Ques: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Do you like traditional Chinese paper-cutting? Ding Xiang, a student at Nongsishi Middle School in Xinjiang, is really good at it. At the eighth National Excellent Talents Competition last month in Beijing, the 15-year-old girl got the gold award  for her paper-cutting skills. At the competition, Ding cut a piece: Millennium Dream . The piece has two papers. One shows an ancient cave painting  and the other a Chinese-made spaceship. The two papers form a sharp contrast . Ding said she wanted to show three things with the piece: China's long history, China's rapid development, and her hope for the future of paper-cutting. This piece helped Ding walk away with the gold award. "I was very surprised to get the award." Ding said in an interview with Yili Daily, a Xingjiang newspaper. "I should thank paper-cutting for bringing me the award." All the hard work has paid off. In two years, Ding's skills have improved a lot, and she has the gold award to prove  _ . Ding said she has learned a lot from paper-cutting. "I have learned to observe things carefully," Ding told Yili Daily. "I have become more confident, too. It is a great help in my studies. Also, I have learned a lot of history from the art." Question: Which one is not true according to the passage? - Ding does well in paper-cutting. - Ding is talented in paper-cutting. - Ding is tired of paper-cutting - Ding works hard at paper-cutting.
Ans: Ding is tired of paper-cutting

Ques: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: For many years, we couldn't talk with the deaf. These deaf people couldn't use a spoken language. But beginning in the 1700s, the deaf were taught a special language. Using this language, they could share thoughts and ideas with others. The language they used was a language without sound. It was a sign language. How did this sign language work? The deaf learnt to make certain movements with their hands, faces and bodies. These movements stood for things and ideas. People might move their forefingers across their lips. This meant "you are not telling the truth". They might tap their chin with three fingers. This meant "my uncle". The deaf learned to see a finger alphabet. They used their fingers to make the letters of the alphabet. In this way, they spelled out words. Some deaf people could spell out words at a speed of 130 words per minute. The deaf don't use the sign language and finger spelling as much as they once were. Today, the deaf learn to understand others by watching their lips. They also learn how to speak. Question: How long has the sign language been taught? - For 1700 years. - For 700 years. - Since about 300 years ago. - Since about 200 years ago.
Ans: Since about 300 years ago.

Ques: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: One Saturday, Bob decides to take a drive through the countryside. After a few hours, he sees a dog walking behind a man on the side of the road. As the car comes near them, the dog jumps into the road. Of course, the car hits the poor animal and kills it. Bob stops his car and walks up to the man. "I'm very sorry," he says. "Is there anything I can do? Will $10 help?" "Oh, but...," says the man. "I should tell you..." "Stop! You're right. Maybe $10 isn't enough! That dog was your best friend!" Bob then takes $30 out of his pocket and gives it to the man. Then he thanks the man and drives away. After Bob leaves, the man looks down at the dog and says: "I wonder whose dog that is." Question: How does Bob go through the countryside? - Takes a bus. - Drives a car. - Drives a bus - On foot
Ans: Drives a car.

Ques: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Once there was a piano player in a bar  . People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song. "I don't sing," said the man. But the lady told the waiter, "I'm tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!" The waiter shouted across the room, "Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!" So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully! He had talent  he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole. You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just your talent. Question: From the story we know if you have some talent, you should    _   . - hide it and wait - ask others for help - pay no attention to it - work hard to improve yourself
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