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

 

Mr. King is a tall and strong man. He teaches P.E. in a middle school. He has a long beard (胡子)and takes care of it.
It was Sunday yesterday. There was a big football match of the year on the playground in the centre of the city. Mr. King likes the games very much and of course he was going to watch it. With his friends’ help he got a ticket a few days ago. After breakfast he hurried to the bus stop, but a lot of people were waiting there. A bus came. There were lots of people on it and it was difficult for them to put their feet. He had to grip(抓住)the back of the chair. At the next stop a boy got on the bus. He was short and couldn’t grip anything. Suddenly the bus stopped and the boy was likely to fall off. He looked around and saw Mr. King’s beard and gripped it. The man found it at once and called out,“Go off(松开)my beard, boy!”
“Are you going to get off, sir?”asked the boy.            
【小题1】Mr. King is a _________.

A．player

B．runner

C．teacher

D．driver

【小题2】Mr. King was going to watch the match because _________.

A．he teaches P.E. in a middle school

B．he likes football very much

C．he got a ticket

D．he didn’t go to work yesterday

【小题3】It was difficult for Mr. King to stand because _________.

A．he had drunk too much

B．the bus was too small

C．he got on the bus too late

D．it was very crowded(拥挤的）on the bus

【小题4】The boy gripped Mr. King’s beard because __________.

A．he was afraid to fall again

B．he wanted to make the man angry

C．he hoped the man to find a seat for him

D．he hoped the man to get off soon

【小题5】Mr. King was afraid __________, so he shouted at him.

A．the boy would pull him down

B．the boy would hurt his beard

C．the boy could be hurt again

D．the boy would borrow his ticket

Mr. King is a tall and strong man. He teaches P.E. in a middle school. He has a long beard (胡子)and takes care of it.

It was Sunday yesterday. There was a big football match of the year on the playground in the centre of the city. Mr. King likes the games very much and of course he was going to watch it. With his friends’ help he got a ticket a few days ago. After breakfast he hurried to the bus stop, but a lot of people were waiting there. A bus came. There were lots of people on it and it was difficult for them to put their feet. He had to grip(抓住)the back of the chair. At the next stop a boy got on the bus. He was short and couldn’t grip anything. Suddenly the bus stopped and the boy was likely to fall off. He looked around and saw Mr. King’s beard and gripped it. The man found it at once and called out,“Go off(松开)my beard, boy!”

“Are you going to get off, sir?”asked the boy.            

1.Mr. King is a _________.

A．player

B．runner

C．teacher

D．driver

2.Mr. King was going to watch the match because _________.

A．he teaches P.E. in a middle school

B．he likes football very much

C．he got a ticket

D．he didn’t go to work yesterday

3.It was difficult for Mr. King to stand because _________.

A．he had drunk too much

B．the bus was too small

C．he got on the bus too late

D．it was very crowded(拥挤的）on the bus

4.The boy gripped Mr. King’s beard because __________.

A．he was afraid to fall again

B．he wanted to make the man angry

C．he hoped the man to find a seat for him

D．he hoped the man to get off soon

5.Mr. King was afraid __________, so he shouted at him.

A．the boy would pull him down

B．the boy would hurt his beard

C．the boy could be hurt again

D．the boy would borrow his ticket

 

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

Dear Tony,

Time flies. It’s   1   now. We have warm days and bright sunshine again. Do you go out for your weekends?

Guess   2   I am now? I am not in Nanjing. I am in a town outside the city. This place is only 30   3   from my home by bus. It’s not a big town. Only fifty   4   people live here. So it’s less crowded(拥挤的) than Nanjing. There is   5   pollution here. And it’s usually   6   at night because there aren’t many cars. I had a good sleep last night! I didn’t   7   until 8.00 this morning!

It’s a beautiful town with lots of lakes and hills   8  . I want to   9   on the river after lunch. And I plan to go to climb the hills.

Come with me to this town next time. I am sure you don’t want to   10   when you come to the beautiful place.

1. A. winter   B. spring       C. summer        D. autumn

2. A. what      B. who        C. when          D. where

3. A. hours’     B. minutes’     C. hours         D. minutes

4. A. hundred   B. thousands    C. million        D. hundreds of

5. A. much     B. lots of       C. many          D. little

6. A. noisy     B. warm       C. quiet           D. interesting

7. A. wake up   B. sleep       C. have breakfast   D. go to school

8. A. inside     B. around      C. in the middle   D. go walking

9. A. stand     B. go walking   C. go boating     D. go shopping

10. A. leave    B. come       C. have fun       D. see me