摘要: The family was not rich but they was send their children to school.

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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 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 buy a van. Their children 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 into the two seats, the van 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.

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 homes____________.

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

 

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A young man from a village called Nawalapitiya married a young woman from Maiyuwa, a small village. They lived with the man’s big family-his parents, his brothers, their wives and husbands and children. The family kept an elephant, in which the woman soon took a great interest. Every day she fed it with fruit and sugar.

Three months later, having quarreled with her husband, the woman went back to her parents’ home. Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heartbroken. One morning after several weeks the animal disappeared from the house.

It went to the woman’s home. On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved by the act of the animal .So she went back to her husband’s home.

1.The woman left her new home ______.

A. to visit her own parents in Maiyuwa

B. to see if the elephant would follow her

C. because she was angry with her husband

D. because she was tired of the large family

2.The word “disappeared” in the reading means “______”.

A. ran away                          B. lost                           C. hid                           D. remained

3.After the young woman left her husband’s home, the elephant______.

A. returned to the forest                                        B. was sad because it missed her

C. went to look for a new home                            D. was sick because nobody fed it

4.How did the elephant express its feeling when it saw the young woman?

A. It waved its trunk and smiled.                           B. It touched her with its trunk.

C. It touched her and cried.                                   D. It waved its trunk and ran around her.

5.The writer wrote the story in order to______.

A. show that elephants are very clever

B. tell how a woman trained a wild animal

C. show that women care more for animals than men do

D. tell how an animal got a husband and a wife together again

 

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Lisa never had the chance to know her father. He and her mother divorced when she was just a young child. Even though he didn’t move far, he never came to visit his children.
Lisa often wondered about her father. What did he looked like and what he was doing. All she knew was his name: Jeff White.
After Lisa grew up, she became a nurse at a hospital, where she would help provide medicine and comfort for patients in their final days. A few weeks ago, she receieved a new patient whose name was Jeff White.
When Jeff came into his room, Lisa asked him if he had any children. Jeff told her that he had two daughters, Lisa and Elly. Lisa couldn’t hold her tears back. She told him, “ I am Lisa, your daughter.”
Jeff embraced her, saying that he was not a good father. And the daghter held his hand and kissed him. Then Jeff began to sing This Magic Moment.
Jeff could have just weeks left to live, so Lisa wanted to make the most of the time she had with him. Lisa also brought her kids to the hospital to meet their grandfather. The kid made cards for him with the words, “ I love you.”
Forgiveness is also a kind of love.
【小题1】what happened to Lisa when she was young?
A.Her father lost his job.
B.Her mother died.
C.Her family moved to another country.
D.Her father left the family.
【小题2】What did Lisa know about her father?
A.Her father’s looks
B.Her mother’s name
C.Her father’s hobby
D.Her father’s job
【小题3】What does the underlined word “patient” mean in this passage?
A.医生B.病人C.家属D.手术
【小题4】From the passage we know that__________
A.Lisa has a brother.
B.Lisa hates his father.
C.Lisa has a sister.
D.Lisa’s father hates her daughter.
【小题5】This passage mainly tells us that _______
A.Kids should love their father.
B.The father should love his kids.
C.Forgiveness is also a kind of love.
D.Fathers shouldn’t leave their families.
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