
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On Children's Day a young woman from America goes to Beihai Park with her little daughter. There are too many people in the park. The woman can't find her daughter, So she goes to the policeman for help. She tells the policeman her daughter is only six years old. She has two big eyes and a round face. Her hair is golden yellow. And she is in a short blue dress. At last the policeman helps her find her daughter. She thanks him very much.
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[{'question': "On Children's Day, _ woman goes to Beihai Park with her little daughter.", 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['an America', 'American', 'USA', 'an American']}, {'question': "The woman can't find her _ .", 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['son', 'daughter', 'children', 'sister']}, {'question': 'Her daughter is only _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['five', 'six', 'seven', 'four']}, {'question': "The little girl's hair is _ .", 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['yellow', 'black', 'brown', 'golden yellow']}, {'question': '_ helps her find her daughter.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['The men', 'Policemen', 'Some people', 'The policeman']}]
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Jack is an able worker.He can do all the work in the factory and often helps his boss ,Mr. King.So his boss likes him and he gets much money.But he likes drinking and spends most money on drinks.When he drinks much,he can't control himself.His wife tells him to stop drinking,but he doesn't listen to her.She has to leave him.Now he lives in a poor and old house alone .
One Saturday evening,Jack feels very cold in his house.He can't stay there and goes into a bar .He drinks a lot,but he doesn't have enough money with him.
Of course,he can't pay for the drinks.The boss of the bar doesn't let him out,so he begins to break the glasses and tables.A girl calls the police station and soon some policemen get there.They have to take Jack to the station.
"What do you bring me here for?"he shouts.
"We bring you here for drinking."answers a policeman.
"That's great!"Jack says happily."Then when shall we start?"
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[{'question': 'Jack can get much money because _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['he is the boss', 'he works in the factory for a long time', 'the boss likes him', 'he is able enough to help the boss']}, {'question': "Jack's wife leaves him because _ .", 'answer': 'C', 'options': ["he doesn't like her", 'he gets no money in the factory', "he doesn't stop drinking", "he doesn't do housework at home"]}, {'question': 'Jack is happy because he thinks _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['the policeman will drink with him', 'the policeman pay for his drink', 'the policeman will make friends with him', 'the policeman wi1l give him some money']}]
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If you won a lottery and had lots of money, what would you do? Most people start by buying themselves things, such as a new car or a bigger TV.
Many people who win lots of money may suddenly find that they have a lot of socalled friends. The new friends they make may follow them for their money but they may also leave them when all the money is spent. Besides that, they can't decide what to do with the money, so they try to think what they want. In the end, most people usually decide to save the money.
There are some lottery winners who decide to quit their jobs, because they think they have enough money and don't need to work any longer. Some big lottery winners make even bigger changes--they end their marriages. They think that winning a lot of money has suddenly made them more intelligent and more attractive .So they feel that they have to be with a younger or more attractive man or woman.
They don't know their new money is just a bit of luck. _ can't change everything.
Next time when you buy a lottery ticket, think about what you would like to do and what you wouldn't like to do with the money if you won.
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[{'question': 'A lottery winner may suddenly find himself with many socalled friends, probably because _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['he wants to make lots of friends', "he doesn't know what to do with all the money", 'these new friends are usually kind to the lottery winner', 'these new friends want the lottery winner to give them some money']}, {'question': 'Some lottery winners want to be with a more attractive man or woman because they _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ["don't like their husbands or wives any more", 'think winning a lot of money has made them more intelligent and more attractive', 'have some new friends', "don't know how to spend the money"]}, {'question': 'Some lottery winners end their marriages, because _', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ["they don't like their husband or wives.", 'They think winning a lot of money is lucky.', 'they feel they should be with a younger or more beautiful man or woman.', 'they think they should change everything.']}, {'question': 'Which of the following is NOT true?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['All the big lottery winners want to end their marriages.', 'Most lottery winners usually decide to save the money they win', 'Some lottery winners might decide to move to a bigger house', 'Many lottery winners buy themselves things with the money that they won.']}]
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If you could see a movie of your life before you lived it, would you want to live it? Probably not. The excitement of living is that you don't know what's coming.
Sure, it's hard to see uncertainty in such active light when you're out of work, or when you feel like you're failing. But uncertainty is really another word for chance.
When Allison graduated from Harvard, she had chances all over the place but had no idea what she wanted to do. She took a job in consulting ,but she knew she wouldn't stay there. She took the GRE and scored so high that she was able to increase her income by teaching students. Still, she didn't think she wanted to go to graduate school . Allison knew she wasn't doing what she wanted, but she didn't know what she wanted.
