阅读理解

Wherever travelers go, cameras are sure to follow. It’s great fun to take photos, and even more fun to show slides of the trip to friends and relatives when they come back home.

There’s Aunt Sarah, smiling in front of Buckingham Palace; Aunt Sarah, smiling under the Eiffel Tower; and Aunt Sarah, smiling in a Venetian Canal. Everyone knows what Aunt Sarah looks like; they also know what Europe’s great landmarks (显著地面景观) look like.

But a young man named David, just back from a trip to Greece, asked a few friends over to see his slides. The young man had an artist’s eye. His pictures were not of familiar Greek architectures. Instead he took pictures of farmers at work in the field, fishermen repairing their nets, and bearded priests (牧师) bending over their Bibles. He captured (抓住) the color and character of the country. His friends were so interested that they asked for more.

Any amateur (外行) can do the same. All he needs is a simple camera and a little sensitivity. When he learns that a nation lives in its people as well as in its landmarks, he moves from an amateur to an artist.

1.What does the underlined word “slide” mean?

2. People who watch Aunt Sarah’s slides would be _______.

3. David’s pictures were about _______.

4.David is _______.

5. A traveler can become an artist if he _______.

A kind of little cars may some day take the place of today’s cars. If everyone drives such cars in the future，there will be less pollution from the cars. There will also be more space for parking cars in cities，and the streets will be less crowded. Three such cars can park in the space now needed for one car of the usual size.

The little cars will cost much less to own and to drive. Driving will be safer，too，as these little cars can go only 65 kilometers an hour. The cars of the future will be fine for getting around a city，but they will not be useful for long trips. Little cars will go 450 kilometers before needing to stop for more gas(汽油).

If big cars are still used along with the small ones，two sets of roads will be needed in the future. Some roads will be used for the big，quick cars and other roads will be needed for the slower，smaller ones.

1.There is much pollution from the cars today because________.

A．people drive big cars                    B．the cars go 65 kilometers an hour

C．people drive small cars                   D．the cars can go 450 kilometers an hour

2.The usual size of cars today are________that of future cars.

A．smaller than       B．the same as        C．three times as large as D．a little larger than

3.We can learn from the passage that________.

A．big cars cost less to own and to drive

B．the cars of the future will be much smaller than today’s cars

C．big cars are not useful for long trips

D．small cars are faster than big ones

4.The street will be less crowded in the future because________.

A．there will be fewer cars                  B．there will be fewer people in the street

C．driving future cars will be safe              D．future cars will be much smaller

5.Two sets of roads may be needed in the future because________.

A．there will be too many cars in the future

B．more and more people will get around a city

C．big cars will be used along with the small ones

D．it looks more beautiful to have two sets of roads

My new mobile phone is different from Jennifer’s.

A. not the same as   B. all the same as

C. worse than   D. difficult to

Their house is _______ ours, but ours has a bigger garden.