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Bruce was cutting a branch of a tree in his garden. While he was sawing, another man passed in the street. He stopped and said, "Excuse me, but if you continue to saw that branch like that, you will fall down with it." He said this because Bruce was sitting on the branch and cutting it at a place between himself and the trunk of the tree. Bruce said nothing. He thought, "This is some foolish person who has no work to do and goes about telling other people what to do and what not to do." The man continued on his way. Of course, after a few minutes, the branch fell and Bruce fell with it. "My God!" he cried. "That man knows the future!" and he ran after him to ask how long he was going to live. But the man had gone.
The man passed in the street can tell the future.
[A] True.
[B] False.

[单项选择]根据下面短文回答下列问题。
Bruce was cutting a branch of a tree in his garden. While he was sawing, another man passed in the street. He stopped and said, "Excuse me, but if you continue to saw that branch like that, you will fall down with it." He said this because Bruce was sitting on the branch and cutting it at a place between himself and the trunk of the tree. Bruce said nothing. He thought, "This is some foolish person who has no work to do and goes about telling other people what to do and what not to do." The man continued on his way. Of course, after a few minutes, the branch fell and Bruce fell with it. "My God!" he cried. "That man knows the future!" and he ran after him to ask how long he was going to live. But the man had gone.
From this passage, we know Bruce is a foolish man.
[A] True.
[B] False.

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根据下面短文回答下列问题。
Bruce comes from England, and Dick comes from America. They make friends with each other after they come to live in the same building in Beijing. "I live on the first floor," Bruce says. "I live on the first floor," Dick says. Their friends ask them, "Do you live on the same floor " Bruce answers, "No, Dick lives on the ground floor." Dick answers, "No, Bruce lives on the second floor." Do you know why Because "the ground floor" in England means "the first floor " in America.

Bruce and Dick come to be friends because ______.
A. they live on the same floor
B. they study at the same school
C. they live in the same building

[单项选择]请根据下面短文回答下列问题 In Britain, high school students can run a business! Each business runs for one year. When they start their business, they borrow money from parents and friends. At the end of the year, these people will receive some of the profits. Running a business is not difficult for students. They always receive a lot of advice(建议) from teachers and business people. They always ask themselves four questious; 1. What do people want to buy 2. Where is a good place to sell the product(产品) 3. How is our product better than other products 4. What is the price of the product There are usually about five to seven students in each business. They sell things like books, T-shirts and computer games. Some businesses make $20,000-30,000, but most groups make a small profit about $1,000-3,000. The students can do what they like with the profits. However, some of them think that it is important to use the money in a good way, such as giving the money to charity(慈善机构). Most students enjoy running a business and all the students think that they learn a lot.The students start their business with the money from ______.
A. other students
B. parents and friends
C. teachers and business people

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Miss Jane teaches English in school. Her students are very smart and polite. One day she was having an English class. She asked her students to read after her, and walked slowly, listening to each of the students. Suddenly she saw her own shoes were different. They were not a pair (一双). She quickly went to stand behind the big table and taught her class from there. When class was over, she went out of the classroom quickly.
The next day she came to her class. Everybody was reading English. She was very happy. She went to check every student. To her surprise (令她惊讶的是), everyone was wearing a pair of mismatched (搭配错的) shoes.

Miss Jane went to stand behind the big table when she saw her own shoes, because ______.
A. standing there she can teach well
B. she usually stands there when the students read after her
C. her shoes were not a pair

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根据下面短文回答下列问题。
Pigeons have a natural instinct(天性) to go back home, even if they are very far away and the trip is hard or dangerous. Men use this homing instinct to send messages(传言) on small pieces of paper which are fixed to the pigeons’ backs or legs. In war time, pigeons have been known to fly 75 miles an hour and to run 500 or 600 miles. These homing pigeons begin their training(训练) when they are about four weeks old. After a few weeks they begin flying and carrying messages. If everything goes well, they can work about four years.

Men make use of the pigeons’ instinct ______.
A. to find the way home
B. to learn to fly
C. to send messages