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 four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded. 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 buy 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 ____________.

2.Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they__________.

3.A motor home is usually owned by a family with__________.

4.Americans usually use motor homer____________.

5.Motor homes have become popular because___________.

Dear Reader,
Think about an 11-year-old child spending her days washing clothes, looking after a baby brother, and doing hard work on the farm.
Think about a little girl. She knows there will not be enough food for dinner, and has no water to drink because it is not clean. She has watched her father, brother and sister lose their lives as the family has no money to send for a doctor.
Hard to believe? For Maria Pastora, these are the facts of life.
Maria would gladly walk to school, but her mother, now alone, really needs her at home. Maria had to leave school to work for her poor family.
But for five dollars a week, you can help out a child like Maria. Show her that somewhere, some­one will help her. Through Save the Children, you can help Maria’s mother get better crops (收成) from their farm, and earn the money to buy clothes and things for school.
To help Maria most, your money is to put to­gether with other helpers, so hardworking people can help themselves. Build a school or a hospital, make their farm better, bring in clean water... This is what Save the Children has been about since 1932.
For you there are many returns. You can write letters to each other, get photos, or study reports. Know you are helping and saving another person in the same world as you. That’s how Save the Chil­dren works. But without you, it can’t work. Please take a moment to fill in this form to help a child like Maria and her village.
It can make such a difference in her life and yours.
Save the Children
David L. Guyer
Chairman
(    ) 7. Maria’s father, brother and sister died because they_________.
A. were too poor to see a doctor   B. didn’t know where to find a doctor
C. didn’t have enough food to eat  D. were too busy to see a doctor
(    ) 8. This letter mainly tells you to_________.
A. know about poor people   B. earn some money for poor children
C. show pity to poor people   D. donate money to help poor children
(    ) 9. If you try to help a child like Maria, which of the following can’t you get from her?
A. You can often get some pictures from her.
B. You can get more money from her when she grows up.
C. You can often get her letters.
D. You can often be told how she is getting on.
(    ) 10. This letter most probably appears_________.
A. on TV     B. in a magazine     C. in a dictionary    D. on the radio

Far, far away, there is a bad king. All his people   56   him. One hot day, the King goes to swim  57   himself in the river.

Suddenly he feels very   58   and can’t move his hands and legs. He begins to sink.   59  , two farmers are working in the filed nearby and see everything. Of course, the farmers don’t know the man in the river is the terrible king.   60   the farmers jump into the river and   61    him.

The king thanks the farmers and says, “I’m your king. Ask me for  62  , and I will give it to you.”

“My mother and father are sick in bed,” one farmer says, “Can you give me some   63    to send them to a doctor?” The King agrees.

Then he asks   64     farmer, “How about you? What do you want?” The farmer looks worried and unhappy. “  65 let other people know I met you.” he says.

1.A. hate           B. love         C. stand       D. mind    

2.A. to             B. for              C. with             D. by  

3.A. happy          B. glad         C. weak         D. strong    

4.A. Friendly       B. Luckily          C. Slowly           D. Quickly    

5.A. Though    B. Or           C. But         D. So    

6.A. thank          B. save         C. catch       D. hug

7.A. something     B. everything     C. anything      D. nothing   

8.A. flowers        B. time             C. money            D. help    

9.A. the other          B. another      C. other            D. others    

10.A. What about   B. Why not      C. Please           D. Don’t

Tony is reading an advertisement in a magazine.  It is about different evening classes or weekend classes.

The Learning Centre, Garden City

We have evening and weekend courses on ...

test preparation            friends and meeting people

jobs and making money     cooking and language learning

Some of this month's courses:

1. Get good grades!

Do you forget information and do poorly on tests? In this course, learn to...

※ remember more (95 percent of what you read).

※ think quickly and read fast (400 words per minute!).

※ do well on tests and get high scores.

2. Find true love...today!

Are you single and shy? Is it hard for you to talk to people?

In this course, learn to...

talk to people; start a conversation with a man or woman.

be more friendly and outgoing.

※ understand a person's body language.

3. You are on TV!

Many actors get their start in television. You can too! In this course, learn to...

※ act in TV ads.

※ use your voice on the radio.

※ get TV and radio jobs.

4. Cook delicious and healthy food!

Are you interested in cooking? Do you want to keep healthy? In this course, learn to...

※ keep a balanced diet.

※ cook delicious traditional Chinese food.

※ make western-style food. This course is also online al www. dffh. net. cn.

1.In the Learning Center, you won't learn how to______.

2.After taking course 1, you can't_______.

3.After taking course 3, you can learn how to_______.

4.Which course is allowed to take online?

5.What's the advertisement about?

When I was walking down the street one day, I found a small bag on the ground. I picked it up and opened it to see if I could find out the owner’s name. There was nothing inside it except some dollars and an old photo--- a picture of a woman and a young girl about twelve years old. I put the photo back and took the bag to the police station. Before I left, the policeman wrote down my name and address. He thought the owner might want to thank me.

  That evening I went to have dinner with my aunt and uncle. They had also asked a young woman to have dinner with us. Her face was familiar, but I couldn’t remember where I had seen her. During our talk, the young woman happened to say that she had lost her bag that afternoon. At once I remembered where I had seen her. She was the young girl in the photo, though she was now much older. She was very surprised, of course, when I told her about the bag.

   After dinner we went to the police station and she got back her bag. The policeman said to me, “It’s a wonderful thing. You not only found the bag, but also the owner of the bag.”

1. In the bag there was _______.

      A. nothing                        B. a new photo and some money

      C. an old picture and some money     D. some dollars and a piece of paper

2. The writer opened the bag because he wanted to________.

A. find some money          B. find some letters 

C. find the owner’s photo      D. find out whose bag it was

3. The writer gave the bag to ________.

      A. a policeman  B. his uncle  C. his aunt    D. his friend

4. How many people had the dinner that evening?

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

5. The writer knew the young woman because _________.

A. he had met her somewhere before    B. she looked like the girl in the picture

C.she often had meals with the writer     D. she was the old woman in the photo