Americans with small families own a car. If both parents are working , they usually have two cars. When the family is larger, they will sell one of the cars and 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 can hold seven persons easily, so a family with three children can ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel. They can all travel together.
Mr. Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. So they sold their second car and bought a van. They thought it would be more convenient for them to go out together.
Americans call vans motor homes. They always use them 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 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.
1.Americans also call vans___________.
A. Motor cars B. Motor homes
C. Motorbikes D. motor trucks
2.A family with _________ usually has a van.
A. a baby
B. Much money
C. more than two children
D. interest in vans
3.Americans usually use motor homes to_________
A. Travel with all the family members for holidays
B. Do some shopping with all the family members
C. Visit their grandparents at weekends
D. Drive their children to school every day
4.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
Once upon a time in Greece, there lived a young man called Narcissus. He lived in a small village on the sea and was famous in the land because he was quite handsome. Villagers would turn up on the streets to stare at the beautiful child .
When he grew up , people always said “How handsome Narcissus is！” Villagers thought that Narcissus could not be any more handsome than he already was. But as years passed Narcissus became a teenager. His beauty grew and became so great that he was known all over country of Greece.
As he grew ,Narcissus was very proud of his good-looking face.
“Oh! You are so handsome ,Narcissus!” Narcissus said one day as he looked into a pool.”There’s nobody more handsome in the whole world ! I’d love to kiss you . And that’s just what I’ll do!”
He leaned closer to the water . Suddenly he lost his balance and fell into the pool .
Narcissus tried to reach the bank of the pool, but he could not swim and he drowned.
1.When Narcissus came out in the street,_____.
A. there were always many people to see him
B. everyone went home in a hurry
C. some people would take photos of him
D. no one would like to talk to him
2.The purpose of the writer by writing the third and the fourth paragraph is _______.
A. to tell us that a handsome man was difficult to succeed
B. to show Narcissus was more and more handsome
C. to show Narcissus was too proud to see himself
D. to tell us that Narcissus should look at others not himself
3.From the paragraph we can infer that______.
A. Narcissus was talking to one of his friends
B. one of Narcissus’ friends wanted to help him
C. Narcissus was talking to himself.
D. Narcissus had fallen in love with a girl.
4.The story is mainly about_______.
A. a poor man who didn’t want to do anything
B. a man who thought himself to be better than he really was
C. how to teach children to learn better
D. what to do when you met a handsome boy
Hello, listeners. Welcome to Henton Hospital Radio. Before our music program begins, I’m going to repeat some of our hospital rules.
The hospital can sleep 800 patients. There are 8 beds in each ward（病房).The visiting hours are in the afternoon from 2:30 to 3:30 and in the evening from 7:00 to 8:00. But remember only two visitors at a time. Sorry about that, but you can see what would happen if we didn’t have these rules.
The other rules are about our time schedule. We start quite early-you might not be used to that. We wake you at 6 o’clock, and breakfast is at 8 o’clock, lunch at noon. There’s tea at 3:30 and supper is at 6’ o clock.
You can see the “No Smoking” sign-we don’t allow smoking in the wards. I’m sure you understand why. However, if you do need to smoke, there are some smoking-rooms for you.
You will find the radio switch(开关) on the wall near your bed, with your own headphones, if you want to listen. It’s our own hospital radio wishing you a quick recovery{康复}。
1.How many wards are there in this hospital?
A.8 B.80 C.100 D.800
2.Which of the following can’t people do in the hospital?
A. Listening to the hospital radio.
B. Visiting patients in the morning
C. Smoking in the smoking-rooms.
D. Getting up early in the morning
3.What program will follow this radio talk?
A. Hospital rules.
B.A weather report
C.A free talk
D.A music program
4.What sign can you see in the wards?
A. No speaking B. No Parking
C .No smoking D. No people
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Edison began to make a talking machine in 1877. At first he_____paper with holes to make a sound. He worked for months on this____,at last he____how to record a person’s voice. But the first machine was very____ and the voice was only one type and not clear enough. Then he____another long time on it. He____some parts and he put some new ___on the talking machine. This time the voice could be played（被播放)and the voice was also very____.After the Second World War others used his____to record music and songs. Then came the tape recorder. it is much easier to record voice. How___Edison was!
1.A. followedB. drew C. used
2.A. ideaB.name C paper
3.A. friedB. found C. flew
4.A .simple B. complicated C. hard
5.A. tookB spent C. paid
6.A. changed B wrote C. made
7.A. onesB. records C. parts
8.A. clean B .tidy C. clear
9.A. machine B. method C .memory
10.A. great B. beautifulC. Stupid
To ________ your homework is to look it over to see if it is right.
A. check B. finish C. Write
A(n) ____is a person whose job is playing a musical instrument (乐器）or writing music.
A. singer B. Actor C. musician