She worried. All her friends were going to graduate school or starting their own businesses. She was lost and felt that she would never find anything out. After six years, Allison, by having a plan in mind, got married, moved to the Midwest, and used her consulting experience to get a great job. Allison realized that she spent her years finding her way: time well spent, and time we must all take if we're being honest with ourselves. The only way to lead an interesting life is to face uncertainty and make a choice. Otherwise your life is not your own - it is a path someone else has chosen. Moments of uncertainty are when you create your life, and when you become who you are. Uncertainty usually begins with a job hunt, but it doesn't end there. Every new role we take on means another round of uncertainty. Instead of fearing it, you should find some ways to deal with uncertainty
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[{'question': 'What troubles Allison after graduation?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ["She couldn't find a well-paid job.", 'She had no money to start a business.', 'She was not sure what to do.', "She didn't score high enough for graduate school."]}, {'question': "How did Allison feel about her six years' working experience?", 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Uncertain.', 'Amazed.', 'Sorry.', 'Satisfied.']}]
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Before I started school, people felt that I was not going to be successful.At the age of four I started speech lessons because I could not speak well enough for anyone to understand me.
The first grade was a struggle .I had difficulty speaking, I also couldn't learn to read.The second grade was not much better.I still struggled with the inability to read.In the third grade a new school was built. It was near my home. I went there with my parents and helped to get the school ready so that we could move to the new one. However, things didn't get better for the next two years.
It was in the fifth grade.Mrs.Wakefield was my teacher, and she was a good teacher.She did not make me feel unconfident. Instead, she did her best to let me know that I could be whatever I wanted to be.And that is just what I did.
For the past 22 years, I have been a fifth grade teacher.Because of Mrs.Wakefield's influence on my life, I am now encouraging students who have had difficulties in their lives to believe that they can deal with any difficulty successfully and become someone.I have won many awards up to now, such as Teacher of the Year.I think I should thank my fifth grade teacher. She believed in me and helped me to be all that I could be.
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[{'question': 'The writer started speech lessons at the age of four because _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['he could not speak well', 'he could not read', 'he wanted to be a good teacher', 'he wanted to go to a new school']}, {'question': 'The writer _ when he was in the third grade.', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['did better in reading', 'met a good teacher', 'received a high award', 'went to a new school']}, {'question': 'We can know that the writer _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['has taught speech lessons', 'thinks teaching is a good job', 'is a very successful teacher now', 'works in the same school with Mrs. Wakefield']}]
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In a small village in England about 150 years ago, a mail coach ( ) was standing on the street . It didn't come to that village often . People had to pay a lot to get a letter . The person who sent the letter didn't have to pay the postage ( ) , while the receiver had to .
"Here's a letter for Miss Alice Brown , " said the mailman .
" I'm Alice Brown , " a girl of about 18 said in a low voice .
Alice looked at the envelope for a minute , and then handed it back to the mailman .
" I'm sorry I can't take it , I don't have enough money to pay it", she said .
A gentleman standing around were very sorry for her . Then he came up and paid the postage for her .
When the gentleman gave the letter to her , she said with a smile , " Thank you very much ,This letter is from Tom . I'm going to marry him . He went to London to look for work . I've waited a long time for this letter , but now I don't need it , there is nothing in it ."
" Really ? How do you know that ? " the gentleman said in surprise .
" He told me that he would put some signs on the envelope . Look ,sir ,this cross in the corner means that he is well and this circle means he has found work . That's good news ."
The gentleman was Sir Rowland Hill . He didn't forgot Alice and her letter .
" The postage to be paid by the receiver has to be changed ," he said to himself and had a good plan .
" The postage has to be much lower , what about a penny ( ) ? And the person who sends the letter pays the postage . He has to buy a stamp and put it on the envelope ." he said .
The government accepted his plan . Then the first stamp was put out in 1840 . It was called the " Penny Black " . It had a picture of the Queen on it .
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[{'question': 'The first postage stamp was made _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['in England', 'in America', 'by Alice', 'in 1910']}, {'question': 'The girl handed the letter back to the mailman because _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ["she didn't know whose letter it was", 'she had no money to pay the postage', "she received the letter but she didn't want to open it", 'she had already known what was written in the letter']}, {'question': "We can know from Alice's words that _ .", 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Tom had told her what the signs meant before leaving', 'Alice was clever and could guess the meaning of the signs', 'Alice had put the signs on the envelope herself', 'Tom had put the signs as Alice had told him to']}, {'question': 'The idea of using stamps was thought of by _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['the government', 'Sir Rowland Hill', 'Alice Brown', 'Tom']}, {'question': 'From the passage we know the high postage made _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['People never send each other letters', 'lovers almost lose every touch with each other', 'people try their best to avoid paying it', 'receivers refuse to pay the coming letters']}]
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Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart , you'll find that the whole world smiles to you. While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher's face when you did a good job?
One day it is fine. Just before you want to go out, it suddenly starts to rain . Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the weather. But dear friends, why don't you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? And with the timely rain , crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can't be avoided . I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope .
When we face failure , we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have to do. As a popular saying goes , " Failure is the mother of success ."
Attitude decides everything . With an optimistic attitude life is easy and pleasant . Let's smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us .
