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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.

选词填空

用方框里单词的正确形式填空，使其句意完整。每空一词，有两个词是多余的。

progress carry entertainment recreation predict

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。

书面表达

在英语口语课上，你班同学围绕“Life in the Future”这一主题展开了讨论。请你设想自己的未来生活图景并根据以下要点写一篇英语短文。要点如下：

1. 科技广泛应用于各种工作，人们的工作时间更短；

2. 机器人代替人类做家务，人们有更多的时间享受生活；

3. 学生可以在家通过电视、广播和网络等接受教育；

4. 人们可以选择居住在海底，可以乘坐宇宙飞船到太空旅游。

要求：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可适当增加内容，以使行文连贯。

Life in the Future