We can not live a modern life without traveling．The fastest way of traveling is by air．With a plane people can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago．

Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but people can see the country when they are traveling through．Modern trains have comfortable seats and dinning-cars．They make even the longest journey（旅途） enjoyable．

Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible．There are large luxury liners（客轮） or river boats．They are not as fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday．

Many people like to travel by car．They can make their own timetable．They can travel hundreds of miles or only fifty miles a day, just as their wish．They can stop wherever they want to see something interesting or to enjoy a good meal at a good restaurant, or to spend the night at a hotel．That is why people choose traveling by car for pleasant trips, while they usually take trains or planes for business．

1.According to（根据） the passage, the fastest way of traveling is ______________

A．by car

B．by train

C．by plane

D．by sea

2.People can make even the longest journey enjoyable if they take the _________

A．train

B．plane

C．sea

D．bus

3.______ is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday．

A．Traveling by bike．	B．Traveling by train．
C．Traveling by sea．	D．Traveling by car．[来源:Z+xx+k.Com]

4.If we travel by car, we can _________

A．enjoy the longest journey

B．travel only fifty miles a day[来源:Z|xx|k.Com]

C．make our own timetable

D．travel to a very far place in a few minutes

5.When people travel on business, they usually take

A．a boat or a train	B．a car or a boat
C．a plane or a car	D．a train or a plane

 

Most American families like to have a vacation in summer. Summer is a good season for vacation. It is often hot in July and August.

Children do not go to school in those two months. Some people like to stay at home, read books, or watch TV. Many families take their lunch to eat at a place with many trees or a nice lake.

Some people have enough time and money to travel to other countries like France, Japan and Australia. They usually fly to these countries. Many families travel by car or train to see interesting places in their own countries. Their favorite cities are New York, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Not everyone likes to go to busy cities. Some families travel to mountains or beautiful valleys.

根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择正确答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）

1.       is a good season for vacation.

A．Spring            B．Summer           C．Autumn           D．Winter

2.Many people don’t         during their vacation.

A．read books        B．travel             C．watch TV          D．go to work

3.Many families like to have their lunch       during their vacation.

A．in the office                           B．near a cinema

C．near a big factory                       D．near a nice lake

4.If you have        , you can travel to other countries.

A．money and friends                      B．friends and time

C．money and time                        D．food

5.Which of the following is NOT true ?

A．Summer vacation is about two months long.

B．Some people usually go to other countries to travel.

C．Everyone likes to travel to busy cities.

D．It’s often hot in July and August in America.

 

 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(住房汽车)
　　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 children sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases(衣箱)when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’ home , the suitcases are brought into the two seats can then carry the grandparents.
　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 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.
【小题1】 From the passage, a van is also called ____________.
　　 

A．a motor car

B．a motor home

C．a motorbike

D．a big truck

【小题2】Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they__________.
　　 

A．sold their old house

B．moved to their grandparents’ house

C．built a new place for a van

D．sold their second car

【小题3】A motor home is usually owned by a family with__________.
　　 

A．a baby

B．much money

C．more than two children

D．interest in vans

【小题4】Americans usually use motor homer____________.
　　 

A．to travel with all the family members of holiday
B．to do some shopping with all the family members	C．to visit their grandparents at weekends	D．to drive their children to school every day

【小题5】Motor homes have become popular because___________.
　　 

A．they can take people to another city when people are free

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

C．some people think motor homes are cheap

D．big families can put more things in motor homes

In Australia, different people have different ways to enjoy themselves. They also have their own ideas about   61   to pass time.

   62    children, about 80%, work hard in school because they have to take lots of exams. After school, they don’t want to stay at home reading books any more.   63  , they put aside their school bags and go out to play.

Some old people   64   early in the morning. Then they go to park to   65  . It helps them know what is happening around the world. In the evening, they would prefer to stay at home   66   rather than do anything else. 

    Young people enjoy having   67   trip on weekends. They go to mountains to have a picnic or go to the   68   to camp. They usually start on Friday and spend one or two days outside. Then on   69   evening, they start their way back home.   70   seems to be in a hurry, although a busy week is waiting for them again.

1. A. what          B. how              C. when             D. why

2.A. Some           B. Most             C. All              D. No

3. A. However       B. Though           C. Instead          D. Or

4.A. get up         B. come up          C. stay up          D. set up

5.A. read newspapers    B. do sports        C. enjoy themselves D. have breakfast

6. A. climbing hills    B. watching TV      C. go shopping      D. going hiking

7. A. boring            B. busy             C. tiring           D. relaxing

8. A. forest            B. floor                C. flat         D. factory

9.A. Friday         B. Sunday           C. Tuesday          D. Wednesday

10.A. Anybody       B. Somebody         C. Everybody            D. Nobody

 

Not all memories (记忆)are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Wars and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and mental scars. Often they appear again in dreams.

Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill(药丸), which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce（减少）, or possibly erase(抹去) the effect of sad memories.

In November, some scientists tested a drug(药) on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body producing chemicals(化学品) that fix memories in the brain. So far the research has suggested that only the mental effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.

The research has caused plenty of argument. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it.

Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers’ troubling memories after war. They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.

“Some memories can destroy(破坏) people’s lives. They come back to you when you don’t want to have them in a dream. They usually come with very sad feeling.” said Roger Pitman, a scientist of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. “This could relieve(减轻) a lot of that suffering.”

But those who are against the research say that it is very dangerous to change memories because memories give us our identity(特质). They also help us all get away from the mistakes of the past.

“All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were terrible at the time but make us who we are. I’m not sure we want to erase those memories,” said Rebecca Dresser.

1.The passage is mainly about __________.

A．a new medical invention

B．a new research on memories

C．a way of erasing sad memories

D．an argument about the research on the pill

2.The drug tested on people can __________.

A．cause the brain to fix memories

B．stop people remembering their experiences

C．prevent body producing certain chemicals

D．erase the emotional effects of memories

3.The word “scars” in Paragraph One is close in meaning to _________.

A．good stories                           B．sad feelings

C．experiences                           D．memories

4.Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with?

A．Some memories can destroy people’s lives.

B．People want to get away from bad memories.

C．Experiencing bad events makes us different from others.

D．The pill will reduce people’s sufferings from bad memories.