Books…andgetr

hr

ough

chi

l

dr

en’

seyes,

TheSecretGarden

,i

soneoft

he

gr

eatcl

assi

csofst

or

y–t

el

l

i

ng,hugel

ypopul

ar

wi

t

hchi

l

dr

enandadul

t

sal

i

ke.

29.Thebooki

sabout…

A)t

hewaygar

densar

epl

ant

edi

nYor

kshi

r

eand

I

ndi

a.

B)howgar

deni

ngmakesagi

r

lanexpl

or

er

.

C)t

hewor

l

dofchi

l

dr

enseent

hr

ought

heeyesof

adul

t

s.

D)howagi

r

ldi

scover

edandr

est

or

edahi

dden

gar

den.

30.Accor

di

ngt

ot

het

extt

hebookmi

ghtbeof

i

nt

er

estt

o…

A)t

hosewhoenj

oyr

eadi

ngaboutmagi

c.

B)bot

hyoungandadul

tr

eader

s.

C)pr

of

essi

onalgar

dener

s.

D)chi

l

dr

enwhohavel

i

t

t

l

et

odo.

Mi

dval

e pol

i

ce ar

e i

nvest

i

gat

i

ng a r

obber

yat

Mal

one’

s Jewel

l

er

y St

or

y.I

thappened Fr

i

day

ni

ght

.Ther

obber

sst

ol

et

en t

housand dol

l

ar

s

wor

t

hofj

ewel

l

er

yandwat

ches.Theygoti

nt

ot

he

st

or

ebybr

eaki

ngt

hefr

ontwi

ndow.Thest

or

e

hasabur

gl

aral

ar

m,butsomeonecutt

hewi

r

esi

n

abackr

oom bef

or

et

her

obber

y.Sot

heal

ar

m

di

dn’

tr

i

ng.Theonl

ypeopl

ewho go i

nt

o t

hat

r

oom ar

eempl

oyeesoft

hest

or

e.Mr

sSavage,

whocl

eanst

hest

or

eatni

ght

,waswor

ki

ngand

hear

dt

hewi

ndow br

eak.Shesaw amananda

womandr

i

vi

ngawayf

r

om t

hest

or

ei

nanol

d

bl

ackcar

.Shesai

dshedi

dn’

tcal

lt

hepol

i

ce.She

t

houghtt

hepeopl

ewer

ej

ustt

heownerandhi

s

wi

f

e.

31.Thi

eveswer

enot

i

cedby…

A)Mr

sSavage.

B)t

heMal

ones.

C)aMi

dval

epol

i

ceof

f

i

cer

.

D)t

heJewel

l

er

ySt

or

eguar

d.

32.Whati

st

het

extabout

?

A)Mr

sMal

one

B)Cl

eani

ng

C)Di

amonds

D)At

hef

t

Bor

n i

n Li

ncol

n,Li

ncol

nshi

r

e,on Nov.

2 1815,

Geor

geBool

ewast

hesonofat

r

adesmanand

wasl

ar

gel

ysel

f–t

aught

.Hebegant

eachi

ngat

t

heof16t

osuppor

thi

sfami

l

y.I

nhi

sspar

et

i

me

her

eadmat

hemat

i

calj

our

nal

sandsoonbegan

t

owr

i

t

ear

t

i

cl

esf

ort

hem.Byt

heageof29,Bool

e

hadr

ecei

vedagol

dmedalf

orhi

swor

kf

r

om t

he

Br

i

t

i

shRoyalSoci

et

y.Hi

s“Mat

hemat

i

calAnal

ysi

s

ofLogi

c”publ

i

shedi

n1847,cont

ai

nedhi

sfi

r

st

st

at

ementoft

hepr

i

nci

pl

esofsymbol

i

cl

ogi

c.

Twoyear

sl

at

erhewasappoi

nt

edpr

ofessorof

mat

hemat

i

csat

Queen’

sCol

l

egei

nI

r

el

and,event

houghhehad

never st

udi

ed at a uni

ver

si

t

y. He di

ed i

n

Bal

l

i

nt

empl

e,I

r

el

and,onDec.81864.

33.Whydi

dGeor

geBool

est

ar

tt

ot

eachatt

he

ageof16?

A)Tohaveaccesst

omat

hemat

i

calj

our

nal

s.

Var

i

ant2020

I

ngl

i

zt

i

l

i

TI

P-

04

28

B)Tor

ecei

veagol

dmedalforhi

swor

k.

C)Tohel

phi

sf

ami

l

yfi

nanci

al

l

y.

D)Tohavepr

act

i

cei

nt

eachi

ng.

