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　　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(容纳)four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded(拥挤)・ A van holds seven persons easily, so a family with three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday .They could all travel together.
　　Mr. Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell the second car and buy a van. The sixth and the seventh seats 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 which can then carry the grandparents.
　　Americans call vans motor homes. When a family is traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or by the seaside. 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 passage₉ we know a van is also called ______.
A. a motor carB. a motor home
C. a motorbikeD. a big truck
(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
(3)A motor home is usually owned by a family with ______.
A. a babyB. much money
C. more than two childrenD. interest in vans
(4)Americans usually use motor homes ______.
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
(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 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera (照相机)∙ He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo.
　　The next important date in the history of photography(摄影)was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.
　　Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s way. Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world. People took picture of famous buildings, cities and mountains.
　　In about 1840, photography was developed. Then photographers could take picture of people and moving things. That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of films and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some people in the United States worked so hard.
　　Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of greedy people. The pictures were unusual because they were Very lifelike(栩栩如生的)∙
　　Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos Were not just copying the real world. They showed feelings, like other kinds of art.
(1)The first photo taken by Niepce was a picture of ______.
A. his businessB. his house
C. his gardenD. his window
(2)The Daguerreotype was ______.
A. a FrenchmanB. a kind of picture
C. a kind of cameraD. a photographer
(3)If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year Of ]8(5) he
had to ______.
A. watch lots of films
B. buy an expensive camera
C. stop in most cities
D. take many films and something else with him
(4)Mathew Brady ______.
A. was very lifelike
B. was famous for his unusual pictures
C. was quite strong
D. took many pictures of moving people
(5)This passage tells us ______.
A. how photography was developed
B. how to show your ideas and feelings in pictures
C. how to take pictures in the world
D. how to use different cameras

 

Sunset Hotel	Long Beach Hotel
•City views •Large swimming pool •$ 110 per person a night	• Large rooms with color TVs • City views from every room • Air conditioner in every room • $ 120 per person a night
Holiday Land Hotel	The Sands Hotel
•Ocean views from every room •$ 100 per person a night •Large rooms	•Best ocean and beach views •On paradise island Air conditioner in every room •$ 135 per person a night

(1) The cheapest hotel is______.
A. Sunset HotelB. The Sands Hotel
C. Holiday Land HotelD. Long Beach Hotel
(2) If you want to swim, you should go to______.
A. Sunset HotelB. The Sands Hotel
C. Holiday Land HotelD.Long Beach Hotel
(3)If your parents and you stay inSunsetHotela night, you will pay______.
A. $ 110B. $ 330C.$ 390D.$ 360
(4)If you want to have a good view of the city, you would stay in______.
A. The Sands HotelB. Sunset Hotel
C. Long Beach HotelD. Holiday Land Hotel
(5) The best way to The Sands Hotel is______.
A.by shipB. by bikeC. by carD. by bus