Recently, a woman called “auntie Xie” in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, has become popular on the Internet because she used fluent (流利的) English to communicate with foreign customers.

Auntie Xie is selling fruit at the Chengdu Giant Panda Base. There cute pandas have attracted lots of tourists from all over the world, driving the vendor (小贩) business. Auntie Xie felt that this was a good chance: if I could talk with foreign tourists, my fruit would probably sell out quickly. So she began to learn English and tried to communicate with foreign tourists in English!

Later, she found that it really worked. Because she was able to communicate with foreign tourists well, her apples were basically sold in a minute or two, and even foreign tourists praised her for speaking English so well.

Most of us tend to only see the images of auntie Xie communicating with foreign tourists fluently, but we hardly think about how much effort she has put into making her fluent English so that foreign tourists can understand it faster. Many people in their forties and fifties have a memory that is not as good as when they were young. So it often takes a long time to read a word or sentence well. What’s more, their patience is not as good as before, and they can’t calm down to learn at all because of the trivial (琐碎的) matters of family and the rush of life. But all of those didn’t stop Auntie Xie. She never gives up practicing English and using it in her life.

1.What can we know about auntie Xie from Paragraph 2?

A Her age.

B Her dream.

C Her work.

D Her education background.

解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据第二段第一句的“Auntie Xie is selling fruit at the Chengdu Giant Panda Base.”可知，这位阿姨的工作是在熊猫基地附近卖水果。故选C。

2.What does the underlined word “it’’ refer to?

A Learning English.

B Selling fruit.

C Introducing pandas.

D Asking foreigners for help.

解析：选A。A词意指代题。根据前面的“So she began to learn English and tried to communicate with foreign tourists in English!”可知，熊猫可爱的外表吸引了无数来自世界各地的游客前来成都大熊猫基地观看，这带动了周围的小贩生意，谢阿姨就是其中之一，她敏锐地感觉到这是一个商机：如果你能和外国游客交流，你的水果肯定能卖得很快，于是她开始自学英语，并主动尝试用英语与外国游客交流，事实证明学英语是有效果的。故选A。

3.The writer thinks learning English is _________ for some middle-aged people.

A easy

B difficult

C interesting

D boring

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第四段中的第二三四句可知，四五十岁的人记忆力不如从前，往往需要很长时间才能熟练地阅读一个单词或句子，耐心也不如从前，因为家庭的琐碎和生活的匆匆忙忙，根本无法静下心来学习。因此，作者认为重新学英语对大多数中年人来说很困难。故选B。

4.What kind of person is auntie Xie?

A Silent.

B Hard-working.

C Humorous.

D Helpful.

解析：选B。B推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“But all of those didn’t stop Auntie Xie. She never gives up practicing English and using it in her life.”可知，普通人认为难做的事，她做到了，她做得很好，但她也付出了很多努力，做了很多练习和实践，因此她是勤奋的。故选B。

5.Where can we read the passage?

A In a newspaper.

B In a cookbook.

C In a comic book.

D In a notebook.

解析：选A。A推理判断题。根据全文内容可知，本文介绍了一名成都阿姨用流利英语卖水果，全程沟通无障碍连外国友人都忍不住夸奖她，属于新闻报道，我们可以在报纸上读到本文。故选A。