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(住房汽車)

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 with 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 sixth and seventh seats 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 out. 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 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.

(  )31. From the passage, a van is also called ____________.

A. a motor car  B. a motor home  C. a motorbike  D. a big truck

(  )32. Before Mr. Hagen bought a van, he___________.

A. sold their old house       B. moved to their grandparents’ house

C. built a new place for a van   D. sold their second car

(  )33. 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

(  )34.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

(  )35. 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

A young officer was at a railway station. On his way home, he wanted to telephone his mother to tell her the time of his train, so that she could meet him at the station in her car. He looked in all his pockets, but found that he did not have the right money for the call, so he went outside and looked around for someone to help him.

At last an old soldier came by, and the young officer stopped him and said, "Have you got change for ten pence?" "Wait a moment,” the old soldier answered, beginning to put his hand in his pocket, "I'll see whether I can help you.” "Don't you know how to speak to an officer?" the young man said angrily. "Now let's start again. Have you got change for ten pence?"

"No, sir,” the old soldier answered quickly.

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( ) 26.The young officer wanted to telephone his mother to tell her _________.

A. that he was going to visit her

B. when his train would leave

C. when his train would arrive

D. that he was now at the railway station

( ) 27. He looked around for help because he _________.

A. didn't have coins for the phone call

B. had no money to make the phone call

C. didn't have the local money

D. wanted to change money

( ) 28.The old soldier _________.

A. was glad to help him

B. didn't know if he had coins

C. didn't want to help him

D. was angry

( ) 29.The young officer was angry because he thought the old soldier _________.

A. didn't know how to speak to him

B. didn't want to help him

C. didn't answer him correctly

D. was not friendly to him

( ) 30.The old soldier in the story was_________.

A. clever　 B. stupid　 C. polite　 D. friendly

Is your schoolbag too heavy? The e-schoolbag will help you. It is said that e-schoolbags are going to be brought into (16) ______in Chinese middle schools soon.

Heavy schoolbags have been a serious (17) _____ for a long time, but the e-schoolbags will (18) _____ .A schoolbag is (19) _____ lighter than a usual schoolbag. Perhaps the e-schoolbag should be (20) _____ an e-textbook. It is a small computer for students. It is as (21) ______as a usual book, (22) _____ it can still have all the things for study, such as textbooks, exercise-books and so on. They can made (23)____ chips(芯片）like stamps. The students can read the text page by page on the screen, take notes, or even send e-mails to their teachers. They only need to (24) _____ the right chip into the e-schoolbags .

Some people say (25) ______ e-textbooks can be easily broken, while others say they are good students' eyes. Perhaps only time will tell who is right.

(  ) 16. A.use      B.useful      C.used      D.to use

(  ) 17.A.idea      B.problem    C.question   D.nothing

(  ) 18.A.work it out B.work out it  C.work out   D.work

(  ) 19.A.very      B.much      C.too much   D.much too

(  ) 20.A.call       B.calls       C.called      D.calling

(  ) 21.A.small     B.smaller     C.smallest    D.very small

(  ) 22.A.and      B.but         C.or         D.so

(  ) 23.A.into      B.from        C.up         D.through

(  ) 24.A.bring     B.take        C.put        D.carry

(  ) 25.A.if        B.what        C.that        D.whether

---English seems very difficult to me, Dad.

---Oh, don’t____it.It may be difficult, but it is very useful.

     A. drop   B. fall   C.go   D.stop

I think I must_____this book because I bought it two years ago.

A. read     B.be reading    C.have read   D.reads

When the father came home, the naughty boy pretended______his homework.

A. to do     B.do     C.doing     D.being done

Don’t open the cage. The bird may______ it.

A. escape   B.escape from   C.escape into   D.be escaped

--- What is behind the tree?

--- There be a dog_____beside it.

      A. sit     B.sat    C.sitting     D.to sit

The pants are_____ short for to wear.

    A. too much    B.too many   C.much too  D.many too

I saw him_____ the key_____the lock, turn it and open the door.

A. putting; in   B.put; in    C.putting; to   D.put; to