How To Wash a Car

　　What is the best way to wash a car? Read these directions (说明) to find out.

　　Use two pails (桶) of water and three old towels. Put soap and water in one pail and clean water in the other. Start with the roof of the car and work down. Work on only one part of the car at a time.

　　Use the soapy water and the first towel to wash the car. Use the clean water and the second towel to rinse (用清水冲洗) . Use the third towel to dry. You will end up with a clean, dry car.

　　Always wash a car in the shade or early in the evening. Sun causes streaks. You can wax (上蜡) the car after you wash it. Then spray (喷射) it with cold water and dry it.

　　Try this tip (劝告) . Clean white sidewall tires (轮胎) with steel wool soap pads (布). Rub the tires hard.

1．The directions say to use ________ towels to wash a car.

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2．The third towel is for ________ the car.

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3．What do you do after you wash the car?

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4．What is the best place to wash a car?

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5．Steel wool soap pads are good for cleaning ________ .

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Meeting the English Family

　　Rosa and her classmates were in a street in West London. The sky was dark. This was Rosa's big day, her first day in England.

　　Rosa got out of a taxi. The driver carried a very heavy bag for her. They walked through the rain to the front door of a big Victorian house.

　　A small girl opened the door. She was four years old. Her brother stood behind her. He was only two years old. One minute later, a young woman came to the door.

　　“Welcome to Wembley!” she said and she offered Rosa her hand.  “These are my two children, Elisabeth and Isaac” “Pleased to meet you, Mrs. Frost! said Rosa with a strong Spanish accent.

　　The two children ran back into the living room.

　　“Don't worry about them! They're a little shy. And please call me Diana! Now let me show you your room and then we can have a nice cup of tea. Or would you like some coffee?”

　　“I'd like to try a cup of English tea, made in England.”

　　“This is your bedroom. There's a nice view (视野) of the football stadium (露天体育场) and here's a little desk where you can study. The bathroom and toilet are just opposite your door. Now I'll go and put the kettle on.”

　　“Excuse me. What's a kettle?”

　　“In England, we use a kettle to make hot water, we can then put the hot water in a teapot or use it to make coffee.”

　　Rosa was happy with her new home, but she was a little puzzled (困惑的). Perhaps her mother Maruja was right. The British were not normal people. They did not kiss when they met and they lived in large Victorian palaces. Their favourite drink was tea and they used strange metal kettles to make the water hot. What was she going to say to Elisabeth and Isaac? How could she make friends with two shy English children? Perhaps the answer was in the big, black psychology (心理学) book.

(1) It was Rosa' s big day. She and her classmates were in

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(2) Rosa's hostess (女主人) was called

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(3) What could Rosa see through the window when she was in her bedroom?

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(4) In this passage the underlined (下划线的) word “it” means

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(5) After reading the passage, we know that

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A. Rosa had some trouble in getting on well with the hostess

B. the two children didn't like Rosa

C. Mr. Frost offered Rosa much help