13．Mrs．Brown was tired after her day's shopping in London，so she went into a restaurant for a cup of tea before catching the train home．When she had ordered her tea，she suddenly remembered that she had to buy some medicine for her husband，who had a cough．
"Is there a chemist's near here？"she asked the waiter．
"Yes，madam．It's only about three minutes'walk away．Turn right when you go out of the restaurant，then take the second turning on the left．You'll find a big chemist's about a hundred yards up the roads on the right hand side．It closes at five，but if you hurry，you'll just get there in time．"
Mrs．Brown followed the waiter's direction carefully and found the chemist's shop without any difficulty．She bought the cough mixture and started to make her way back to the restaurant．She had left all her shopping there．But after she had walked for about ten minutes and there was still no sign of the restaurant，she realized that she must have made a mistake．
Then a policeman camp up and asked if he could help．Mrs．Brown explained what had happed．"Well，first of all，"said the policeman，"we had better go back as far as the chemist's．"
"Now，"suggested the policeman，when they got to the chemist's，"let's go in this direction．It leads to the main road，where we shall probably find your restaurant．"
When they reached the main road，the policeman said，"I think you'll find the restaurant，along there，on the opposite side of the road．"
Mrs．Brown said，"Thanks very much．I can't understand how I went wrong．"
The policeman said with a smile，"It's quite easy to get lost in a big city like London．"
35．What did Mrs．Brown do in London at that time？SheA．
A．did her shopping there
B．spent her holidays there
C．went to a chemist's for her cough
D．paid a visit to the famous city
36．At the chemist's shop．Mrs．Brown．B
A．bought some chemicals
B．paid for some mixture for her husband's disease
C．bought some medicine for herself
D．wanted to call on the chemist
37．Having bought some medicine，Mrs．Brown hurried toD．
A．return home
B．go to the station
C．go to a policeman
D．make her way to where she had stayed for tea
38．Why did the policeman say"It's quite easy to get lost in a big city like London"？C
A．To remind her of the large size of London．
B．To warn her not to be so careless next time．
C．To comfort her．
D．To tell her that he can't help her any more．
分析 本文講述了布朗太太在倫敦購(gòu)物，累了之后在一家餐廳休息喝茶，突然想起要給丈夫買咳嗽藥，于是問(wèn)了路之后去藥店買了藥．買完藥返回餐廳的路上，卻迷路了．在警察的幫助下，她找回了餐廳．
解答 35．答案A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第一段Mrs．Brown was tired after her day's shopping in London．知，布朗太太是在倫敦購(gòu)物．故選A．
36．答案B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)When she had ordered her tea，she suddenly remembered that she had to buy some medicine for her husband，who had a cough．和She bought the cough mixture 知，布朗太太在藥店給他的丈夫買了咳嗽藥．故選B．
37．答案D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)She bought the cough mixture and started to make her way back to the restaurant．知，買完藥后，她準(zhǔn)備返回她喝茶的飯店．故選D．
38．答案C．推理判斷題．A．提醒她倫敦的面積之大；B．警告她下次不要那么粗心了；C．安慰她；D．告訴她他無(wú)法幫助她．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可推斷出，警察在安慰布朗太太．ABD均不符合文章內(nèi)容．故選C．
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