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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.

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 buy a van. Their childrens sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things， for a family of five must carry many suitcases when they travel.

A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or 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， we can learn a van is ___ .

A. a motor car B. a big truck

C. a motorbike D. a motor home

2. Before Mr Hagen and his wife bought a van， they ___ .

A. sold their old house

B. sold their second car

C. built a new place for a van

D. moved to their grandparents house

3. A motor home is usually owned by a family with ___ .

A. a baby B. much money

C. interest in vans D. more than two children

4. Americans usually use motor homes to ___ .

A. visit their grandparents at weekends

B. drive their children to school every day

C. travel with all the family members on holiday

D. do some shopping with all the family members

5. Why have motor homes become popular？

A. They are cheap.

B. Big families can put more things in them.

C. They can take people to another city when people are free.

D. They can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays.

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definite shape arrest eventually limit

1. Its hard to ____ when it will happen.

2. I cant tell you ____ when I will come.

3.The children are ____ the sand into a hill.

4. He was ____ by the police after a single day.

5. Im sure a man of great ability like him will ____ reach the top in spite of some difficulty.

6. As the football match was in ____ ， we kept cheering on both teams.

7. He is a responsible person and can be trusted to ____ out the plan.

8. Television has replaced motion pictures as Americas most popular form of ____ .

句子翻译

1. 我正打算往河里跳时，水里突然出现了一条蛇。

2. 我们所要乘坐的飞机下午五点飞往北京。

3. 不是所有的学生都去看电影了。

4. 在一间房住一晚上他们想要我付八十镑。

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1. — Come on， Peter. I want to show you something.

— Oh， how nice of you. I ___ you ___ to bring me a gift.

A. dont think； were going

B. never think； are going

C. never thought； were going

D. hadnt thought； were going

2. Youd better not call him between 7 and 8 tomorrow evening. He ___ an important meeting then.

A. will have B. would have

C. will be having D. will have had

3. — Have you known Dr Jackson for a long time？

— Yes， since she ___ the Chinese Society.

A. joins B. has joined

C. had joined D. joined

4. — How do you find my desk computer？

— Just so-so. It is ___ . Many people are using the notebook

computer.

A. on the way B. on the way out

C. out of the way D. in the way

5. Theres a color bottle on the table ___ like a flower.

A. shaped B. shaping

C. have shaped D. being shaped

6. — Tom， you didnt come to the party last night.

— I ___ ， but I suddenly remembered I had homework to do.

A. had to B. didnt

C. was going to D. wouldnt

7. — Ring me at 7 am？

— No， not that early. I ___ then.

A. sleep B. will sleep

C. am sleeping D. will be sleeping

8. He had a bad cold， because he ___ in the rain on his way home after school.

A. caught B. catches

C. was catching D. was caught

9. In China， the number of cities is increasing， ___ development is recognized across the world.

A. of which B. which

C. whose D. that

10. The newly-built café， the walls of ___ are painted light green， is really a quiet place for us， especially after hard work.

A. which B. it

C. that D. what