题目内容

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

 

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.B

【解析】

试题分析:这篇短文主要介绍了美国住房汽车的由来,这种汽车主要就是为了容纳更多的人,方便大家庭一起出行才出现的。

1.根据Americans call vans motor homes.描述可知选B。

2.根据This made them sell a second car and bus a van.可知选D。

3.根据so a family three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel They could all travel together.及上下文描述可知选C。

4.根据A motor home is always used for holidays.可知选A。

5.根据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.描述可知选B。

考点:关于美国住房汽车的说明文

点评:本文中长句较多,一时很难读懂句子含义,注意多读几遍,不要强求非得理解一词一句的含义,能把握文章大意就行。然后带着问题阅读短文,一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文,根据短文中心总结出正确答案。

 

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