John’s family is going on vacation next week. They are renting a house in the mountains for a week. John plans to hike and go bike riding there. And he is going to the mountains on Monday, and coming home on Friday. He is having a party on Saturday night. John’s mother is going on Monday, too. She is staying for a week and coming home on Sunday. She plans to take walks with her family in the beautiful countryside. John’s father is working on Monday and Tuesday, so he can’t be in the mountains then. He is going on Wednesday morning. He plans to go fishing, and he is coming home with John’s mother. John’s sister is staying at home. She is taking classes this summer and visiting friends.

People	Time in the mountains	Activities
John	Monday to   51	Go hiking and go bike riding.
John’s mother	Monday to Sunday	52
John’s father	53   to Sunday	54
55	(She isn’t going there)	Stay at home and take classes

 

阅读下面对话，从方框中7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话。 

A．The bus ride takes about 6 hours

B．What about the hotels?

C．Good idea.

D．We have two tours each week.

E. What are you going to do?
F. Two days.
G. That sounds good.
A: Is there anything I can do for you, sir?
B: I read in your travel guide (旅游指南) about the tour to Xi’an.
A: Yes.     1    , leaving on Monday and Thursday mornings.
B: How long is the tour？
A:   2   And it costs 360 yuan.
B: Can you give me more information on the tour?
A: Sure. The bus leaves at nine, in front of our office.     3  , with two stops to see some places of interest.
B:  4 
A: You’ll be staying at California Hotel. It’s a three-star hotel. And the meals are free.
B:   5  . We will talk about it and tell you whether we will go or not.
A: All right.

Americans like traveling on vacations. Today more and more travelers in the United States are spending nights at small houses or inns instead of(而不是) hotels. They get a room for the night and breakfast for the next morning.

Rooms for the night in private homes with the breakfast have been popular with travelers in Europe for many years.

In the past five to ten years, these bed-and-breakfast places have become popular in the United States. Many of these America’s bed-and-breakfast inns are old historic buildings. Some bed-and-breakfast inns have only a few rooms. Others are much larger. Some inns do not provide（提供） telephones or televisions in the rooms while others do.

Staying at a bed-and-breakfast inn is much different from staying at a hotel. Usually the cost is much less. Staying at an inn is almost like visiting someone’s home. The owners are glad to tell about the area and the interesting places to visit. Many people who take such vocations say they enjoy the chance to meet local families.

1.Americans like _______ on their vacations every year.

A．to stay at home	B．traveling
C．to sleep at home	D．watching TV

2.More and more travelers in the United States are spending nights _______.

A．at hotels	B．at small houses or inns
C．in their cars	D．in the open air

3.The bed-and-breakfast places have been popular in the USA _______.

A．for less than five years	B．for one year
C．for over ten years	D．for a few years

4.American travelers like staying at bed-and- breakfast inns because _______.

A．these inns are cheap.

B．these inns are small and quiet.

C．they can meet and talk with local people

D．both A and C

 

I’m taking my family to other countries to have a trip. My wife and I and our two children are all going along. My elder brother will go with us, too. He has never been overseas and he is even more excited than the children. My father is so old that he’d like to stay at home and take care of the house.
We’re going by train to New York, and then take a ship to Europe. When we arrive in Europe, we’re going to some countries for sightseeing (观光). We’ll go to places either by train or by bus. We’re going to fly home.
It took us a long time to decide where to go, but I think we’ll have a very interesting trip. We’ll go to England, France and Italy. We also talked about how we would go to Europe. At first we wanted to fly because it would be faster and would save more time, But my brother likes to take a boat trip and the children like that, too.
【小题1】How many people of the family will go to have a trip?

A． Three

B．Four

C．Five

D．Six

【小题2】My father will not go on the trip because ____.

A．he doesn’t like travels

B．staying at home is more interesting

C．he is too old to travel

D．nobody wants to take him along

【小题3】We’re coming back home by_____ .

A．sea

B．air

C．bus

D．train

【小题4】In Europe we will _____.                                             

A．go sight-seeing at the seaside

B．to go to different countries by ship

C．buy a lot of presents

D．go from place to place by train or by bus

【小题5】My brother and my children would like to _____.

A．do some shopping in Europe

B．study the Italian language in Italy

C．enjoy a trip by ship

D．learn French in France

Peter:   What are you doing for vacation, Steven?
Steven:  I’m visiting my aunt in San Francisco. My brother’s staying there. He’s joining a club.
Peter:   Oh? When are you going?
Steven:  Next Friday.
Peter:   How long are you staying?
Steven:  I’m staying at my aunt’s home for four days. I’m going sightseeing in San Francisco, and then I’m seeing
all of my friends New York. How about you?
Peter:   I’m going to the beach and my friends and I are also going hiking for a few days.
Steven:  Aren’t you renting video tapes and relaxing at home?
Peter:   No, it’s boring. We like outside activities.
【小题1】Peter is going _______ on his vacation.
to Florida           B. riding            C. hiking           D. to San Francisco
【小题2】 Steven’s leaving ______ for vacation.

A．tomorrow

B．next month

C．next Monday

D．next year

【小题3】 Steven’s brother is staying ________.

A．at home

B．at school

C．in San Francisco

D．in New York

【小题4】Steven is staying in his aunt’s house for ______.

A．a week

B．four days

C．several days

D．two days

【小题5】 Peter thinks that staying at home is _____.

A．interesting

B．boring

C．fun

D．exciting