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[{'question': 'People sometimes complain _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['the sky is always dark', 'their studies are successful', 'they see the world with their heart', 'life is tiring']}, {'question': 'According to the passage , in school , _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ["the students don't like their lessons", 'the teacher will be happy if the students do the good jobs', "the teachers don't like their teaching", 'the teachers are tired of their work']}, {'question': 'If there is a timely rain , _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['you want to go out', 'you can listen to a concert', 'crops in the fields will grow better', "farmers can't have a good harvest"]}, {'question': 'When we face failure , what should we do ?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['We must be confident in ourselves .', "We shouldn't be afraid of it .", "We shouldn't give up hope .", 'All of the avbove .']}, {'question': 'The best title of this passage is _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Smile and the World Smiles to You', 'Complaining about life', 'Failure is the Mother of Success', 'It is Very Hard to Success']}]
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We are all learning English, but how can we learn English well? A student can know a lot about English, but maybe he can't speak English. If you want to know how to swim, you must get into the river. And if you want to be a football player, you must play football.
So, you see. You can learn English only by using it. You must listen to your teacher in class. You must read your lessons every day. You must speak English to your classmates and also you must write something sometimes. Then one day, you may find your English very good.
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[{'question': 'You know a lot about English but maybe you _', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['can speak', 'can study it', "can't study it", "can't use it"]}, {'question': 'If you want to learn to swim you should _', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['gets into the river', 'read books about swimming', 'learn from other people first', 'play football well first']}, {'question': 'If you want to be a football player, you should _', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['buy a good football', 'play football', 'watch others play football', 'put your football away']}, {'question': 'The story of learning swimming and playing football tells us _', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['we learn English by using it', 'swimming needs water', 'playing football is easy', 'learning English is difficult']}, {'question': 'If you want to study English well, you must often _', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['speak English', 'write in English', 'listen to English', 'A, B, and C']}]
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Four girls go to school every day by taxi. One day one of the girls says, "There is a test this morning. Let's get to school late. Then we will not have the test."
"What can we tell the teacher?" One of the girls says. "He will be angry. We will need a good excuse."
The girls think for a moment, then one of them says, "Let's tell him that our taxi has a flat tire ."
"That's a good idea," the other girls say. "We will tell him that."
They get to school an hour later. The test is over. "Why are you late? You missed the test."
"Our taxi had a flat tire." One of the girls said.
The teacher thought for a moment, then he said, "sit down, One of you in each corner of the room." The four girls do this.
Then the teacher says, "Write down a piece of paper the answer to this question: Which tire is flat?"
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[{'question': 'How do the girls go to school every day?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['By bus', 'By taxi', 'By bike', 'On foot']}, {'question': 'Why do the girls want to go to school so late?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ["They don't like school.", 'They want to go shopping.', "They don't finish their homework", "They don't want to take a test."]}, {'question': "what is the girls' excuse for being late?", 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['They get up late.', "They can't get a taxi.", 'Their taxi has a flat tire.', 'They forget the time']}, {'question': "Can the girls answer the teacher's question?", 'answer': 'C', 'options': ["No, they can't. Because they can't remember which tire is flat.", 'Yes, they can. Because there is a flat tire.', "No, they can't. Because they may give a different answer.", 'Yes, they can. Because all four tires are flat.']}, {'question': 'What can we know from the text?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['They find a good excuse.', 'The teacher is very clever.', 'There is a flat tire.', "They don't like to go to school by bike."]}]
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Be honest. That's all you have to do on Honesty Day. It would be great if we were all honest every day of the year. It's good that there is a day to encourage honesty. M. Hirsh Goldberg started Honesty Day. He chose the last day of April because the first day is April Fool's Day, which celebrate lies. On Honesty Day, anyone may ask you any question and you should give a true and honest answer. That means that you have knowledge of Honesty Day.
M. Hirsh Goldberg wrote a book on telling lies. He said in his book that almost all person lie about 200 times a day. In our daily life, a typical life for a man is "I did not drink that much" and for a woman is "Nothing is wrong, I'm fine." It is found that nurses are the most honest people, while sales people and politicians are the biggest liars.
Every Honesty Day, M. Hirsh Goldberg hands out prizes to honest people.
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[{'question': 'According to the passage, _ are the most honest people.', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['nurses', 'sales people', 'politicians', 'all men']}, {'question': 'M. Hirsh Goldberg started Honesty Day to _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['celebrate lies', 'encourage honesty', 'ask questions', 'hand out prizes']}, {'question': 'Which of the following is Honesty Day?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['April 1st', 'April l0th', 'April 20th', 'April 30th']}]
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A mother and her young son got into a bus in New York City and sat down. The bus conductor came to them for their money. The mother said, "I want one ticket to Central Park, "and gave him two dollars. The conductor looked at the small boy for a few seconds and then asked him, "How old are you, young man?" The mother just began to speak, but the conductor stopped her, and the boy said, "I'm four years old at home, and two and a half on buses and trains." The mother felt shamed , so she took another dollar out of her bag and gave the money to the conductor. The conductor gave her one and a half tickets.
