I am taking my family to other countries to have a trip．My wife，our son，Jack，and I are all going along．My elder brother has decided to go to US．My father is so old that he has to stay at home and take care of the house．

    We're going to take a train to New York and then take a plane to Europe．When we arrive in Europe，we're going to several countries for sightseeing．We'll go to places either by train or by bus．Then we're going to fly home。

    It takes us a long time to decide where to go, but I think we have planned a very interesting trip．We will go to England，France and Italy．My wife is very interested in going to France because she is a teacher of French．My brother，who speaks Italian very well，is looking forward to visiting Italy．

    We also talk about how to go to Europe．At last we decide to fly because it will be faster and will save more time．But my brother likes to take a boat trip and Jack enjoys that，too．

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1．                people will go abroad to travel according to the passage．

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

2．They are going to America                    ．

A．by plane               B．by boat                C．by train                  D．by car

3．They will go to               in Europe．

    A．America                                                  B．England，France and Italy

    C．America，England，France and Italy           D．America，Italy and France

4．                would like to visit Italy．

    A．The author's（作者的）wife                    B．The author’s brother

    C．The author's son                                        D．The author’s husband

5．The word“sightseeing”means                   in the passage．

    A．视力                   B．观光                    C．购物                   D．眼光

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.
(    ) 1. How many people 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. he like staying at home
C. he is too old to travel             D. nobody wants to take him along
(    ) 3 . We’re coming back home by               .
A. sea                 B. air           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