George liked flying a plane. Once he bought a small plane and learned how to fly it. He soon became so good that he could make his plane do all kinds of tricks（技巧）.
George had a friend. His name was Peter. One day George said to his friend, “ Peter, would you like to have a trip in my plane?” Peter thought, “ I’ve traveled in a big plane several times, but I’ve never been in a small one, so I’ll go.”
They went up, and George flew around for half an hour and did all kinds of tricks in a shaken voice（顫抖的聲音）, “ Well, George, thank you very much for these two trips in your plane.”
George was very surprised and asked, “ Two trips? ”
“Yes, my first and my last.” Answered Peter.
【小題1】Peter ______ his friend’s plane.

A．had to fly in

B．was asked to have a trip in

C．was asked to fly

D．a(chǎn)sked George to fly

【小題2】Peter went up with George in the plane because ______ .

A．he liked traveling very much

B．George was good at flying his plane

C．he had never traveled in a small plane

D．Peter could do all kinds of flying tricks

【小題3】They were in the plane for ______ minutes.

A．forty-five

B．sixty

C．thirty

D．some

【小題4】How many times did Peter travel in his friend’s small plane?

A．Once

B．Twice

C．Three times

D．Several times

【小題5】From the passage we know that ______ .

A．Peter thanked George for the nice trip

B．Peter thought it was wonderful to have such a trip

C．Peter felt surprised that his friend could fly so well

D．Peter was worried about his safety while George was doing tricks in the sky

   A man is going to open a shop selling hats. He wanted a good sign to put over his shop. He wrote:

JOHN BROWN HATTER Makes and Sells Hats for Ready Money

   The first friend gave him the advice that the word “hatter” wasn’t needed. So John crossed out the word “HATTER” . Then he came to another friend for advice. This friend said that it was not polite to say “for ready money”. So he crossed out “for ready money”. The sign now said:

JOHN BROWN Makes and Sells Hats

One day a friend was passing his shop. He saw this sign and said that when a man bought a hat, he didn’t care who made it. So John crossed out that word, too.
But when another friend saw “ John Brown Sells Hats”, he said , “ Of course you sell hats. No one thinks you give them away for free.” So, at last the sign read:

JOHN   BROWN

【小題1】 “ For ready money” means ___________________.
A. pay for the hat here when you buy it  
B. if you buy the hat you can pay for it in a few days
C. hats here are only for the people with much money
【小題2】How many friends gave John some advice on how to write the sign?
A. Three.                                     B. Four.                              C. Two.
【小題3】___________________was crossed out first.
A. “ John Brown Sells Hats”          B. “Hatter”                     C. “for Ready Money”
【小題4】 Each friend has___________________thought.
A. no                                   B. the same                       C. his own
【小題5】This story tells us that _____________________.
A. it isn’t possible to please everybody
B. it’s easy to sell hats
C. sellers must please everybody

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(住房汽車).

A small car can hold(容納)four persons and a large car can hold six persons, but it is very crowded(擁擠). A van hold seven persons easily, so a family with 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 seats 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, the van 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 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.

1.From the passage, a van is also called ____________.

A．a(chǎn) motor car

B．a(chǎn) motor home

C．a(chǎn) motorbike

D．a(chǎn) 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(chǎn) baby	B．much money
C．more than two children	D．interest in vans

4.Americans usually use motor homes____________.

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