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 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.From the passage, a van is also called ____________.
| A．a motor car | B．a motor home |
| C．a motorbike | D．a big truck |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Do you know the game "Rock, paper or scissors"? Maybe you think it's just a simple game for children. But in fact, some adults use it to make decisions and solve their problems. It is also popular in many countries.
There are different stories about the history of the game. But many people believe the game came from Japan, and Japanese have played it for a long time. Later it came to Europe in the middle of the 18th century. In 1842, England founded the Paper Scissors Stone Club and from then on people could get together to play the game for honor (荣誉).
There is even an international club named the World Rock Paper Scissors Club in Toronto. The club makes "Rock, paper or scissors" more and more popular. It holds the world championship (锦标赛) every year. Top players from around the world take part in it and the champion (冠军) can get a lot of money and the honor of all the fans of "Rock, paper or scissors".Who use the game to make decisions and solve problems according to this passage?
| A．Children. | B．Some adults. |
| C．Students. | D．The old. |
Where do many people think this game came from?
A. Europe. B. China.
C. Japan. D. The USA. From when could people get together to play this game for honor?
| A．1842. | B．1841. |
| C．1845. | D．1846. |
How often does the World Rock Paper Scissors Club hold the world championship?
| A．Once a year. | B．Once two years. |
| C．Once three years. | D．Once four years. |
What will the champion of this game get?
| A．A lot of money. | B．The leader of this club. |
| C．Honor. | D．A and C |
Jack is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop. Usually he works until ten o'clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma who lives downstairs is satisfied with (满意) him.
One day, on his way home, he met Mary. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house, she agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future (未来). They talked for a long time. “Have a look at your watch, please,” said the girl. “What time is it now?” “Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,” said Jack. “Where's yours?” “I left it at home.”Jack thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!” The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, “It's twelve o'clock in the night, Jack. Why are you still jumping upstairs?”Jack was ________ when he finished middle school.
| A．sixteen | B．eighteen |
| C．twenty | D．fifteen |
The old woman is satisfied with Jack because ________.
| A．he's her grandson | B．he's clever |
| C．he can keep quiet | D．he gets home on time |
From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack's ________.
| A．classmate | B．colleague (同事) |
| C．aunt | D．wife |
The word “stamp” in the story means ______ in Chinese.
| A．盖印 | B．跺 | C．贴邮票 | D．承认 |
Jack stamped his foot on the floor in order (为了) ________.
| A．to wake his grandma up |
| B．to make his grandma angry |
| C．that his grandma was going to tell him the time |
| D．that his grandma was going to buy him a watch |
| Festivals |
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| Symbol |
Name |
Date |
Country |
 |
Spring Festival |
January or February |
China |
 |
Mother’s Day |
The second Sunday in May |
the USA |
 |
Boys’ Day |
May 5th |
Japan |
 |
Christmas Day |
December 25th |
Western countries |
Mother’s Day often comes on______.
| A．the second Saturday in January |
| B．the third Saturday in December |
| C．the second Sunday in May |
| D．the fifth Sunday in May |
Of all the festivals in the form(表格)，______ comes last in a year.
| A．Christmas Day | B．Boys’ Day |
| C．Mother’s Day | D．Spring Festival |
The symbol of Spring Festival is______.
| A．flowers | B．fish |
| C．trees | D．dumplings |
Americans may celebrate______ festival(s) in the form.
| A．1 | B．2 | C．3 | D．4 |
The festival for boys is only celebrated in _______.
| A．China | B．the USA |
| C．Japan | D．Canada |
We all know who Benjamin Franklin was. He was a very famous American statesman. He was also the first man to discover electricity. Franklin liked to study and to learn about new things. One day he heard from a friend that something black in colour holds the heat better than something white in colour. Franklin wanted to find out if this was true or not.
There was snow on the ground at the time. So he put two large pieces of cloth over the snow. One piece of cloth was black in colour, the other piece was white. Then he waited until the sun began to shine. After several hours he looked under the pieces of cloth and saw that the snow under the black cloth melted(融化) much faster than the snow under the white cloth. This proved to him that the black cloth held the heat better than the white cloth.
Soon after this, people began to wear white hats and white clothes during the summer because they were cooler.
Judge the following statements True (T) or False (F)Benjamin Franklin was only a scientist.
One day a friend of his told him something about the relation(关系) between colour and heat.
Something black in colour holds heat better than something white in colour.
This story happened in summer.
People wear white clothes in summer because they know it is cooler.
1.Our school is in the south of New York City. It’s not big but it’s clean and beautiful.
2.As we go into the school ,we can see there is a playground to our left and a small garden to our right. In the center of the school is our teaching building. When we go into the teaching building, we can see the Head Teacher’s Room on the left and the offices on the right. There are thirty-five classrooms and library in our school. The library has books on every subject.
3.We have to wear uniforms to school. Boys wear white shirts,blue trousers,black shoesand white scoks.Girls in Grade1-3 wear white shirts and blue skirts and girls in Grades4-6 wear white shirts and brown skirts.
4.Our head teacher teaches us maths. He is a very strict man. If we don’t obey the school rules, _______. But he is also very friendly. When we have problems, he always tries to help us.
5. Our other teachetrs teach us English, history and science. They are friendly, too. They gave us interesting lessons, check our homework carefully and often help us.
6.I like our school very much.在文中找出与下面所给句子意思最相近的一句话。
Our teaching building is in the middle of the school._____________________________________将第2段中画线的句子译成汉语。______________________________________________
回答问题
If Mary is in Grade 5 in the school, what color is her uniform skirt?________________________在第四段空线处填入一个适当的句子，使全句完整。______________________________
回答问题：
What does Paragraph 5 mainly talk about?_____________________________________