What’s popular? (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. According to the study in 1992, ____.
A. romance novels were the preferred genre for female adolescents
B. science fiction had been gaining popularity among teen girls
C. the books of sports were favored by both teen girls and boys
D. teens were doing less and less reading nowadays

2. Which of the following shows the correct match between the book names and their descriptions?
1) The Book Thief              a. the love story between a                                    normal person and a vampire
2) Twilight             b. about something that
happened in World War II
3) Gossip Girl        c. a girl becoming a TV star
4) The Hunger Games     d. about lives of upper-class                             teenagers
e. science fiction
A. eadc      B. bade C. cbad          D. badc

3. From the last two paragraphs, we can see that ____.
A. teens prefer to have different ways of life
B. teens prefer to read something about their daily life
C. teens are not satisfied with their present life—lacking drama
D. teens’ opinions are divided on popular teen reads like Gossip Girl

4. We can conclude that the writer _____ the Twilight and Gossip Girl books.
A. thinks highly of             
B. tries to be objective about
C. shows a negative opinion of     
D. is disappointed with

On the road with friends (P4)
Choose the best answer:
1. _____ surprised the author most when he was in Montreal according to the passage.
A. Its cold weather and well-dressed citizens
B. Its delicious snack and beautiful streets
C. Its generosity and kindness of the citizens
D. Its beautiful streets and well-dressed citizens

2. How do you understand the sentence “Both men and women look like they stepped out of the pages of a magazine” in Paragraph 4?
A. The men and women are really the fashion models of a magazine.
B. The portraits of the men and women are printed in the magazine.
C. They are so well dressed that they look like models in a magazine.
D. The men and women like to copy characters in magazines.

3. Which of the following can’t we conclude from Paragraph 4?
A. The author and his friends couldn’t wait to explore the city.
B. The author wasn’t used to the weather of Montreal.
C. The citizens from Montreal care much about what they wear.
D. Montreal often holds fashion shows.

4. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The author often went to China for a visit.
B. The people they met in the diner were kind and helpful.
C. All the people in the diner were locals.
D. The author went to Montreal on business.

5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The author listened to Canadian radio programs and chose their first stop as advised.
B. The author took a trip to Montreal — the third largest city in Canada.
C. Montreal broke the record for the most snowfall in the world last year.
D. Montreal is a city which is both traditional and modern.

Google is watching (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. What is Google Flu Trends?
A. A tool to identify flu symptoms.
B. An organization for disease control.
C. A network of 1, 500 doctors.
D. A system to estimate flu activity levels.

2. What led to the development of Google Flu Trends?
A. The fact that a lot of people use online information every day.
B. The idea that a flu outbreak is likely where flu-related search terms are popular.
C. The need to have a faster system than traditional ones currently in use by the government.
D. The patients’ complaining of flu-like symptoms.

3. The most important reason for Google Flu Trends’ accurate and reliable estimates is that _____.
A. it bases its estimates on Google flu-related search data
B. it benefits a lot from the official data
C. it has lots of excellent doctors
D. it can identify the flu symptoms

4. Which is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The government's data mentioned in the passage came from a network of 1,500 doctors across the US.
B. Google Flu Trends’ reports can be one or two weeks ahead of those by the government.
C. Google Flu Trends’ estimates prove quite accurate and reliable.
D. Anyone around the world can enjoy the service of Google Flu Trends.

In brief (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. The word "it" in Paragraph 2 in the first brief refers to ____.
A. the center               B. kangaroo
C. the Australian marsupial                                        
D. kangaroo’s genetic code

2.  Australian researchers recently discovered that _____.
A. kangaroos’ genes can be used for human in treating disease
B. kangaroos are more or less the same as humans genetically
C. kangaroos’ genetic code is in exactly the same order as that of humans
D. kangaroos used to live in China and migrated to other places through Africa

3. Which of the following is TRUE about Windows 7?
A. Windows 7 can automatically fix broken files and track recently used ones.
B. Windows 7 doesn’t need as much memory as previous Microsoft systems.
C. Windows 7 is developed to replace Windows XP.
D. Windows 7 just hit the stores in America.