Ferns are plants without flowers. Most ferns live in mild climates, but some ferns can grow in cold places.

In the story the word mild means ____________

A. warm B. happy C. noisy D. sour

46. Sherlock Holmes is a great detective, but he lives only in books. The tales about him have been written in 57 languages.

In the story the word tales means ________

A. news B. names C. stories D. pens

47. In Europe most people eat with the fork held in the left hand. Most Americans hold it in their right hand. Why is it different? In the pioneer days, there was not always enough food to eat. So people eat fast. They could eat even faster by holding the fork in their right hand.

From this story yocan tell____.

A. pioneers like to eat slowly

B. everyone holds the fork in his or her left hand

C. Americans and Europeans eat differently

D. the fork is not easy to use

48. The two children lay on their backs in the grass. They were looking up at the sky. “I see a whale See him spout!” said one. “That doesn’t look like a whale,” said the other. “It looks like an elephant.” Neither could agree on the shapes they saw.

From this story yocan tell____.

A. the children were watching cartoons outside.

B. an elephant was riding a whale.

C. the children were seeing shapes in the clouds.

D. the children were making grass animals.

49. Have yoever seen something turn a thumb up? Today a thumbs-up means good luck. The early Egyptians used a thumbs-up to mean hope. They also used it to mean winning .To them a

thumbs-down meant losing or bad luck.

From this story yocan tell___________.

A. a thumbs-up means bad luck B. a thumbs-down means winning

C. a thumbs-up means good things D. nobody uses a thumbs-down

50. Penguins are birds. But they can’t fly. They use their wings in other ways. They use them for swimming. Their wings are like flippers. In the summer

they stay cool by holding their wings away from their bodies. They wings are put to good use even if they cannot fly.

The story mainly tells us____________.

A. where penguins live B. how penguins use their wings

C. how penguins stay cool D. why penguins cannot fly

51.The Eiffel Tower is a very big tower. It is found in Pairs, France. A man named Eiffel designed it for a fair. It is made of steel. It is more than 980 feet high. It weighs more than 7000 tons. There are 1652 steps to the top of the tower.

The story mainly tells us____________.

A. how big the tower is B. where the tower is

C. how the tower is used D. who designed the tower

52. A junk is a kind of boat. Junks sail on the seas of China and Southeast Asia. The sails of a junk have four sides. They are stretched over pieces of wood. Junks are used for fishing. Hong Kong is a very crowded city, so many people even live on their junks. A junk is sometimes a home for more than one family.

The story mainly tells us____________.

A. what junks are made of

B. about a boat named junk

C. where most people in Hong Kong live

D. how junks are built

53. One day, Ann heard her friend Tom talking. Tom was telling everybody how smart his dog was. Tom said his dog could do tricks and could even ride a bicycle. Ann knew that Tom’s dog was just like any other dog. Ann just smiled as Tom went on talking.