27. What does “not everyone    hailed    this decision” mean in the reading?
(A) Not everyone cared about the decision.
(B) Not everyone welcomed the decision.
(C) Not everyone heard about the decision.
(D) Not everyone remembered the decision.

23. What does    do that    mean in the reading? (A) Put his family in his paintings. (B) Paint to remember the good old days. (C) Use a lot of fun colors in his art works. (D) Put his earlier art work in a new painting.

24. What is NOT used in the reading to refer to Henri Matisse? (A) The artist. (B) The painter. (C) The poor kid. (D) A worried father.

25. What idea is talked about in the reading? (A) How Teachers’ Day is celebrated now. (B) Why Teachers’ Day was celebrated at first. (C) Why Confucius was seen as a great teacher. (D) How teachers today feel about Teachers’ Day.

26. Which is true about Teachers’ Day from the reading? (A) It used to be celebrated on different dates. (B) It was started by students for their teachers. (C) It has been celebrated in Nanjing for over 2,500 years. (D) Teachers decided to celebrate it on Confucius’s birthday.

28. What does the writer try to do with this reading? (A) To talk about a problem that no one notices. (B) To share a fun experience that was not common. (C) To tell a piece of history that few people know about. (D) To give an example of an idea that is hard to understand. 

29. Why does National Formosa Railway write this letter? (A) There is a train ticket sale. (B) A train line will be closed in July. (C) It will open a new train line in August. (D) Some of its trains will run on different lines.

30. What is true about NFR’s trains between August 14 and 28 2016? (A) No trains will stop at Spring Town. (B) Trains that change lines will all stop at Cloud City. (C) People can take the free buses to any station on the Sand Town - Spring Town line. (D) People can go to Hill Town on any train that runs between Green City and Cloud City.

31. James lives in Smoke Town. He wants to go to Black Town on August 19. How can he get there? (A) Take Train RL202 to Green City, get off there, and take the free bus. (B) Take Train RL103 to Green City, get off there, and take the free bus. (C) Take Train RL102 to Spring Town, get off there, and take Train RL201. (D) Take Train RL101 to Cloud City, get off there, and take the free bus. 

32. Below are the ideas that are talked about in the reading. a. The problems Darayya has. b. How Darayya’s library was started. c. What makes Darayya’s library special. d. How Darayya’s library helps people there. In what order does the writer put his ideas in the reading? (A) c   b   a   d. (B) b   a   d   c. (C) a   c   b   d. (D) c   a   b   d.

33. Why do people in Darayya go to the library even during the war? (A) They can get free food. (B) They find joy and hope in reading. (C) They want to learn how to win the war. (D) Their school teachers give lessons there.