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　　The Greens live at 87 King Street. In the morning. Mr Green goes to work and the children go to school. Their father takes them to school every day. Mrs Green stays at home every day. She does housework. She always（總是）eats her lunch at noon（在中午）. In the afternoon, she usually（通常）sees her friends. They often drink tea together（一起）. The children come home from school at about five. They get home early. In the evening. the children always do their homework. Then they go to bed. Mr Green usually reads his newspaper（報(bào)紙）, but sometimes he and his wife watch TV. On Sunday afternoon, Mrs Green usually goes shopping. And the children often help their mother do housework at home.

(1)The children's father takes ______ every day.

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A．they to work　　　　B．them to work

C．them to school　　　D．they to works

(2)Mrs Green ______ after she has lunch.

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A．does housework　　　B．stays at home

C．drinks tea　　　　　D．sees her friends

(3)The children ______ from school early.

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A．comes home　　　　B．come home

C．leaves home　　　 D．leave home

(4)Sometimes Mr and Mrs Green ______ in the evening.

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A．read newspapers　　　　B．got to work

C．do their homework　　　D．watch TV

(5)The children often ______ their mother ______ on Sunday.

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A．help, do housework　　　　B．a(chǎn)sk, do housework

C．help, go shopping　　　　 D．a(chǎn)sk, go shopping

Are you ready to take action to protect Planet Earth? You may think it impossible，but you can begin by taking some small，but important，first steps．Many children and their classes in the USA are taking action．

Children Campaign Against Waste

Children are paying attention to the packaging(包裝)of the things they buy．Packaging includes all the things you throw away when you unwrap anything new．One third of all rubbish is packaging．Mrs. Perez’s 4th grade class decides to make their school and neighbourhood know the waste in packaging．They want people to think before they buy．They also want to let people who make the products know that they want less waste in packaging．So they start a campaign to help people change how they shop．

Class Project: Campaign Against Waste ◆     Find out the facts．Use the websites to find out how much waste comps from packaging． ◆     Go on a trip to the shops．Take notes about how products, such as CDs, are packaged．Report on how much will be thrown away． ◆     Say no to bags．If we don’t need one, we don’t use one． ◆     Make posters to tell others what they can do． ◆     Talk to our families and friends about what we learn． ◆     Write class letters to the people who produce our favourite products．Ask them to reduce packaging．

Children Save Water

    Another class decides to help save water．Here’s how they got started．

Miguel Salazar lives in Meridien, Texas．Every day he walks home from school and passes Carrollton Creek(小溪)．The creek is filled with rubbish．But the creek was not always this way．Miguel’s grandfather remembers flowers and plants grew along it．Many people fished there．So Miguel’s class decides to clean up the creek．They make a plan．

Class Project: Clean Up ●     Write a letter to the mayor(市長(zhǎng)) asking her to let us have a clean-up day at Carrollton Creek．Ask her for garbage cans to keep rubbish． ●     Make posters inviting others to help． ●     Ask parents to come along and help on Clean-up Day． ●     Choose a day for the big Clean Up!

    If one person can make a difference, think how much more can get done if people work together to care for Planet Earth．

    根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。

1．The children in Mrs．Perez’s class start the campaign against __________．

  A．water                B．waste             C．shopping         D．fishing

2．Miguel’s class project is to ________．

  A．strip packaging

  B．go on a trip

  C．clean up Carrollton Creek

  D．talk to families and friends

3．The Chinese meaning of“garbage cans”is _________．

  A．批準(zhǔn)          B．捐款              C．贊助商          D．垃圾桶

4．Which of the following is NOT talked in the passage?

  A．There were followers and plants along the creek．

  B．One third of all rubbish is packaging．

  C．Children use posters and letters to help with their work．

  D．Mrs.．Perez’s class wants to choose a day for not using bags．

5．What’s the main idea of the passage?

  A．Children can use the websites to find out the facts．

  B．People liked to fish along Carrollton Creek in the past．

  C．Everyone can do something small to help save Planet Earth．

  D．The mayor in Meridien can help the children with their project

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Most American businesses are open five days a week. American 1 go to school 2 days a week, too. American families usually have a 3 weekend. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday. 4 the weekend, people spend their time in many different ways. Many families enjoy weekends together. They may go shopping, go for a drive or 5 their friends. They may also 6 a party at home. Many American families take part 7 sports during the weekend. Running, 8 , playing volleyball and swimming are popular in summer. Skiing and skating are the favourite 9 sports. Weekends are also a time for American families to work on something in their yards or in their houses. Many families plant flowers and have vegetable gardens. Some families use the weekends 10 their houses. For most Americans, weekends are very busy.

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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(住房汽車)

　　A small car can hold(容納)four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded(擁擠). 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 bus 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.

1.From the passage, a van is also called ____________.

A．a(chǎn) motor car                            B．a(chǎn) motor home

C．a(chǎn) motorbike　                          D．a(chǎn) 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(chǎn) baby　                              B．much money

C．more than two children                   D．interest in vans

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

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