Question

　　Mary is an American schoolgirl. She is now in Beijing with her parents. Mary doesn't know Chinese. But she is trying to learn and speak it. She often tries to speak Chinese to her Chinese friends. Sometimes they don't understand (理解，明白) because she can't speak Chinese very well. It's Sunday morning. She goes out. She is walking in the street. She is going to the zoo to see the elephants and monkeys, but she doesn't know how to get there (怎样到达那里). She stops a Chinese schoolboy and asks him the way. The boy can't understand her. She looks worried. Then she finds a way to express what she wants to say. She takes out a pen and some paper. She draws an elephant on it and shows the picture to the boy. The boy has a careful look at the picture, reads it and smiles and then he shows Mary the way to the zoo.

(1) This article mainly tells us a story of ________.

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A．the picture to the boy

B．the way to the zoo

C．how to learn Chinese in China

D．an American girl Mary in Beijing

(2) The underlined words “understand her” in the text means ________ in Chinese.

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A．理解她当时的心情

B．认识她

C．明白她说的话

D．帮助她

(3) The underlined words “express” in the text can be replaced by “________”.

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A．guess

B．keep

C．write

D．show

(4) Why does Mary stop a schoolboy in the street?

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A．Because she wants the boy to see her picture.

B．Because she wants to have a talk with a Chinese boy.

C．Because the schoolboy is on his way to the zoo.

D．Because she wants to know the way to the zoo from him.

(5) She draws an elephant and shows it to the boy, because ________.

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A．she is good at drawing

B．she wants the boy to know where she wants to go

C．she doesn't know how to say “elephant” in Chinese

D．she wants to help the boy say “elephant” in English

Answer 1

答案：D;C;D;D;B
解析：

(1) 从短文第一、二句可知：短文讲的是美国女孩Mary在北京的故事。 (2) 从短文倒数第四、五、六句可知：那个男孩应该是不明白她的意思，因此她看上去很焦急，然后她想出了一个办法来说明她的意思。 (3) 从短文倒数第二、三句可知：女孩是想画一幅画来表达她要说的意思，因此express的意思是“表达”。 (4) 从短文第十、十一句可知：她向中国男孩问路。 (5) 从短文倒数第一、二句可知：她不会说汉语，因此，她画了一头大象让那个男孩明白她想去动物园。