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(容納)four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded(擁擠). 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

V．閱讀理解（共50分）

1 If you want to watch a football game, the best programme for you would be _____.

   A. TV play   B. Sports   C. Around the world   D. Talk show

2The programme of ______ will let you know much about western countries.

   A. Sisters   B. Around China   C. Around the world   D. On TV next week

3 If you want to know something about tigers, elephants and monkeys, the best programme for you is __________.

   A. Around China   B. Animal world   C. TV play   D. Foreign arts

4 English classroom is a programme that _________.

   A. lets you know something about classrooms   B. tells you something about students

   C. lets you know something about school life   D. teaches you English

5The programme at the end of Channel 2 means _______ on TV next week.

   A. news   B. programme  C. people   D. Places

up  take  walk  make  early  on  time wait  of  ride  late  off

I've never been _1__ for school,but yesterday I came very close. My alarm clock didn't go __2_ and by the time I woke __3__, my father had already gone into the bathroom and I had to __4__ for him to come out. I had to really rush.  I _5_ a quick shower, had some breakfast, and then ran off to the bus stop. Unfortunately, by the _6 I got there, the bus had already left. I started __7__, but I knew I couldn't get to school 8__ time. Luckily , my friend Tony and his dad came by in his dad's car and they gave me a _9__. When I got to school, the final bell was ringing. I only __10__ it to my class.

 One day, Kidom and his friend Dick went to the river fishing. Kidom took his dog Vick with him. But now and then, when the dog saw a small animal or a bird, he would run__1__ it and try to catch it. Dick hated the dog very much because the dog frightened the fish away. "Why do you 2_ your dog here?" said Dick to Kidom. "he __3__ here and there. All the fish are frightened and swim 4_ ." "You are right." answered Kidom. "Next time, I shall come without Vick. Shall we go home now, Dick?" Just then Dick shouted, "Wait. A5_ is biting (咬)my line. I can feel it." Dick was very glad. He forgot the danger. He went to pull the line. The boy fell down into the water. "Help! Help! I can't swiim." Dick shouted, up and down in the water .

   But Kidom could not swim, either. Just then Vick came up. The dog jumped into the water and pulled Dick onto the dry land by biting 's shirt with his teeth. Dick was saved. He was still holding the line in his hand. On its end was a big fish.

1__________2__________ 3__________4_________ 5___________

Children like to copy what they hear. They copy their parents, their friends and even the TV. This teaches them how to _1__ the language. Copying is also a good  way for students to learn a second language. When you __2__ foreigners speak English, repeat what they say as well as you can.

Children don't practice grammar,, but use the language to __3 things that they are interested in. They don't _4__ their vocabulary or poor grammar. They find ways to express themselves, and they do  it successfully.

Students of English schools also pay attention to communication (交流). Look for __5_ to talk with people in English. If you can't find a _6__ to talk to, talk with other students in English _7_.  Start an English discussion group and talk about music, movies or anything that __8_ you.

Don't worry about _9__, what you want is to learn how to communicate easily. Remember that you can communicate successfully even with _10__small vocabulary.

1A.tell     　　　　B.read             C.write               D.speak

2A.listen to         B.listen            C.hear of               D.hear

3A.take exams       B.talk with          C.talk about           D.tell to

4A.look like           B.worry about        C.take care of           D.look after

5A.places              B.questions         C.chances             D.changes

6A.video         B.foreigner         C.film                D.people

7A.again         B.instead           C.only                D.instead of     

8A.interests           B.improves         C.allows                D.troubles

9A.exams           B.looking on          C.making mistakes    D.books

10A.an               B.the                 C./          D.a

   1 In 1938, a radio program by actor Orson Welles announced that aliens from Mars had landed on the earth. He described where they had landed and told how they were moving across the United States. Welles was so convincing that hundreds of people believed the story,and panic set off across the whole country. By the time the authorities revealed that the story was a hoax, thousands of people had fled from their homes.

    One April Fool's Day, a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti.Many people ran to their local supermarket to buy as much spaghetti local supermarket  to buy as much spaghetti as they could.2 By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.

A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend onto his show on April Fool's Day. He asked her to mary him. She was thrilled, because she really wanted to get married.3  However, when she said "yes", he replied, "April Fool!" That little joke didn't have a very happy ending. The TV star lost both his girlfriend and his show.

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您能告訴我他們?cè)谕骐娮佑螒騿幔?/p>

  ________________________________？

李老師高度贊揚(yáng)了他的學(xué)生。

____________________________________。

我的姐組學(xué)習(xí)十分努力，她實(shí)現(xiàn)了上大學(xué)的夢(mèng)想。

 My sister studied _______  _______ that her college dream ______ ______.

釣魚島自古以來(lái)是屬于中國(guó)的領(lǐng)土。

Diao Yu Iland ____________ _________ China from ancient times to the present.