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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 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 bus a van. Their children sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases 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. 根据短文内容，选择正确答案（5分）

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 homer____________. 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 (B)

Traveling to every part of the world gets easier, but how well do we know and understand each other. Here’s a simple test. Imagine you are planning to hold a meeting at four o’clock. What time should you expect your foreign business friends to arrive? If they are Germans, they’ll arrive on time. If they are Americans, they’ll probably be 15 minutes early. If they are Englishmen, they’ll be 15 minutes late, and you should allow up to an hour for the Italians. The British seemed to think since the English language was widely used in the world, people would always understand what they do. However, they found they were completely wrong. For example, the British are happy to have a business lunch and discuss business matters and have a drink during the meal. The Japanese prefer not to work while eating. Lunch is a time for them to relax and get to know each other and they don’t drink at lunchtime. The Germans like to talk business before dinner. The French like to eat first and talk afterwards. They have to be well fed and watered before they discuss anything. 根据短文内容选择最佳答案。（5分）

1. What do the Germans prefer when they go to a meeting? A. They prefer to be on time.

B. They prefer to arrive very early.

C. They prefer to arrive very late. D. They prefer to arrive a little late. 2. According to the text, if a group of Englishmen, Americans and Italians hold a meeting, who will be the last to arrive?

A. The Englishmen. B. The Americans. C. The Italians.

D. Both the Englishmen and the Italians.

3. What do the Japanese like to do at lunchtime?

A. To drink. B. To get to know each other. C. To talk business. D. To eat only.

4. According to the writer, the British like to ________. A. arrive on time and talk business during the meal B. arrive earliest and hate talking business at a meal C. arrive 15 minutes late and talk business after the meal D. arrive a few minutes late and discuss business during the meal 5. By giving us the two examples, the writer means to show us that _______.

A. different countries have different cultures in different parts of the world

B. the Germans are more serious and have good living habits

C. the Italians are careless people and they are never on time for everything

D. the French people are very lazy. They prefer eating and drinking more

( C )

A We all know that we shouldn’t run across the road in front of the heavy traffic. But we’re B Sure, it’s comfortable to sit on the sofa. But scientists say you should walk at least 10000

steps every day to keep fit. When farmers were working in the fields, they were keeping fit at the same time. Think about it: Do you get the enough amount(数量) of exercise today? not sure about how to stay safe in the countryside. When you are out walking, you should always go with someone, and tell your parents where you’re planning to go. Remember! Climbing may also mean falling. Safety rules and advice are there to help you, not to make life less fun. C It’s important to eat plenty of the right things, above all, fruit, vegetables, and to see fast food or sweets as something very special---maybe just now and then. The wrong diet means you’ll put on weight, one of the fastest ways to an unhealthy life. D When we were babies, we slept for much of the day---if your parents were lucky! Teenagers don’t need as much sleep but it’s important to get about eight hours’ sleep. At weekends, you’ve got more time, so use it not just for your friends, but for rest, too. E Yes, you knew I was going to say this! But it’s so important. More teenagers damage(损害) their health through smoking and taking drugs than any other dangers. Think about the effect on your family and friends, and think about its effect on you and your health. 根据表格内容,为它们选择合适的标题. (5分) 1. __________ Rest while you can! 2. __________ Don’t be a sofa potato! 3. __________ Say no to smoking and drugs! 4. __________ Watch your diet!

5. __________ Be careful! It’s dangerous out there!

( D )

Paper is like air. Can we imagine life without paper or print(复印)? Paper was first created about 2000 years ago, and has been make form silk, cotton, bamboo, since the 19th century, from wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were expensive. And because there weren’t many books, few people learned to read.

Then printing was invented in China. The first printed books were made by putting ink on a wooden block and holding the paper against it. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century,

books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As a result, more and people learned to read. And they have more and more knowledge. But will books be needed in the future? Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept in CD-ROMs or machines such as MP3 players. These machines are smaller and lighter than books so that they can be carried very easily.

Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. So will books be replaced(代替) by computers one day? 根据短文内容,判断正误. (5分)

（ ）1. Paper was made from wood about 2000 years ago.

（ ）2. In those days, books were very expensive because they were made one at a time by hand.

（ ）3. More and more people could read books after printing was developed greatly.

（ ）4. Now many people get information from the Internet and keep it on machines such as MP3 players.

（ ）5. Books must be replaced by computers one day in the future.

（E）

Most children don’t enjoy doing housework. They like playing

computer games rather than cleaning the rooms. But in Australia, Jim and

Robert’s mother, Mrs. Black has good and proper methods to get their children to do housework.

Here is an example.

“Mum, have you worked out next week’s housework? Let Jim and me

choose the cards. I can’t wait. It’s fun.”

When Robert shouted out, his mother had already put all the cards on

their big table. On the cards, there are some words like these, “sweep the floor, clean your room, help mum cook, wash vegetables, make beds, feed the fish, cut the wood, clean the bathroom” and many others. Jim and Robert chose two cards for each day from Monday to Friday. Then they would hang them on the weekday task board. Jim likes to clean the bathrooms, so he picked up the card “clean the bathroom”. Robert loves to make the bed , so he picked up his favorite card. Jim again picked up “wash vegetables” and Robert chose “feed the fish”. Soon the two boys were happy to take way all the cards.

To help the children do housework, their mother thought hard and

came up with this idea. Of course, the parents did the housework on the weekends and left Jim and Robert two days free. 根据短文内容,回答下面的问题. ( 10分 ) 1. Where is Mr. Black living now?

2. What had Mrs. Black put on their table when Robert shouted out?

3. How many cards did Jim and Robert choose for each day from Monday to Friday?

4. Who did the housework on the weekends, Jim and Robert or their mum?

5.Did Jim and Robert do the housework happily on weekdays?