Middle school math talent

Choose the best answer:

1. The SAT is a test _____.

A. for US high school students

B. for foreign students in the US

C. for junior students in the US

D. for US students studying in China

2.What do we know about Colin Xie?

A. He doesn’t like to talk with his parents.

B. He studies math at least five hours a day.

C. He can do the Rubik’s Cube in a very short time.

D. He doesn’t have any other hobbies besides math.

3. What is Colin Xie’s dream?

A. To be a math professor.

B. To learn more subjects well.

C. To work at Harvard University.

D. To get a perfect score on the SAT.

Saving face in another place

用下面词语的正确形式填空，其中有两个是多余选项。

I got up late this morning. My parents were busy, so I had to 1 to school. I 2 my best to hurry, but I was still late. My teacher was 3 with me. I felt (感觉) bad.

The first class was math. I am not good at it, but I know it is a(n) 4 subject. So for every math class, I listen to the teacher carefully. After class, I wanted to do some exercises to test myself. There was a very hard one. I couldn’t work it out. Seeing this, my deskmate wanted to 5 me, but I would like to do it on my 6 . I told myself: “ 7 give up and you will succeed (成功)!”