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[{'question': 'One day the mother took a bus _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['to a small city', 'to get some money', 'with her son', 'to school']}, {'question': 'The mother was _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['not honest', 'honest', 'very clever', 'not pretty']}]
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At the age of sixteen, I went on my first volunteer program in West Virginia to repair or build homes for poor families. When we arrived, we discovered that the family we were going to help was living in a trailer that was in poor condition, no bigger than two parking spaces. A group of people had been working on it for two weeks, but every time they finished one problem, another appeared.
We soon decided that the only way was to build a new house. It was something unusual because normally our goal was to repair old homes. The family was pleased with their new house that was 20 by 30 feet with three bedrooms, a bath and a kitchen.
On Tuesday of that week, I asked the family's three boys, Josh, Eric and Ryan, "What do you want for your new room?" Kids in the families we had helped usually wanted toys or posters, so we were surprised when Josh, the oldest boy said, "We just want beds." The boys had never slept in a bed. That night we had a meeting and decided that beds would be the perfect gift. On Thursday night, a few adults in our group drove to the nearest city and bought beds and new bedding.
On Friday when we saw the truck coming, we told the family about the surprise. They were very excited.
That afternoon, while we were setting up the beds, Eric ran into the house to watch us with wide eyes. As Maggie, a member of our group, put one of the pillows on the bed, Eric asked, "What is that?"
"A pillow," she replied.
"What do you do with it?" Eric went on asking.
"When you go to sleep, you put your head on it," Maggie answered softly. Tears came to our eyes as she handed Eric the pillow.
"Oh . . . that's soft," he said, holding it tightly.
Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems very urgent , my dad always asks, "Do you have a pillow?" We know exactly what he means.
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[{'question': "Why did the writer's group build a new house for the family?", 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Because it was their normal work.', 'Because the family asked them to do it.', 'Because the trailer could no longer be repaired.', 'Because they thought it was a perfect gift for the family.']}, {'question': 'What can we learn from the story?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['The family needed two parking spaces.', 'The boys of the family wanted toys and posters.', 'The family were excited about the beds and bedding.', "The writer's group made some furniture for the family."]}, {'question': 'What is the best title for this passage?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['The Pillow', 'A New House', 'The Family', 'An Interesting Program']}]
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What are your clothes made of? Are they made of cotton or wool? Some students in Shandong wear different things. Their clothes are made of discs or old clothes!
On October 7th, 36 students in Linyi, Shandong Province, wore beautiful clothes in a show. Their clothes were made of all kinds of things.
The show gave the students a chance to make things with their own hands. It also helped them learn to make good use of waste and not to throw everything away.
Students had lots of good ideas. Some found used things, like old clothes, to make new dresses.
"We hope to save energy. Our world is _ of energy. So I don't want to just throw old things away," said Xie Jing at Linyi Art School.
Xie had more than 20 discs on her nice blue dress. She got them from her family and friends.
"Though the discs are old, I look very cool in them!" she said.
Song Dandan, a student from the school, looked like a farmer in her straw coat and hat. She picked the straw from the fields and put them all together.
"I want to show what people wore in the past." she said.
Du Yue made clothes for astronauts ! She had white cloth all over her. When she walked, she tried to be slow. It looked like she was walking on the moon.
"I hope to wear it in space some day. I wish that I could walk on the moon!" she said.
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[{'question': 'The passage mainly talks about _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['how to make clothes', 'energy saving', 'how to look cool', 'a special fashion show']}, {'question': "The students' clothes were made of _ .", 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['silk', 'cotton', 'waste paper', 'all kinds of things']}, {'question': 'The three students used all these things except _ to made clothes.', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['discs', 'straw', 'old paper', 'cloth']}, {'question': 'The show tells people _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['we should save energy', 'they are clever', 'how to make use of old things', 'A, B and C']}]
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Before I left to meet Lynne, my friend told me that I had better take some money, but I didn't listen to him. I thought that Lynne would pay because she invited me.
I arrived at the restaurant on time because I knew Americans like to be on time. Lynne and I sat at a table near the door and soon we began to enjoy ourselves there.
The food there was very delicious. I talked a lot about Saudi Arabia and Lynne told me all about herself. After two hours the waiter came and asked if we wanted one check or two. Lynne said two. Lynne paid her check, and the waiter gave me mine, I had no money. Then I had an idea, I called my friend. In a few minutes he arrived with some money. He laughed at me all the way home.
Now, I think it's funny, but I guess you can understand how I felt at that time. So when you visit a foreign country, you have to learn their language and culture.
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[{'question': 'After the meal, _ ,', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['Lynne paid only for herself', 'Lynne paid for both of us.', 'I would like to pay for myself', 'I paid for both of us.']}, {'question': '. From the passage we know, when we visit a foreign country, _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ["We'd better pay for ourselves.", 'We should learn their language well.', "We'd better pay for others after meal.", 'We have to learn both their language and culture.']}]
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David eats well every day. For breakfast, he has bread, eggs and milk. At school, he has vegetables and rice for lunch. After lunch, he eats an apple. In the evening, he has chicken and fruit salad at home. David _ milk, but Mom says it is healthy. So he drinks it every day. After eight in the evening, he doesn't have food. Every day, David does some sports to be healthy. He plays tennis in the morning and plays basketball after school.
