We can not live a modern life without traveling．The fastest way of traveling is by air．With a plane people can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago．
Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but people can see the country when they are traveling through．Modern trains have comfortable seats and dinning-cars．They make even the longest journey（旅途） enjoyable．
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible．There are large luxury liners（客轮） or river boats．They are not as fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday．
Many people like to travel by car．They can make their own timetable．They can travel hundreds of miles or only fifty miles a day, just as their wish．They can stop wherever they want to see something interesting or to enjoy a good meal at a good restaurant, or to spend the night at a hotel．That is why people choose traveling by car for pleasant trips, while they usually take trains or planes for business．
【小题1】According to（根据） the passage, the fastest way of traveling is ______________

A．by car

B．by train

C．by plane

D．by sea

【小题2】People can make even the longest journey enjoyable if they take the _________

A．train

B．plane

C．sea

D．bus

【小题3】______ is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday．

A．Traveling by bike．	B．Traveling by train．
C．Traveling by sea．	D．Traveling by car．[来源:Z+xx+k.Com]

【小题4】If we travel by car, we can _________

A．enjoy the longest journey

B．travel only fifty miles a day[来源:Z|xx|k.Com]

C．make our own timetable

D．travel to a very far place in a few minutes

【小题5】When people travel on business, they usually take

A．a boat or a train	B．a car or a boat
C．a plane or a car	D．a train or a plane

It was a beautiful spring morning. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, and the sun was warm but not too hot. Mr. White saw an old man at the bus stop with a big and black umbrella in his hand.
Mr. White said to him, “Do you think it’s going to rain today?”
“No,” said the old man, “I don’t think so.”
“Then are you carrying the umbrella because the sun is too hot?”
“No, the sun is not very hot in spring.”
Mr. White looked at the big umbrella again, and the man said, “I am old man, and my legs are not very strong. I must have a walking-stick. But people will say, ‘Look, the man is so old, and I don’t like that.’ When I carry an umbrella in fine weather, people only say, ‘look at that stupid man.’”
【小题1】The story happened         .

A．in a rainy day	B．in the afternoon
C．on a cloudy morning	D．at a bus stop

【小题2】It was a very        day.

A．hot

B．bad

C．fine

D．cloudy

【小题3】There was         in the old man’s hand.

A．an umbrella

B．a walking-stick

C．a bag

D．a magazine

【小题4】There was something wrong with the old man’s             .

A．head

B．arms

C．legs

D．feet

【小题5】Which is TURE according to（根据）the story?

A．The old man liked the weather.

B．The old man thought that it was going to rain.

C．The old man was too old to walk by himself.

D．The old man wanted people to say he was stupid.

We can not live a modern life without traveling．The fastest way of traveling is by air．With a plane people can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago．

Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but people can see the country when they are traveling through．Modern trains have comfortable seats and dinning-cars．They make even the longest journey（旅途） enjoyable．

Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible．There are large luxury liners（客轮） or river boats．They are not as fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday．

Many people like to travel by car．They can make their own timetable．They can travel hundreds of miles or only fifty miles a day, just as their wish．They can stop wherever they want to see something interesting or to enjoy a good meal at a good restaurant, or to spend the night at a hotel．That is why people choose traveling by car for pleasant trips, while they usually take trains or planes for business．

1.According to（根据） the passage, the fastest way of traveling is ______________

A．by car

B．by train

C．by plane

D．by sea

2.People can make even the longest journey enjoyable if they take the _________

A．train

B．plane

C．sea

D．bus

3.______ is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday．

A．Traveling by bike．	B．Traveling by train．
C．Traveling by sea．	D．Traveling by car．[来源:Z+xx+k.Com]

4.If we travel by car, we can _________

A．enjoy the longest journey

B．travel only fifty miles a day[来源:Z|xx|k.Com]

C．make our own timetable

D．travel to a very far place in a few minutes

5.When people travel on business, they usually take

A．a boat or a train	B．a car or a boat
C．a plane or a car	D．a train or a plane

 

It was a beautiful spring morning. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, and the sun was warm but not too hot. Mr. White saw an old man at the bus stop with a big and black umbrella in his hand.

Mr. White said to him, “Do you think it’s going to rain today?”

“No,” said the old man, “I don’t think so.”

“Then are you carrying the umbrella because the sun is too hot?”

“No, the sun is not very hot in spring.”

Mr. White looked at the big umbrella again, and the man said, “I am old man, and my legs are not very strong. I must have a walking-stick. But people will say, ‘Look, the man is so old, and I don’t like that.’ When I carry an umbrella in fine weather, people only say, ‘look at that stupid man.’”

1.The story happened         .

A．in a rainy day	B．in the afternoon
C．on a cloudy morning	D．at a bus stop

2.It was a very        day.

A．hot

B．bad

C．fine

D．cloudy

3.There was         in the old man’s hand.

A．an umbrella

B．a walking-stick

C．a bag

D．a magazine

4.There was something wrong with the old man’s             .

A．head

B．arms

C．legs

D．feet

5.Which is TURE according to（根据）the story?

A．The old man liked the weather.

B．The old man thought that it was going to rain.

C．The old man was too old to walk by himself.

D．The old man wanted people to say he was stupid.

 

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  A．Mr. White．            B．Helen．               C．Nick．                   D．Sally．

2．which number can you dial（拨号）if you find the lost dog?

  A．9807656．              B．7689067．           C．7468096．              D．8562113．

3．Which of the following four people can get the job as a taxi driver?

A．A 50-year-old person．

B．A person who knows a lot about Green City．

C．A person who has no his driving license（驾照）．

D．A new person in Green City．

4．When can you get hot water according to（根据）the ad?

  A．In the day．            B．At night．            C．At any time．          D．On weekends．

5．How can you find the owner（主人）of the house if you want to buy the house?

A．Make a call or visit the house．

B．Visit the house or send an e-mail．

C．Send an e-mail．

D．Make a call or send an e-mail．