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(拥挤).
A van can hold seven persons easily,so a family with three children could ask their grand-parents 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 are usually asked to sit in the back seats behind them.The sixth and the seventh seats are used to put other things，for a family of five must carry many suitcases(箱子) when they travel.When they arrive at their grandparents' home,the suitcases are brought into the home and 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 travelling 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 travelling 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
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(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
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(3)
A motor home is usually owned by a family with _________.
A. a baby B. much money C. more than two children C. interest in van
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(4)
Americans usually use motor homes _______.
A.to travel with all the family members on 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.
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(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 that motor homes are cheap.
D.Big families can put more things in motor homes.
This dictionary tells you about English words and how to use them in reading, writing and speaking English．It not only gives the meaning of words, it can also help you with spelling, word building, grammar and pronunciation．
To use your dictionary correctly, you need to understand how the dictionary works．At the front of the book, you will find some exercises to help you make the most use of your dictionary．
If you look up the word “colour”, you will find two spellings for this word．“Colour” is used in British English, while “color” is used in American English．When such a thing happens, the dictionary shows it with the word “BrE” for British English and “AmE” for American English．
The dictionary also helps you pronounce words correctly．It uses a special alphabet(特殊字母表)to show pronunciation．If you turn to the inside back face, you will see all the phonetic letters(音标)with some words to show you how they are pronounced．Just have a look this page when you’re not sure how to say a word．
The most important reason for using a dictionary is to find out the meaning of a word－its DEFINITION．
In this dictionary, the definitions have been written using only 2000 words．This means that the definitions of even the most difficult words are simply explained(简单解释)and easy to understand．
When a word has more than one meaning, read all the meanings until you find the one that correctly tells the use of the word you are looking for．
Most of the words in this dictionary can be used by people in all parts of the world．
(1)
This dictionary cannot help you with ________．
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A．
singing
B．
grammar
C．
spelling
D．
pronunciation
(2)
________of the words in the dictionary have two spellings．
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A．
All
B．
One
C．
Few
D．
Some
(3)
The AmE spelling of the Chinese word “颜色”in this dictionary is________．
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A．
colour
B．
collar
C．
color
D．
corner
(4)
The phonetic alphabet helps you each word correctly．
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A．
understand
B．
write
C．
say
D．
know
(5)
The Chinese meaning of “definition” here is ________．
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A．
词性
B．
词条
C．
词义
D．
词库
(6)
How many words are there in this dictionary?________．
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A．
Two thousand
B．
One thousand
C．
One hundred
D．
We don’t know
(7)
The dictionary explains ________．
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A．
some of the difficult words
B．
all the words in a simple way
C．
all the easy words
D．
the words of two meanings
阅读理解
It was getting late．There was no noise in the forest．We could only hear the birds singing．And then,a bear梐 big brown bear梒ame into the forest.
The bear stopped under a tall tree．He was very hungry．He looked up into the tree．
There in the nut tree was his supper梐 supper of nice nuts．But the nuts were high up in the tree．The hungry bear could not reach them．But he knew how to get his supper．He climbed up the tree．
Up and up he climbed．He climbed onto a big branch of the tree．He sat there and then shook(摇)the branch again and again At last the branch broke．The brown bear fell down with the branch and nuts．
The bear sat up and looked around．With his big paws(爪)he picked up the nuts and ate them up．
(1)
How did the brown bear get his supper?
A.He climbed up the tree and ate the nuts there．
B. He shook the apples off a tree and ate them．
C．He picked up the nuts on the ground and ate them．
D. He fell down with the branch of the tree．Then he took the nuts and ate them．
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(2)
The bear was ________．
A.black B．brown
C．black and white D．brown and black
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(3)
The story took place ________.
A. in the morning B．at noon
C．before evening came D．at midnight
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(4)
The word "branch" in this passage means ________ in Chinese．
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