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(海外的) 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 to New York by train, and then take a ship to Europe . When we arrive in Europe（欧洲）, 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.

1.How many people of the family will go to have a trip?

    A.  Three          B. Four         C. Five            D. Six

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

3.We’re coming back home by_____ .

A. sea          B. plane          C. bus           D. train

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

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

Sam is twenty-seven now. He’s tall and strong. He worked hard in the small field. He’s known a girl called Mabel for three years, who lives in another village. He wishes she could marry him soon, but she won’t marry him until he has built a new house. He hasn’t enough money. Of course it’s difficult for him to do so.

Winter had come and the fields were covered with thick snow. Sam had nothing to do at home. Mabel told him to find some temporary employment in the town. He thought she was right and came to Mr White’s factory, where he carried stones from the hill to the workplaces. It was hard work but he was paid more. At the end of the month Mr White paid the young man nearly two thousand dollars. He was very happy. He hurried to the post office, but it was closed. He had a look at the clock on the wall. It was half past five, and he was told to go there the next morning. He had to return to the factory. He felt hungry and went into a restaurant and ate something. He didn’t see a thief following him, and as soon as he sat at table, the man sat down next to him and asked him to drink a cup with him. He agreed and drank a lot. And when he woke up two hours later, his money was stolen. He was sad of it and cried for a long time.

The following day Mr White saw the young man’s eyes were red and asked what had happened to him. He told him about it and at last he said, “I worked for the thief last month!”

根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。

1.Mabel doesn’t marry Sam because _______.

2.Mabel asked Sam to ______.

3.The underlined word “temporary employment” means _______.

4.Sam went the post office to _____.

5.The money was stolen when ______.

根据下列句子所给单词的首字母，在答题纸上按题号写出各单词的完全形式（每空限填一词）。
【小题1】My best friend had a car accident last night, l_________, he was not hurt.
【小题2】Marcia made up his m______ to go to study abroad when he was 18 years old.
【小题3】Now teenagers are not interested in h______, they know less about the old days.
【小题4】People enjoy Chinese food because it has different t_______ and is usually very delicious.
【小题5】Reading m_______ a full man because it can help us know more about the world.
【小题6】China is a beautiful country. There are many famous p ________of interest.
【小题7】The women’s ages are s________ in America. If you ask a woman’s age, it’s impolite.
【小题8】Please c______ your test paper before you hand it in.
【小题9】I do outdoor activities every day u_____ bad weather stops me.
【小题10】He is too old. He can h______ look after himself.