I’m taking my family to other countries to have a trip. My wife and I and our two children are all going along. My elder brother will go with us, too. He has never been overseas(海外的) and he is even more excited than the children. My father is so old that he’d like to stay at home and take care of the house.

We’re going to New York by train, and then take a ship to Europe . When we arrive in Europe(欧洲), we’re going to some countries for sightseeing (观光). We’ll go to places either by train or by bus. We’re going to fly home.

It took us a long time to decide where to go, but I think we’ll have a very interesting trip. We’ll go to England, France and Italy. We also talked about how we would go to Europe. At first we wanted to fly because it would be faster and would save more time, But my brother likes to take a boat trip and the children like that, too.

1.How many people of the family will go to have a trip?

    A.  Three          B. Four         C. Five            D. Six

2.My father will not go on the trip because ____.

A . he doesn’t like travels           B. staying at home is more interesting

C. he is too old to travel            D. nobody wants to take him along

3.We’re coming back home by_____ .

A. sea          B. plane          C. bus           D. train

4.In Europe we will _____. 

A. go sight-seeing at the seaside      B. to go to different countries by ship

C. buy a lot of presents             D. go from place to place by train or by bus

5.My brother and my children would like to _____.

A. do some shopping in Europe         B. study the Italian language in Italy

C. enjoy a trip by ship                D. learn French in France

 

We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the bookshelf.  It stood outside a furniture(家具)shop. “Buy it,” she said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof-rack(车顶架). I’ve always wanted one like that.” What could I do? Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too.  As it was getting darker, I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea. After a time my wife said, “There’s a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake(超车)?” Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers(警官)inside looked at us seriously when they went past. But then, with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church(教堂). One of the officers came to me. “Right, sir,” he said. “Do you need any more help now?” I didn’t quite understand. “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You’ve been very kind. I live just down the road.” He was looking at our things: first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. “Well, well,” he said and laughed. “It’s a bookshelf you’ve got there! We thought it was--er, something else.” My wife began to laugh. Suddenly I understood why the police drove here. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a bookshelf, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.

1.From the story we know that _________.

A.the writer was poor and didn’t buy the bookshelf for his wife

B.the writer’s wife didn’t like the bookshelf at all

C.the writer was always glad to buy something for his wife

D.the writer was not very glad to buy the bookshelf for his wife

2.What made the writer think that carrying furniture was “a good idea”?

A.He could drive slowly and it was safe.

B.Other drivers would let him go first.

C.His wife could use a new bookshelf.

D.He could save a lot of money and time.

3.Why were the police and other drivers so kind to the writer?

A.Because they thought the writer liked studying very much and needed a bookshelf.

B.Because they didn’t think it was polite to overtake a car with a bookshelf on it.

C.Because they thought somebody in the writer’s family had died and he needed help.

D.Because they thought it was dangerous to carry a bookshelf on a car.

4.When did the officers begin to realize(意识到)they had made a mistake?

A.Before they arrived at the church.

B.Before they overtook the writer’s car.

C.After one of them looked at the flowers and the bookshelf carefully at the church.

D.After the writer’s family left the church.

 

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