34.Thet

extt

el

l

sust

hatGeor

geBool

e…

A)wasneverauni

ver

si

t

yst

udent

.

B)neverwr

ot

ear

t

i

cl

esforj

our

nal

s.

C)becameapr

ofessorbyt

heageof29.

D)beganhi

scar

eerasat

r

adesman.

“YourRedMaj

est

yshoul

dn’

tpur

rsol

oud,

”Al

i

ce

sai

d,r

ubbi

nghereyesandaddr

essi

ngt

heki

t

t

en

r

espect

f

ul

l

y.“

Youwokemeoutofoh!

”Sucha

ni

cedr

eam!Andyou’

vebeenal

ongwi

t

hme,Ki

t

t

y

– al

lt

hr

ought

hel

ooki

nggl

asswor

l

d.Di

dyou

know i

t

,dear

?I

t

’

saver

yi

nconveni

enthabi

tof

ki

t

t

ens(

Al

i

cehadoncemadet

her

emar

k)t

hat

,

what

everyousayt

ot

hem,t

heyal

wayspur

r

.“I

f

t

heywoul

donl

ypur

rf

or“yes”andnewfor“

no”or

anyr

ul

eoft

hatsor

t

,“

shehadsai

d”,sot

hatone

coul

dkeepupaconver

sat

i

on!Buthow canyou

t

al

kwi

t

haper

soni

ft

heyal

wayssayt

hesame

t

hi

ng?”Ont

hi

soccasi

ont

heki

t

t

enonl

ypur

r

ed:

andi

twasi

mpossi

bl

et

oguesswhet

heri

tmeant

“

yes”or“

no”.

35.WhatwasAl

i

cedoi

ngbefor

eshespoket

ot

he

ki

t

t

en?

A)washi

ngherf

ace B)l

ooki

ngi

nt

hemi

r

r

or

C)r

eadi

ng

D)sl

eepi

ng

36.Whydi

dAl

i

cef

i

ndi

tdi

f

fi

cul

tt

ohavea

di

al

oguewi

t

hki

t

t

ens?

A)Theyhavesomebadhabi

t

s.

B)Theyal

waysmaket

hesamesound.

C)Theywakeyouupf

r

om adr

eam.

D)Theykeepsi

l

ental

lt

het

i

me.

I

mpr

ovi

ngmemor

y.

Memor

yexper

t

sbel

i

evet

hatpeopl

ecani

ncr

ease

t

hei

rabi

l

i

t

y t

o r

emember

.One oft

he most

i

mpor

t

antmeansofi

mpr

ovi

ngmemor

yi

st

heuse

of ment

al ai

ds cal

l

ed mnemoni

c devi

ces.

Mnemoni

cdevi

cesi

ncl

uder

hymes,cl

ues,ment

al

pi

ct

ur

es,andot

hermet

hods.Oneoft

hesi

mpl

est

waysi

st

oputt

hei

nfor

mat

i

oni

nt

oar

hyme.Many

peopl

er

emembert

henumberofdaysi

neach

mont

hbyusi

ngaver

set

hatbegi

ns,“Thi

r

t

ydays

has Sept

ember

…”.Anot

her met

hod pr

ovi

des

cl

uesbymeansofanacr

onym,awor

df

or

med

fr

om t

hef

i

r

stl

et

t

er

soft

hewor

ds.Forexampl

e,

t

he acr

onym homes coul

d hel

p a per

son

r

emembert

henamesoft

heGr

eatLakes–Hur

on,

Ont

ar

i

o,Mi

chi

gan,Er

i

e,andSuper

i

or

.Agoodway

t

oensur

er

emember

i

ngapi

eceofi

nfor

mat

i

oni

s

t

o st

udyi

tl

ong af

t

eryou t

hi

nk you know i

t

per

f

ect

l

y. Thi

s mor

e t

hor

oughl

y you l

ear

n

somet

hi

ng,t

hemor

el

ast

i

ngt

hememor

ywi

l

lbe.

37.Accor

di

ngt

ot

het

extamnemoni

cdevi

cei

s…

A)t

hef

i

r

stl

et

t

er

sofsomepl

acenames.

B)amet

hodofl

ear

ni

ngfor

ei

gnl

anguages.

C)t

hebestwayt

or

ememberr

hymes.

D)at

oolwhi

chhel

psyout

or

emembert

hi

ngs.

38.I

fyou wantt

o be sur

e t

hatyou r

eal

l

y

r

emembersomei

nf

or

mat

i

on,you…

A) must deci

de whi

ch fact

s ar

e wor

t

h

r

emember

i

ng.