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

 

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　　It happened at about 7 o'clock yesterday evening, when I was coming home from work. Whenever I can, I walk to work except when it's __1__ because I like the exercise. I was coming down Station Road, and just as I was walking past No.39, I heard a noise. It was such a loud noise that I __2__. I knew that a lot of people lived alone on this street, so I was a bit worried. At first, I didn't know what to do. I went up to the front door and listened to see if I could hear something. __3__ the front door was open, so I __4__ the door and went in. It was so dark that I couldn't see anything, although my __5__ soon got used to it.

　　I went into the kitchen, and there on the __6__ lay an old woman. __7__ she had been badly beaten up, she was still alive luckily. I __8__ her phone and dailed 120. I stayed with her until the ambulance arrived. And later when the __9__ came, she had woken up and told them about what had happened. Actually, she had been working in her __10__ when a man jumped on her. She did not see him, and she didn't hear him, either.

　　The old woman is now in hospital, and I hope she will be well soon.

(1）A．cloudy	B．rainy	C．sunny	D．windy
(2）A．stopped	B．ran away	C．thought	D．shouted out
(3）A．In time	B．At once	C．In fact	D．At first
(4）A．locked	B．broke	C．knocked	D．pushed
(5）A．eyes	B．head	C．ears	D．hands
(6）A．bed	B．floor	C．table	D．wall
(7）A．Since	B．As	C．Although	D．After
(8）A．rang	B．called	C．received	D．found
(9）A．doctors	B．strangers	C．police	D．soldiers
(10）A．garden	B．bedroom	C．living-room	D．kitchen