Ownership dispute (P2)

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1. The South China Sea is best known for its ______ in recent years.

A. shallow water filled with magnetic rocks and stone

B. many uninhabited island

C. rich sea produce and oil resource

D. territorial disputes between Asian countrie

2. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. The islands in the South China Sea have been found on maps since the Ming Dynasty.

B. Yiwu Zhi is a book written in the East Han Dynasty.

C. There have been continual disputes over the South China Sea between China and its neighbors since World War II.

D. Trying to increase their territories before May 13th is the only reason for the recent illegal acts of neighboring countries.

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A. Land should belong to the country that discovered it first.

B. There are no people living on most of the islands in the South China Sea.

C. It is the first time the Chinese government has stated that neighbor countries have acted illegally.

D. The islands are still part of China.

Confucius to enter UK classrooms (P5)

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4. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Jim Knight is a headmaster of a Britain comprehensive school.

B. Confucian thought has been adopted to solve education problems in Britain.

C. Doctrine of Mean is an idea about respect for the importance of education.

D. Harmony can be achieved through practicing strict rules of behavior.

5. Which saying indicates the idea that alongside knowledge you should have time to think?

A. When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers.

B. To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.

C. What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

D. Isn’t it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn’t it a delight to have friends coming from afar?

6. What contribution did Confucius make to education?

A. Ordinary people could get education.

B. Doctrine of Mean.

C. Forming a set of strict rules of behavior

D. Providing traditional Chinese values.

7. What can we conclude from the passage?

A. The Chinese education system is better than the British system.

B. British people have accepted Confucian thought.

C. Confucius was more a philosopher than an educator.

D.Confucian thought may enter English classrooms in the near future.

Salt makes us happy (P6)

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8. What does the underlined word “deficient” in the third paragraph mean?

A. enough B. far from enough C. more than enough D. plenty

9. The major role of salt is to ______.

A. help the body work well

B. help fight against depression

C. help people get rid of an addiction to drug

D. help people enjoy sugary substance

10. Which of the following statements is true?

A. People have trouble reducing salt because they don’t know it is harmful to eat too much of it.

B. Before 10,000 BC, human beings did not need salt.

C. The richer the country is, the more salt is eaten there.

D. Taking more than 4 grams of salt a day can be harmful for an adult’s health.

11. What kind of food should people eat more of?

A. Frozen food. B. Fast food.

C. Red meat. D. Low-salt food.

Profiting from kindness (P8)

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12. We always wanted the buses in Interstate to stop off to ______.

A. make more money

B. hitchhike back home

C. get to know its general manager

D. help the passenger

13. Which of the following statements is true?

A. The speaker runs a service station.

B. It was raining the night he helped the family.

C. The man came to ask for help because his car had broken down on the road.

D. The family was on the way to hospital to give birth to a baby.

14. What is the correct order of the incidents?

a. The petrol in the young man’s car was used up.

b. I turned the heater on in the roadhouse.

c. The two children stopped crying.

d. I prepared hot chocolate for the man and his pregnant wife.

e. I filled a can of petrol.

f. The man paid me $15.

A. a-e-b-c-d-f B. a-e-c-b-d-f C. a-b-e-c-d-f D. a-e-b-c-f-d

15. What point did the writer want to make in this story?

A. It can be difficult persuading big companies to do business with you.

B. Helping the top heads of big companies can gain you the opportunity to do business with them.

C. Chances always come unexpectedly.

D. Helping people is not only good for the ones who are helped, but can bring goodness to the ones who help.

Key:1-3 DBA

4-7 BBAD

8-11 BADD

12-15 ABAD