I have an American friend, Cathy. Now she is in Hangzhou, China with her parents. She speaks English very well, but she needs help in Chinese. She is now trying to learn and speak it. She often tries to speak Chinese with us, but she still can’t speak it well, so we don’t understand her sometimes.

It’s Saturday afternoon. Cathy wants to see pandas and monkeys in the zoo, but she doesn’t know how to get there. She stops a man and a woman and asks them the way. They don’t know what she says. Cathy looks worried. Then she meets a school boy, but the boy can’t understand her, either. Then she takes out a pen and some paper from her bag and draws a panda on the paper. She shows the picture to the boy. The boy looks at it, smiles and then tells her the way to the zoo.

46. The writer sometimes can’t understand Cathy because _______.

   A. she comes from America             B. she doesn’t stay in China for long

   C. she can speak English very well       D. she doesn’t learn Chinese well enough

47. Why does Cathy want to go to the zoo on Saturday afternoon?

   A. She has no classes on Saturday        B. She is going to see a Chinese boy

   C. She wants to see some animals        D. She wants to get something new

48. The Chinese meaning of the underlined word “understand” is ________.

   A. 认识      B. 遇见       C. 理解        D. 解释

49. Cathy draws a picture on the paper in order to（为了）________.

   A. tell the boy where she wants to go

   B. ask the boy how to say “panda” in China

   C. tell the boy something about the dear animal

   D. teach the boy how to draw a picture with a pen

50. Who tells Cathy the way to the zoo at last?

   A. No one     B. The boy     C. The woman   D. The man

Mrs. Smith often felt lonely when her husband went to work．The room was small and she always spent only half an hour tidying it．She couldn’t get up early in the morning, so Mr. Smith had to cook breakfast himself．She usually had some bread and milk for lunch and only cooked supper for herself and her husband．They had no television．Mr. Smith always went to bed at nine．

It was a winter morning．The sun was shining and it was warmer outside than it in the room．The woman sat on the step of a shop, looking at the busy traffic．At that moment a man with a map in his hand was coming towards her．

"Excuse me, madam," said the man．"Could you tell me how to get to the nearest hospital, please?"

Mrs. Smith looked at him up and down．"He seems a farmer," the woman said to herself．"Let me laugh at him．"

Then she turned to him said．"Lie down in the middle of the street and you'll soon be sent to a hospital．"

"Please set an example (示范) to me, then," said the man．

She had to tell the way to him and then she said, "I think you've been in a city for the first time．It's much more beautiful than the field．Is that right?"

"Yes, madam," said the farmer with a smile．"But I think it is built on the field!"

1．Mrs. Smith was very lazy，so                    ．

A．she felt lonely

B．she didn't cook breakfast

C．she spent half an hour in tidying the room

D．she wouldn't stay in the small room

2．Mr. Smith always went to bed at nine because                   ．

A．he was in poor health

B．he was very tired in the day-time

C．he had to cook breakfast the next day

D．he had nothing to do in the evening

3．Mrs. Smith sat on the step to             ．

A．look at the traffic                          B．wait for her husband

C．bask (晒太阳) in the sun-light                  D．buy some cheap things in the shop

4．The woman thought          , so she was going to laugh at him．

A．the man was poor                         B．the man was a traveller

C．the man came from a village                  D．the man would ask her the way

5．Which of the following is true?

A．Mrs. Smith laughed at the farmer．

B．Mrs. Smith got the farmer into trouble．

C．The farmer cleverly answered the woman．

D．The farmer didn't know how to answer the woman．