一、阅读理解(共1道小题,共50.0分)1.Americans with small families own a small car or a largeone. 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 four persons and a large car can holdsix persons but it is very crowded. 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. The sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases when they travel.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 motor home is also called ______.A. a motor carB. a motorbikeC. a big truckD. a van2. A family owns a motor home usually with ______.A. more than two childrenB. interest in vansC. a babyD. much money3. Americans with a small family and with two parents workingusually have ______.A. a carB. two carsC. two vansD. a van4. What is the main use of motor homes for Americans?A. to do some shopping with all the family membersB. to drive their children to school every dayC. to travel with all the family members for holidaysD. to visit their grandparents at weekends5. The reason why motor homes have become popular is that _______.A. they can let families have a happier life when they go out fortheir holidaysB. they can take people to another city when people are freeC. big families can put more things in motor homesD. some people think motor homes are cheep1. 1. From the passage, a motor home is also called ______.A. a motor carB. a motorbikeC. a big truckD. a van2. 2. A family owns a motor home usually with ______.A.more than two childrenB.interest in vansC. a babyD.much money3. 3. Americans with a small family and with two parents workingusually have ______.A. a carB.two carsC.two vansD. a van4. 4. What is the main use of motor homes for Americans?A.to do some shopping with all the family membersB.to drive their children to school every dayC.to travel with all the family members for holidaysD.to visit their grandparents at weekends5. 5. The reason why motor homes have become popular is that_______.A.they can let families have a happier life when they goout for their holidaysB.they can take people to another city when people arefreeC.big families can put more things in motor homesD.some people think motor homes are cheep试题分值:50.0得分:[10, 10, 10, 10, 10]提示:1. 细节题。
本题问“根据文章,一个房车也被称作______。
”答案在最后一段的第一句,该句指出美国人把“van”称作为带马达的家。
据此可知答案是D。
2. 细节题。
本题问“如果一个家庭买了一辆房车,那么这个家庭______。
”答案在第二段的前两句,这两句大意是“一辆小轿车可以坐四个人;一辆大轿车可以坐六个人,不过会非常拥挤。
一辆房车可以轻松容纳7个人,所以一个有三个孩子的家庭可以邀请祖父母一起开车度假了”。
据此可知答案是A(有两个以上的孩子)。
3. 细节题。
本题问“美国小家庭中如果父母都工作,则这样的家庭会有______。
”答案在第一段的第二句,该句大意是“如果父母都上班,则他们会买两辆车”。
据此可知答案是B。
4. 细节题。
本题问“对美国人来说,房车的主要用途是什么?”答案在最后一段的第二句,该句大意是“房车总是用来度假的”。
据此可知答案是C。
5. 细节题。
本题问“房车之所以这么受欢迎是因为______。
”答案在最后一段的第三句,该句大意是“在旅行的时候,大家庭的所有成员可以渡过一段快乐的时光”。
因此答案是A。
二、单项选择题(共10道小题,共50.0分)1.The poor police had never __________ of winning.A.made a chanceB.took a chanceC.stood a chanceD.kept a chance知识Choice1点:学生答案:[C;] 标准答案:C 得分: [5] 试题分值:5.0提示:解析:该题选C ,题目大意是“可怜的警察毫无胜诉的机会”。
stand a chance :have a prospect (of sth.) 有…希望1. stand achance of winning the game 有可能赢得这场比赛2. I think youstand a good chance of being elected president.我认为你极有可能当选为公司总裁。
3. Weak and lamein one leg, he never stood a chanceof getting the job of taxi-driver.由于身体虚弱,并且有一条跛腿,他从未有机会得到出租车司机的工作。
2.The sudden snowstorm during the night _________ my decision not to leave.A. discoveredB. inquiredC. chargedD. confirmed 知识点:Choice1 学生答案:[D;] 标准答案: D 得分: [5] 试题分值:5.0提示: 解析:该题选D ,题目大意是“夜间突如其来的暴风雪坚定了我不走的决心”。
confirm :证实,肯定,确认,坚定(信念等 )1. This confirmswhat I suspected all along.这证实了我一直以来的怀疑。
2. X-rays haveconfirmed that he has not broken anybones.X光片证实他没有骨折。
3. These newstatistics confirm our worst fears about the depth of the recession.这些新的统计数据证实经济衰退已经严重到我们最为担忧的境地。
3.The lady was expecting a baby in a__________ of months.A.pairB.coupleC.bunchD.few知识点: Choice1学生答案:[B;] 标准答案: B 得分: [5] 试题分值: 5.0提示: 解析:该题选B,题目大意是“这位女士期待着一、两个月后生个小宝贝”。