I’m taking my family to other countries to have a trip. My wife and I and our two children are all going along. My elder brother will go with us, too. He has never been overseas(海外的) and he is even more excited than the children. My father is so old that he’d like to stay at home and take care of the house.

We’re going to New York by train, and then take a ship to Europe . When we arrive in Europe（欧洲）, we’re going to some countries for sightseeing (观光). We’ll go to places either by train or by bus. We’re going to fly home.

It took us a long time to decide where to go, but I think we’ll have a very interesting trip. We’ll go to England, France and Italy. We also talked about how we would go to Europe. At first we wanted to fly because it would be faster and would save more time, But my brother likes to take a boat trip and the children like that, too.

1.How many people of the family will go to have a trip?

    A.  Three          B. Four         C. Five            D. Six

2.My father will not go on the trip because ____.

A . he doesn’t like travels           B. staying at home is more interesting

C. he is too old to travel            D. nobody wants to take him along

3.We’re coming back home by_____ .

A. sea          B. plane          C. bus           D. train

4.In Europe we will _____. 

A. go sight-seeing at the seaside      B. to go to different countries by ship

C. buy a lot of presents             D. go from place to place by train or by bus

5.My brother and my children would like to _____.

A. do some shopping in Europe         B. study the Italian language in Italy

C. enjoy a trip by ship                D. learn French in France

根据句意及首字母填空
【小题1】 My uncle works in that r         , he’s a waiter.
【小题2】We’re h       a good time in the park.
【小题3】I’m very s         to see my teacher here.
【小题4】Hainan island(岛)is in the s      of China.
【小题5】It’s w       today. How strong the wind is!
【小题6】My house is on a b   street. There are lots of people and cars every day.
【小题7】The tree l       often turn yellow in autumn(秋天).
【小题8】Every student in our school must wear a u       .
【小题9】Singaporeans speak English and C      .
【小题10】Your room is too dirty. Please c        it now.

Before I left to meet Lynne, my friend told me that I had better take some money, but I didn’t listen to him. I thought that Lynne would pay because she invited me.
I arrived at the restaurant on time because I knew Americans like to be on time. Lynne and I sat at a table near the door and soon we began to enjoy ourselves there.
The food there was very delicious. I talked a lot about Saudi Arabia and Lynne told me all about herself. After two hours the waiter came and asked if we wanted one check(账单) or two. Lynne said two. Lynne paid her check, and the waiter gave me mine, I had no money. Then I had an idea, I called my friend. In a few minutes he arrived with some money. He laughed at me all the way home.
Now, I think it’s funny, but I guess you can understand how I felt at that time. So when you visit a foreign country, you have to learn their language and culture.
【小题1】From the first paragraph, we mainly know____________.