50. From the story we can see that the farmer ____________.

　 A. has only one bowl　　　　　　　　 B. was very poor

　 C. didn’t like cats　　　　　　　　　 D. was cleverer

D

　 The students were having their chemistry class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, “What’s water?” No one spoke for a few minutes. Miss Li asked again, “Why don’t you answer my question? Didn’t I tell you what water is like?”

　 Just then a boy put up his hand and said, “Miss Li, you told us that water has no color and no smell. But where to find such kind of water? The water behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell.” Most of the children agreed with him.

　 “I’m sorry, children,” said the teacher, “our water is getting dirtier and dirtier. That’s a problem.”

49. The farmer kept the bowl so that he could ___________.

　 A. let another cat use it　　　　　　　 B. sell more cats

　 C. sell more bowls　　　　 　　　　　D. use the bowl himself

48. After he bought the cat, the man asked for the bowl, because he thought ___________.

　 A. the bowl should go with the cat　　　 B. the bowl had a beautiful color

C.　 the farmer didn’t know the value of the bowl

　D. the cat could not live without the bowl

47.Why did the man want to buy the cat? Because ________________.

A. it is very lovely　　　 B. the cat cost more money than the bowl

C.　 he thought he could easily get the bowl if he bought the cat　

D. he hadn’t enough money to buy both the cat and the bowl

46.The man liked ____________.

　 A. keeping old things　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. traveling from village to village

　 C. meeting farmers　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. buying cats

45.The Americans spend ________ if they move around in cars.

　 A. much money　　　 B. not much money　 C. nothing　　　 D. much time

C

A man was looking for things of old times. One day he came to a village and found a blue bowl which looked very old. The bowl was on the ground and a cat was drinking milk from it. A farmer, the owner of the cat, was lying beside the bowl. In order not to draw the farmer’s attention to the value of the bowl, the man said to him in a soft voice, “What a nice cat you have! Won’t you sell it to me?”

“How much would you give me for it?” the farmer opened his eyes and asked.

“Twenty dollars. Would it be enough?”

A few minutes later, the farmer agreed. After he paid the farmer, the man said, “ My cat will certainly feel thirsty. May I take the bowl so that the cat can have milk?”

But the farmer said, “I’m sorry I can’t give it to you. Thanks to the bowl, I have already sold twenty cats.”

44.Cars in America become part of their __________.

　 A. art　　　　　　　 B. culture　　　　　 C. nation　　 　　D. country

43.America is ___________.

　 A. a nation with many cars　　　　　　　　 B. a nation drives cars

　 C. a nation without wheels　　　　　　　　 D. a nation with wheels

42.Henry Ford was the first to _________.

　 A. make a car　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. make cars in large numbers

　 C. find a car　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. drive a car

41.One won’t think he is _______if he has a car in America.

A.　　 important　　　　 B. rich　　　　　　 C. poor　　　　　 D. old