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[{'question': 'David has _ for lunch.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['bread', 'vegetables', 'chicken', 'salad']}, {'question': "David doesn't eat food after _ in the evening.", 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['7', '8', '9', '10']}, {'question': 'David plays _ after school.', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['tennis', 'ping-pong', 'soccer', 'basketball']}, {'question': 'Which of the following is TRUE?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['David is not healthy.', 'David has a pear after lunch.', 'David plays sports every day.', "David can't play tennis."]}]
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For many Chinese, winter holiday season doesn't seem complete without the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. But it's impossible to satisfy all 1.3 billion Chinese.
Even if you, especially young audience complain about the Spring Festival Gala, watching it while having Lunar New Year's Eve dinner has become a common way for families to get together. It's much more than just a TV program, it's also a way to bring family members together and get them talking during the holiday. Think about how you'll watch the gala and discover its fun.
1. Share your opinions about the programs and artists with your family members. Introduce artists who young people enjoy to the elderly memebers of your family, such as "fellow brother" William Chan, or former singing group EXO members Kris Wu and Lu Han.
2. Post your _ and complaints on micro blogs and WeChat moments to share with friends. Then they will know what you're satisfied with and what you complain about. In recent years, the gala is trying to attract young people by using Internet slang . Guessing when and what Internet chat lingo will be mentioned in the show is surely going to be hot on social media. Will there be "drunk and tired" ? Have a bet with friends.
3. Online video websites such as IQiyi and Youku have introduced a real-time online discussion system. All comments are displayed on the screen. You can try watching the show in this interactive way instead of the traditional TV sets so that you may know others' opinions about the programs in the Spring Festival Gala.
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[{'question': 'Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Using Internet slang to attract young audience.', 'Introducing types of programs in the Spring Festival Gala.', 'Watching the Spring Festival Gala on the online video websites.', 'Posting compliments and complaints on micro blogs and WeChat moments.']}, {'question': 'The writer mainly wants to tell us _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['not all 1.3 billion Chinese are satisfied with the Spring Festival Gala', 'winter holiday season is the time when family members get together', 'several ways for audience to discover the fun of the Spring Festival Gala', 'the Spring Festival Gala is the best way to bring family members together']}]
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June 5 is World Environment Day.This makes us pay more attention to our environment and the need to protect it.
When Wang Baoxuan,a Beijing high school boy,finishes his exercise books,he does not throw them away.He puts them in the big box in the corner of his classroom.Other students do so.Then the exercise books are sold to a paper-factory in Beijing.The paper is collected and used again by students and teachers in the school.At the same time,the money made from selling the paper goes towards schools in Inner Mongolia for planting trees and grass.During spring time,the sandstorms often attack here.
Wang's school is one of the schools in the capital that take part in the "green promise"environmental protection activity.So far,nearly 210,000 students have taken part in the activity,collecting more than 174 kilograms of waste paper.
"There are some environment problems in the city,such as sandstorms.We should do our duty and encourage others to do so as well."Said Wang.
Vice-premier Zeng Peiyan has written a letter to the teachers and students to encourage them to go on taking part in the environmental protection.
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[{'question': 'What do Wang Baoxuan and his schoolmates do with the waste exercise books?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Throw them away', 'Collect and sell them', 'Cut them into pieces', 'Give them to the students in Inner Mongolia']}, {'question': 'What is the money from selling the paper used for?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Buying new exercise books', 'Helping poor students', 'Planting trees and grass', 'Being their pocket money']}]
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Do you sometimes argue about what seems to you to be a simple fact? Do you argue whether it's cold outdoors or whether the car in front of you is going faster than the speed limit ?
If you get into such arguments, try to think about the story about the six blind men and the elephant. The first blind man who felt the elephant's trunk said it was like a snake. The second who felt the elephant's side said it was like a wall, while the third said it was like a spear( ) as he touched the animal's tusk. The fourth, who took hold of the elephant's tail, insisted that it was like a rope. The fifth man said it looked like a tree as he put his arms around one of the elephant's legs. The last, who was tall and got hold of the elephant's ears, said it was like a huge fan.
Each man's idea of the animal came from his own experience. So if someone disagrees with you about a "simple fact", it's often because his experience in the matter is different from yours.
To see how hard it is for even one person to make up his mind about a "simple fact", try this simple experiment. Get three large bowls. Put ice water in one. Put hot water in the second. Put lukewarm water in the third. Now put your left hand in the hot water. Put your right hand in the lukewarm water. Your right hand will tell you the water is cold. Your left hand will tell you it is hot.
