XI. Reading comprehension. 阅读理解。
Mrs Green is going to give a birthday party for Mary (Mary is her daughter). Mary is going to be thirteen years old. Twenty friends of Mary's are going to come to the party. They are all girls. Mrs Green is getting ready for the party. Mrs White is helping her.
"Let's make a pretty cake," says Mrs White.
"OK. Thank you very much."
Mrs Green is going shopping now. She's going to buy fruit for the party.
Mrs Green buys some fruit. She buys a lot of pears, oranges and bananas. Then she goes home.
It's three o'clock in the afternoon. Everything is ready. Now the first girl is arriving. The party is going to start in thirty minutes.
Choose the right answer according to the passage.
根据短文内容选择正确答案。
() 1. ______ is going to give a birthday party for Mary.
A. Mrs White
B. Mrs Green
C. Mary's friend
() 2. Mary is going to be ______ years old.
A. twenty
B. twelve
C. thirteen
() 3. ______ are going to come to the party.
A. Thirty boys
B. Twenty girls
C. Mrs Green and Mrs White
() 4. Mrs Green buys ______ for the party.
A. some fruit
B. some bananas and apples
C. a cake
() 5. The party is going to begin at ______ in the afternoon.
A. two thirty
B. three
C. three thirty

1. B
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. C

1. 根据题目中“Mrs Green is going to give a birthday party for Mary”可知是Mrs Green为Mary举办生日派对，所以第1题选B。
2. 文中明确提到“Mary is going to be thirteen years old.”，所以第2题选C。
3. 从“Twenty friends of Mary's are going to come to the party. They are all girls.”可知是20个女孩来参加派对，第3题选B。
4. 由“Mrs Green buys some fruit.”可知Mrs Green为派对买了些水果，第4题选A。
5. 根据“It's three o'clock in the afternoon. Everything is ready. Now the first girl is arriving. The party is going to start in thirty minutes.”可知派对在下午3:30开始，第5题选C。