I finished my last work of the week and could hardly wait to get home, take off my nursing shoes, and relax.

　 As I approached(走近) my 　36 , I saw one of my 　37 standing by the bus stop. I thought it would only take a couple of extra minutes to give her a ride home, and besides, it was 　38 cold to be standing outside on the coldest 　39 in January. I didn’t know where she lived, but I was 40 I would be able to find my way back.

　 We 　41 about our work as I drove and before we knew it, we arrived at 　42 house. I started driving back. 　43 looked familiar, but at first that didn’t bother me. But soon I 　44 something wrong. I 　45 nothing. But I told myself to stay 　46 .

　 I was beyond neighborhoods, streets and 　47 streetlights. I no longer knew where I was now. How could I be so stupid! I looked down at my 　48 . It was now 2:30 a.m. My gas was slowly running out. I 　49 the car and turned off the engine. In total defeat, I put my head down on the wheel, 　50 . Then I raised my head and 51 a shadow down the road in front of me. I turned my headlights on. A car! I drove a little 52 .got out of my car and knocked on the window of that car. An elderly man 　53 rolled his window down.

　 I said that I didn’t know how to get back into town. In silence, he started driving. I ran back to my car and drove 　54 him. Finally I recognized a(n) 　55 street. As I turned to head home, the car disappeared. Then I pulled into my driveway (车道) when the warning light for my gas tank (汽油箱) turned on.

　 Though so many years have passed, I still thank the old man from my deepest heart.

—I wish Tom would drive us to the airport.

—He has　　to take us all.

1. A.
   such a small car
2. B.
   very small a car
3. C.
   too small a car
4. D.
   a too small car

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 is 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. 1.

   From the passage, a van is also called ____________

   1. A.
      a motor car
   2. B.
      a motor home
   3. C.
      a motorbike
   4. D.
      a big truck
2. 2.

   Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they__________

   1. A.
      sold their old house
   2. B.
      moved to their grandparents' house
   3. C.
      built a new place for a van
   4. D.
      sold their second car
3. 3.

   Americans usually use motor homes____________

   1. A.
      to travel with all the family members of holiday
   2. B.
      to do some shopping with all the family members
   3. C.
      to visit their grandparents at weekends
   4. D.
      to drive their children to school every day
4. 4.

   Motor homes have become popular because___________

   1. A.
      they can take people to another city when people are free
   2. B.
      they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays
   3. C.
      some people think motor homes are cheap
   4. D.
      big families can put more things in motor homes