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[{'question': 'There were _ blind man who were trying to tell what an elephant was like in the story.', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['two', 'four', 'five', 'six']}, {'question': "The man who touched the elephant's ears must be very _ .", 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['heavy', 'thin', 'tall', 'strong']}, {'question': 'What makes people think about simple facts differently?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ["People's wrong ideas.", "People's different experience.", 'Simple facts are different sometimes.', 'People often disagree with each other.']}, {'question': 'It can be inferred from the passage that we should _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['learn from the blind men', 'not agree about simple facts', 'never think about simple facts', 'never decide anything with one side']}]
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Happiness is for everyone. You don't need to care about those who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and lots of money and so on. Why? .Because those who have big house may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at 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 study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too.All these are your happiness. If you notice them, you can see that 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 bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a _ door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.
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[{'question': 'Happiness is for _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['those who have large and beautiful houses', 'those who have cars', 'those who have lots of money', 'all people']}, {'question': 'Which is TRUE according to the passage?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['When you get success, your friends will be very proud of you.', 'You can get help from others when you are in trouble.', 'You can still be a happy person even if you have little money.', 'All of the above.']}, {'question': 'We say "Happiness is not the same as money." because _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['money always brings happiness', "money doesn't always bring happiness", 'everything can be bought with money', 'only rich always bring happiness']}]
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Kitesurfing as a water sport began in the 1980s, but didn't get popular until the end of last century. It is also known as kiteboarding, and in some European countries as flysurfing. Kitesurfing works through wind power by using a large kite to pull a rider on the water at high speed.
At first, kitesurfing was a difficult and dangerous sport. Now it is becoming easier and safer because of the safer kite design. For an able and strong person, kitesurfing can be a very fun, extremely exciting sport, just like skating on the water with a feeling of flying. It has become more and more popular.
Compared with other water sports, kitesurfing is easier to learn. A beginner can understand how to operate the kite with 5--10 hours of training. And anybody aged from 13 to 65 can learn. It is not expensive to get the equipment for kitesurfing, which costs $1,000 to 82,500. Training lessons _ from $200 to $500 for two or three hours. With the development of its equipment progress, kitesurfing is becoming even safer. After some training, you can enjoy its excitement and challenging feeling.
With the rising popularity of kitesurfing, most major seaside cities have kitesurfing clubs. In China, Xiamen is the only place that has the kitesurfing club, which provides professional kitesurfing training and equipments.
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[{'question': 'Kitesurfing has a history of about _ years.', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['30', '50', '100', '130']}, {'question': '_ is mentioned in the passage as the power of kitesurfing.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Water', 'Wind', 'The sun', 'The kite']}, {'question': 'The most important reason for the popularity of kitesurfing is that _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['its price is getting lower and lower', 'more and more people are enjoying its excitement', 'its equipment progress makes it easier and safer', 'all people can learn and take part in it']}, {'question': 'The main idea of this passage is about _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['the way of operating kitesurfing', 'the progress of kitesurfing equipment', 'the history of kitesurfing in China', 'the development of kitesurfing']}]
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People usually hate mice, but people almost all over the world like one mouse-- the famous Mickey Mouse.
About eighty years ago, most films had no sounds. A man called Walt Disney made a cartoon mouse. The cartoon mouse could talk in these films. He made his mouse become a good friend of both young people and old people. Children liked to see their lovely friend, because he brought happiness to them.
Mickey is a clean mouse right from the beginning. Maybe this is why people love Mickey Mouse very much. In his early life, Mickey did some wrong things. People were very angry. They wrote to Disney and said they didn't want Mickey to do the wrong things. Because there were some things that Mickey could not do. Disney made a new animal called Donald Duck. He also made a dog, Pluto. This dog does some foolish and wrong things wherever he goes. Now, our Mickey Mouse is more interesting as well. He is known as a star of beauty and wisdom . He has friends in almost every country.
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[{'question': 'Mickey Mouse first come out _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['on TV', 'in the film', 'in the play', 'In a picture book']}, {'question': 'Children love Mickey Mouse because _ .', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['it can speak', 'It is clean', 'it makes them happy', 'it is a mouse']}, {'question': 'The dog, Pluto, is _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['a fool that often does something wrong', 'a clever dog that can do everything well', 'a beautiful dog that people like very much', 'a famous dog as a star of beauty and wisdom']}, {'question': 'Why did Disney make Donald Duck?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Because Mickey Mouse was very lonely', 'Because there were some things that Mickey could not do', 'Because Mickey was able to do everything', "Because people didn't like Mickey Mouse any more."]}]
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Bush takes ice bucket challenge . Bush has joined a growing list of celebrities across the world to take the ice bucket challenge. He did it to help raise money for Lou Gehrig's disease and chose his predecessor Bill Clinton to do it next.
In a video posted on Wednesday on Bush's Facebook page, the former president, wearing a navy blue coat while sitting at a table, said he was challenged by his daughter Jenna Bush Hager to take the challenge.
As he wrote the check, Laura Bush appeared with a white bucket and poured ice water over her husband's head and then said, "That check is for me. I don't want to ruin my hairstyle."
Bush then announced his choice. "Now it's my right to challenge my friend Bill Clinton to the ALS Challenge," he said. "Yesterday was Bill's birthday and my gift to him is a bucket of cold water."
