Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽车)
　　A small car can hold(容纳)four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded(拥挤). A van hold seven persons easily, so a family three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel They could all travel together.
　　Mr.Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and bus a van. Their children sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases(衣箱)when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’home , the suitcases are brought into the two seats can then carry the grandparents.
　　Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.
【小题1】From the passage, a van is also called ____________.

A．a motor car	B．a motor home
C．a motorbike	D．a big truck

【小题2】 Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they__________.

A．sold their old house

B．moved to their grandparents’house

C．built a new place for a van

D．sold their second car

【小题3】 A motor home is usually owned by a family with__________.

A．a baby	B．much money
C．more than two children	D．interest in vans

【小题4】 Americans usually use motor homer____________.

A．to travel with all the family members of holiday

B．to do some shopping with all the family members

C．to visit their grandparents at weekends

D．to drive their children to school every day

【小题5】 Motor homes have become popular because___________.

A．they can take people to another city when people are free

B．they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays

C．some people think motor homes are cheap

D．big families can put more things in motor homes

Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽车)

　　A small car can hold(容纳)four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded(拥挤). A van hold seven persons easily, so a family three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel They could all travel together.

　　Mr.Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and bus a van. Their children sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases(衣箱)when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’home , the suitcases are brought into the two seats can then carry the grandparents.

　　Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.

1.From the passage, a van is also called ____________.

A．a motor car                            B．a motor home

C．a motorbike　                          D．a big truck

2. Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they__________.

A．sold their old house

B．moved to their grandparents’house

C．built a new place for a van

D．sold their second car

3. A motor home is usually owned by a family with__________.

A．a baby　                              B．much money

C．more than two children                   D．interest in vans

4. Americans usually use motor homer____________.

A．to travel with all the family members of holiday

B．to do some shopping with all the family members

C．to visit their grandparents at weekends

D．to drive their children to school every day

5. Motor homes have become popular because___________.

A．they can take people to another city when people are free

B．they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays

C．some people think motor homes are cheap

D．big families can put more things in motor homes

 

Farley worked for the Canadian government. One day, he was __1__ to learn more about wolves. Do wolves kill lots of caribou（北美驯鹿）? Do they kill people?
　　They gave him lots of food and clothes and guns. Then they put him on a plane and took him to __2__. The plane put him down and went away. There were no houses or people in this place. But there were lots of animals and lots of wolves.
　　People tell terrible stories about wolves. They say wolves like to kill and eat people. Farley remembered these stories, and he was __3__. He had his gun with him__4_.
　　Then one day, he saw a group of wolves. There was a mother wolf with four baby wolves. A father wolf and another young wolf lived with them.
　　Farley watched these wolves every day. The mother was a very __5__ mother. She gave milk to her babies. She gave them lessons about life. They learned how to __6__ food. The father wolf got food for the mother. The young wolf __7__ the children. They were a nice, happy family—wolf family! Farley did not need his __8__ any more. In a short time, he got on well with the family. Farley watched them for five months. He learned that many stories about the wolves were __9__. Wolves do not eat people, and they do not eat many large animals. And he also learned bad things about men. It was men who killed many caribou and wolves.
　　Later, Farley wrote a book about wolves. He wanted people to __10__ them and not to kill them.

　　1. A. seen          B. told           C. heard              D. found
　　2. A. a small town  B. a big city     C. a far place        D. a lonely village
　　3. A. afraid        B. happy          C. angry              D. tired
　　4. A. at times      B. all the time   C. once a week       D. every afternoon
　　5. A. bad           B. good           C. hungry             D. thirsty
　　6. A. cook          B. make           C. get                D. pick
　　7. A. shouted at    B. looked into    C. laughed at         D. played with
　　8. A. food          B. clothes        C. gun                D. plane
　　9. A. not good      B. not true       C. not easy           D. not clear
　　10. A. grow         B. have           C. teach              D. understand