Three travelers, Allan, Carl and Paul were sitting on the chairs in a train station. They were waiting for a train that was very late.

To pass the time, they began talking to each other.

At first, they talked about the weather and their work. Then Paul said, "Tell me—what would you most like to do if your doctor tell you that you have only three months to live?"

The other two men thought about this for a while, then Carl spoke.

“Well,” he said, “if I have only three months to live, I’ll take all my money out of the bank and go to foreign countries for holidays with my best friend, Erik. I’d like to travel to the places in the world as many as possible. And I’ll stay at the best hotels and then eat the best food. I think I’ll have a wonderful time.”

“That’s very interesting,” Paul said.

With these words, he turned to the other man, saying, “And what about you?”

“I’ll tell you a secret,” Allan said. “I always want to be a racing driver. So if I have only three months to live, the first thing I’d like to do is to sell my house. With the money I’ll buy the fastest car in the world. Maybe I can enter all the big motor races.”

Then he laughed, “I might even end up (以……而告终) world champion.”

“Now it’s your turn,” Allan went on, “If your doctor tell you the bad news, what would you most like to do?”

“Oh,” said Paul with a smile. “I’ll go and see another doctor.”

1.The three men were talking ________.

A．in the post office	B．in the waiting room
C．on the train	D．on the chairs

2.The man called ________ answered the question first.

A．Carl

B．Allan

C．Erik

D．Paul

3.The men began to talk about the weather and the work because they ________.

A．didn’t know anything new

B．wanted to pass the time quickly

C．had nothing to do

D．were very interested in each other’s work

4.“I might even end up world champion.” Here the word “champion” means _______in Chinese.

A．名人

B．赛车手

C．大款

D．冠军

5.Which sentence is right according to the passage?

A．The train didn’t arrive on time.

B．Paul wanted to buy a racing car very much.

C．Allan was the second man to answer the question.

D．Carl didn’t like traveling at all.

 

----Could you get home at five o’clock?
---- ________I’ll have a meeting at that time .

A．I hope so.

B．Yes,I think so.

C．I’m afraid not

D．I’m afraid so.

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 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 by train to New York, and then take a ship to Europe . When we arrive in Europe, 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 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. he like staying at home
C. he is too old to travel             D. nobody wants to take him along
(    ) 3 . We’re coming back home by               .
A. sea                 B. air           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

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 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 by train to New York, and then take a ship to Europe. When we arrive in Europe, 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.
【小题1】How many people of the family will go to have a trip?

A． Three

B．Four

C．Five

D．Six

【小题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

【小题3】We’re coming back home by_____ .

A．sea

B．air

C．bus

D．train

【小题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

【小题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

----Could you get home at five o’clock?

  ---- ________I’ll have a meeting at that time .

 A.I hope so.        B.Yes,I think so.        C.I’m afraid not          D.I’m afraid so.