Question

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 (觀光). 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

Answer 1

1-5  CBBDC

試題分析：這篇文章主要講了我的妻子、我、兩個孩子還有我的哥哥，一家五口人去旅游，我們要去游覽很多國家，并且乘坐各種交通工具，我相信這必定是一次快樂之旅。
小題1:根據My wife and I and our two children are all going along. My elder brother will go with us, too. 可知我的妻子、我、兩個孩子還有我的哥哥，一共五個人去旅游，故選C。
小題2:根據My father is so old that he’d like to stay at home and take care of the house.可知我的父親沒有去旅游是因為他更喜歡待在家里，故選B。
小題3:根據We’re going to fly home.可知我們乘飛機回家，因此選B。
小題4:根據When we arrive in Europe, we’re going to some countries for sightseeing (觀光). We’ll go to places either by train or by bus.可知在歐洲時，我們觀光時或者乘火車，或者乘公共汽車，因此選D。
小題5:根據But my brother likes to take a boat trip and the children like that, too.可知我的哥哥和孩子們都喜歡乘船旅游，因此選C。
點評：這篇文章比較容易，沒有生僻詞匯。這篇短文題目的設置大多是細節尋找題，只需在原文中找到與題目相關的句子或段落即可，但一定要注意把握全文的意思，以防斷章取義。