The online campaign challenges people to either dump a bucket of ice water over their heads or donate to support research for Lou Gehrig's disease. When a person accepts the ice bucket challenge, he or she must challenge another person to partake in the raising money effort. Many famous people in different fields around the world took part in the activity, including Bill Gates, Stephen King, Christiano Ronaldo, and Lady Gaga, and so on.
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[{'question': 'A list of celebrities across the world to take the ice bucket challenge is _ according to the passage.', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['reducing', 'cutting', 'stopping', 'growing']}, {'question': "The video about Bush's ice bucket challenge was posted on _ .", 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday']}, {'question': '_ challenge Bush to do so.', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['His mother', 'His wife', 'His daughter', 'His sister']}, {'question': 'Which of the following is RIGHT?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ["Bill Clinton is Bush's friend", "Bill Clinton's birthday was on Wednesday", "Bill Clinton didn't accept it", 'Bill Clinton only had one choice.']}, {'question': 'The best title of the passage is _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Many Famous People', 'A New Game Online', "Bush's Family And Friend", 'Bush Took Ice Bucket Challenge']}]
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Food is a major part of every culture. After all, everyone needs to eat! But each country has its own traditions on what people eat and when.
Egypt
Egyptians commonly start the day with a drink, sometimes going with bread. Breakfast can be eaten any time after this but before the day's main meal. In the past, this main meal was served at around 3:00 p.m. But now people work longer hours and eat when they get home at around 6:00 p.m. Dinner parties are held later, around 9:00 p.m.
Most Egyptian meals include bread or ice, cooked vegetables and beans or meat.
France
France is known for its fine cooking, and its people take food seriously. Most eat three meals a day at fixed times and never snack between meals. Breakfast is a light meal of bread and coffee. They eat lunch at around 1:00 p.m. and a dinner with multiple courses after 8:00 p.m.
The French consider eating a social activity. Eating alone is hard to see, and eating while doing something else is unheard-of. The French take time to enjoy their meals and visitors should do the same.
Brazil
Like the French, Brazilians usually eat a light breakfast. Lunch, the largest meal of the day, usually consists of meat, rice, potatoes, beans and vegetables. Between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., people enjoy a smaller meal with their families.
Brazilians don't mind eating a hurried or light meal and sometimes buy food from street carts . But they always finish eating before walking away.
The United States
American's ancestors came from many countries, so American eating habits differ. Some take time to prepare and eat a hot breakfast. Others take a bagel while rushing out the door or just _ . For lunch, most Americans eat a sandwich or leftovers. Traditionally, families got together for a large evening meal around 6:00, but now busy schedules force many families to eat in turns. American restaurant servings tend to be huge. But you don't have to finish them; taking leftovers home is common.
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[{'question': 'People of Egypt usually start a day with _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['a drink', 'a bagel', 'some meat', 'some vegetables']}, {'question': 'In which country do people consider lunch the largest meal?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Egypt.', 'France.', 'Brazil.', 'The United States.']}, {'question': 'What does the passage mainly talk about?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Life styles.', 'Eating habits.', 'Delicious food.', 'Restaurant culture.']}]
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Picture Show
There are 12,000 pictures on show here. You can see the whole Chinese history!
Place: City Museum
Price: ~30
Time: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday
Films at the Museum
There are two European films on Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theatre. See Broken Window at 2:30. The Workers is at 4:45. For more information, call 84987898.
International Picnic
Are you tired of eating the same food every day? Come to Central Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious and not expensive. Noon to 5:00 p.m.
Do You Want to Hear "The Zoo"?
"The Zoo", a popular rock group from Australia, Will give their first US concert this Saturday night, at 8 at Rose Hall, City College.
The Music Shop's Sale
Sale on every record and tape in the shop, Pop, Rock, Jazz, Disco, Folk. Sale starts on Tuesday and ends on Thursday.
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[{'question': 'According to the ads , what can you do on Saturday afternoon if you have time?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['I can enjoy the delicious food in Central Park.', 'I can see two films and buy some tapes.', 'I can go to the City College to watch animals.', 'I can see a picture show and listen to music.']}, {'question': 'Where can you enjoy a concert after reading the ads above?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['In the Museum Theatre.', 'In the City College.', 'In the City Museum.', 'In the Music Shop.']}, {'question': 'What is "The Zoo" in the ads?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ["It's a zoo with many animals in it.", "It's the first US concert.", 'It gives a concert on Sunday night.', "It's an Australian music group."]}, {'question': 'If Lucy would like to buy some cheap records, she cannot go to the Music Shop on _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Saturday']}, {'question': 'Which of the followings is True according to the ads?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['People can see the whole European history in the City Museum.', 'People can call 84987898 to find more information about food and music.', 'People can eat different kinds of food in Central Park.', 'People can go to the zoo this Saturday night.']}]
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Hi,I am Jennifer.I am 13 years old.I am from Africa.My father is a teacher and my mother works in a hospital.Now they are working in Beijing.They both like their work and work very hard.My father's favorite animal is pandas.but I like dolphins best.
