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 four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded. 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 buy 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.
【小题1】 From the passage, a van is also called ____________.
　　 

完成句子（每空0.5分，共15分）
【小题1】小男孩做鬼脸以吸引妈妈的注意（眼球）。
The boy made faces to _________ __________ __________ __________ .
【小题2】让他们在 60 秒内跑完400米是不可能的。
__________ __________ __________ _________ to run 400 metres in 60 seconds.
【小题3】 西蒙工作太入神了，以至于我进来他都没有注意到。
Simon __________ __________ __________ __________ his work that he didn’t even notice me come in.
【小题4】 我还没有打定主意去哪儿。
　 I haven’t __________ _________ __________ __________ where to go yet.
【小题5】 从那天起，人们就再也没有见到他。
_________ _________ _________ _________, he has never been seen again.
【小题6】天气真糟糕！这次聚会由于天气原因被推迟了。
_________　_________　the weather is! The party has been put off _________ _________ the weather.
【小题7】读了这么多遍课文，他早就背熟了里面的生单词了。
　After reading the text for many times, he has surely _________ the new words _________ _________.
【小题8】从广州开车到清远需要多长时间？
　How long __________ __________ __________ to drive from Guangzhou to Qingyuan?

Have you ever rubbed your hands together when they get cold? Why do we do that? We do that for friction. Friction happens when two things that aren’t very smooth rub together to make heat energy. The faster you rub two things together, the more friction ( and heat) you can make. Let’s discover friction!

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

·Soap ·Water·Your hands!

WHAT TO DO

Make sure your hands are dirty.

Rub your hands together until you feel the heat of your hands.

Now, use soap and water to get your hands very slippery(滑的).

Try to make friction happen while your hands are slippery.

Please write down what has happened.

LET’S TALK!

Friction is an energy that happens when two things rub together. When friction happens, it makes heat! When your hands are slippery, they won’t make very much friction and your hands won’t get so hot.

DID YOU KNOW?

Friction happens when you stop your fast running bike.

Ancient people made fire by rubbing two pieces of wood together. Friction happened though they didn’t know it.

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Friction is everywhere. Have you ever noticed situations where friction is happening? If not, ask your parents to take you out in a car. If it is not hot, touch the tires(轮胎) of the car before and after a short drive to see how much warmer they get from friction.

1. This text is most probably________________________.

A. a science report????????????? ????????????? ????????????? 　 B. a car advertisement

C. a rubbing introduction?????? D. a chemistry programme

2.What does the word “friction” in this text mean in Chinese????????

A.摩擦????????????? ????????????? B. 冷却??????? C. 膨胀????????????? ????????????? ????? D.震动

3.___________ is not an example of friction.

A. Bike riding????????????? B. Car driving??? C. Hands rubbing????????????? ? D.Friction discovering

4.What’s the last column(栏目)?

A. THINK IT OVER!????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ?? B. WHAT HAPPENED?

C.EVERYDAY ACTION:????????????? D. WORK WITH PARENTS

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【小题1】What do you do to get a 10% discount at Tom’s Bookstore?

完成句子（每空0.5分，共15分）

1.小男孩做鬼脸以吸引妈妈的注意（眼球）。

The boy made faces to _________ __________ __________ __________ .

2.让他们在 60 秒内跑完400米是不可能的。

__________ __________ __________ _________ to run 400 metres in 60 seconds.

3. 西蒙工作太入神了，以至于我进来他都没有注意到。

Simon __________ __________ __________ __________ his work that he didn’t even notice me come in.

4. 我还没有打定主意去哪儿。

　 I haven’t __________ _________ __________ __________ where to go yet.

5. 从那天起，人们就再也没有见到他。

_________ _________ _________ _________, he has never been seen again.

6.天气真糟糕！这次聚会由于天气原因被推迟了。

_________　_________　the weather is! The party has been put off _________ _________ the weather.

7.读了这么多遍课文，他早就背熟了里面的生单词了。

　After reading the text for many times, he has surely _________ the new words _________ _________.

8.从广州开车到清远需要多长时间？

　How long __________ __________ __________ to drive from Guangzhou to Qingyuan?