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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. A small car can hold four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded. A van holds seven persons easily, so a family with 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’s sixth and seventh seats are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases 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 van motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family is 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. After Mr. Hagen and his wife sold their second car, they .

A、sold their old house

B、moved to their grandparents’ house

C、built a new place for a van

D、bought a van

One of the most interesting and distinctive of all uses of language is commentary. An oral reporting of ongoing activity, commentary is used in such public arenas as political ceremonies, parades, funerals, fashion shows and cooking demonstrations. The most frequently occurring type of commentary may be that connected with sports and games. In sports there are two kinds of commentary, and both are often used for the same sporting event. “play-by-play” commentary narrates the sports event, while “color –adding” or “color” commentary provides the audience with pre-event background, during-event interpretation, and post-event evaluation. Color commentary is usually conversational in style and can be a dialogue with two or more commentators. Play-by-play commentary is of interest to linguists because it is unlike other kinds of narrative, which are typically reported in past tense. Play-by-play commentary is reported in present tense. Some examples are “he takes the lead by four” and “she’s in position.” One linguist characterizes radio play-by-play commentary as “a monologue directed at an unknown, unseen mass audience who voluntarily choose to listen…and provide no feedback to the speaker.” It is these characteristics that make this kind of commentary unlike any other type of speech situation. The chief feature of play-by-play commentary is a highly formulaic style of presentation. There is distinctive grammar not only in the use of the present tense but also in the omission of certain elements of sentence structure. For example “Smith in close” eliminates the verb, as some newspaper headlines do. Another example is inverted word order, as in “over at third is Johnson.” Play-by-play commentary is very fluent, keeping up with the pace of the action. The rate is steady and there is little silence. The structure of the commentary is cyclical, reflecting the way most games consist of recurring sequences of short activities---as in tennis and baseball---or a limited number of activity options---as in the various kinds of football. In racing, the structure is even simpler, with the commentator informing the listener of the varying order of the competitors in a “state of play” summary, which is crucial for listeners or viewers who have just tuned in. Which of the following statements is true of color commentary？A.It narrates the action of the event in real time, using the present tense.

B.It is a monologue given to an audience that does not respond to the speaker.

C.It is steady and fluent because it must keep up with the action of the event.

D.It gives background on the event, and interprets and evaluates the event.

Why does the author quote a linguist in paragraph 2？A.To describe the uniqueness of radio play-by-play

B.To show how technical sports commentary is

C.To give examples of play-by-play commentary

D.To criticize past trends in sports commentary

It can be inferred from the passage that the author most likely agrees with which of the following statements about sports commentary？A.Color commentary is more important than play-by-play commentary

B.Sports commentators do not need special knowledge of the sport.

C.Commentary enhances the excitement and enjoyment of sports.

D.Sports commentators should work hard to improve their grammar.

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W: Trevor, you have one of the most unusual stories I've ever heard. Yet, nowadays, you seem to lead a very ordinary life.

M: Yes, Percy. I'm a dentist. I live and work in London.

W: But at one time you used to have a different job?

M: Yes, I was a soldier.

W: A soldier?

M: That's right.

W: And how long ago was that?

M: Oh, about two thousand years ago.

W: That's right. Trevor Cartridge believes that he was a soldier in the array of Julius Caesar. He remembers coming to Britain with the Roman army two thousand years ago, Trevor, tell us your remark able story...in your awn words!

M: Well, funnily enough, it all began because I wanted to give up smoking.

W: Give up smoking?

M: Mm, I used to smoke too much and I tried to give up several times, but I always started smoking again a few days later. In the end I went to a hypnotist. He hypnotized me, and I stopped smoking at once I was delighted, ms you can imagine.

W: Yes?

M: That made me very interested in hypnotism, and I talked to the hypnotist about it. He told me that some people could remember their past lives when they were hypnotized, and he asked if I wanted to try. I didn't believe it at first, but in the end I agreed, He hypnotized me, and sure enough I was a Roman soldier in Caesar's army.

W: You didn't believe it at first?

M: I didn't believe it before we tried the experiment. Now I’m absolutely convinced it's true.

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A．Caesar's army.

B．Give up smoking.

C．Hypnotism.

D．Ordinary life.