Question

五、閱讀理解

      Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working,they usually have two cans. When the family is large,one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van (住房汽車) .

      A small car can hold four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded (擁擠的) .A van holds seven persons easily,so a family with three children can ask their grandparents to travel together.

      Mr King and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell the second car and buy a vaa There are seven seats in the van,and two of them are used to put things on,for a family of five must carry many suitcases (手提箱) when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’ home,the suitcases are put under the two seats. And then they can carry their 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 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 parking places for motor homes.

() 1. From the passage we can learn that a big American family usually .

   A. travel together by van   B. live together

   C. live in a van   D. has three cars

() 2. After Mr King and his wife had a third child,first they .

   A. bought a van   B. sold one of their old cars

   C. moved to their grandparents’ house   D. got many suitcases

() 3. Americans usually drive motor homes to .

   A. visit their grandparents at weekends

   B. take their children to school every day

   C. travel with their family members for a holiday

   D. do some shopping with their family members

() 4. The last sentence “In America there are many parking places for motor homes” in this passage means .

   A. American families like to visit parks

   B. there are many beautiful parks in America

   C. vans can be parked (停車) in many places in America

   D. motor homes can be bought in many places in America

Answer 1

五、 1 —4  ABCC