I am studying at a middle school.And I like music and drawing best.I want to be a designer .I like to design my room.I like the color pink,so there are a lot of pink things in my room.
I have three friends in my room.They are Mike.Dora and Peter.They are my toys.I love them.Every night,they sleep on my bed with me.
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[{'question': "What does Jennifer's mother do?", 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['A teacher.', 'A doctor.', 'A farmer.', 'A designer.']}, {'question': "What's Jennifer's favorite color?", 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['Red.', 'Yellow.', 'Pink.', 'White.']}, {'question': 'Which of the following is wrong?', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ["Jennifer's parents are from Beijing.", 'Jennifer likes dolphins best.', 'Jennifer wants to be a designer.', 'Jennifer has three toy friends.']}]
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Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a park bench . The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man, "Excuse me, but I just want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning." "Sir", said the poor man, "I am a failure . I have no money, no family, no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I'll sleep in that hotel." The rich man said, "Tonight your dream will come true. I'll pay for the best room in that hotel for you for a whole month.
A few days later, the rich man went by the poor man's room to ask him how he was enjoying himself. To his surprise, he found that the man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench. When the rich man asked why, the poor man said, "you see, when I am down here sleeping on my bench, I dream I'm up there, in that big hotel. It's a wonderful dream. But when I was up there, I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream, and I couldn't get any sleep at all."
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[{'question': 'The poor man lived in _ before he met the rich man.', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ['the hotel', 'his home', 'the park', 'the car']}, {'question': 'Every morning, the poor man sat on the bench and _ .', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['waited for the rich man', "looked at the rich man's hotel", "looked at the rich man's car", 'enjoyed the clean air']}, {'question': 'Every night the poor man dreamed of _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['sleeping in that hotel', 'becoming rich', 'owning that hotel', "being the rich man's friend"]}, {'question': 'The poor man moved out of the hotel because _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ["he didn't want to live in such a fine room", "he didn't like the rich man", "he couldn't pay for the room", "he couldn't get any sleep at all there"]}]
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Tony, 18. a member of an anti-tobacco group, he says, "Kids feel that everyone around them smokes." Tony wants kids to realize that most people don't smoke. He also wants to tell them that smoking doesn't make one look cool. Two national studies show that teenage smoking is down. Still, there is work to be done.
Smoking is an unhealthy habit. It can cause heart disease, lung cancer and other serious illnesses. Just being around cigarette smoke can make you sick.
In the 1990s, all 50 states went to court to fight tobacco companies. The states won money from the companies. It helps to pay for anti-smoking groups, but the money is not enough.
Each day, about 4,000 kids light up for the first time. "We have to do a better job of stopping kids from smoking," says Husten. Ads that tell ugly facts about smoking help to change minds. Setting smoke-free areas in public places works too. Just this month, a California town _ smoking in all public places, such as schools, shopping malls and libraries. It may be bad news for smokers. Health experts say that they will fight until all Americans get the message.
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[{'question': 'The number of teenage smokers _ , according to the passage.', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['increased slowly', 'dropped', "didn't change", 'increased quickly']}, {'question': 'The states use the money that they won from tobacco companies to _ .', 'answer': 'A', 'options': ['pay for anti-smoking programs', 'sell more cigarettes', 'win more court cases', 'build more schools']}, {'question': 'Which of the following ways to stop smoking is NOT mentioned in the passage?', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['Setting smoke-free areas.', 'Fighting with the tobacco companies.', 'Warning people about the danger of smoking by advertisements.', 'Offering money to help people stop smoking.']}]
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Dear Mr Green,
I am not happy these days. Please help me.
I want to be a member of the class volleyball team. I think I am good at volleyball. But our PE teacher says I can't get into the team. He says I am too fat .
I really want to be a good volleyball player. This is my dream. Can you help me?
Jane
Dear Jane,
I'm sorry to know that you're not happy.
You play volleyball well. But your PE teacher doesn't like fat girls. If you want to be a good volleyball player, you must be slim. Why not go running with Mary every morning? Mary is the best volleyball player in our class. You can be like her if you
Allan Green
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[{'question': 'Why is Jane not happy?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ['Because volleyball is not easy to play.', "Because she can't join the class volleyball team.", 'Because her PE teacher likes her very much.', "Because she doesn't have time for volleyball."]}, {'question': 'Who is Mary?', 'answer': 'B', 'options': ["Allan Green's classmate.", "Jane's classmate.", "Jane's PE teacher.", 'A good basketball player.']}, {'question': 'Allan Green wants Jane to _ .', 'answer': 'D', 'options': ['stop playing volleyball', 'eat much meat', 'talk with her PE teacher', 'go running every day']}, {'question': 'Which of the following is TRUE?', 'answer': 'C', 'options': ["Jane doesn't play volleyball well.", 'Jane is really slim.', "Jane's PE teacher doesn't like fat girls.", 'Jane wants to play for the school team.']}]
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