三、阅读理解(共13小题;每小题2分，满分26分)

阅读文章，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能完成句子或回答问题的正确选项

A

There are about 56 million people in the United Kingdom. This is a big population for such a small country. But large parts of the country have few people. Most of the population is crowded into the big cities and industrial (工业的)areas. About 90% of the people live in cities and towns. Only about 10% live in the countryside. Today very few people----less than 2% of the population are farmers and farm workers.

England has the most people. About 46 million live in England. Of these, about 14 million people live in London and the southeast. London is now a city of about 7 million people. Most of Scotland’s population of 5 million live in the middle part. The mountains in the north and the south have a very small population. Less than 3 million people live in Wales. There are only about one and a half million people in Northern Ireland and one third live in and around the big industrial city of Belfast.

(   ) 21. The United Kingdom _________.

A. is a large country      B. has many people

C. has a small population    D. is a small country without many people

(   ) 22. Most of the people live _________.

A. in cities and towns B. in the countryside C. in every part of the country D. near rivers

(   ) 23. London is a _________city .    A. quite   B. small  C. crowded   D. new

(   ) 24. Most people live in the _________in Scotland .

A. northwest   B. middle part    C. southeast      D. northeast

(   ) 25. Northern Ireland is _________.

A. the name of a country      B. a small city of the United Kingdom

C. a country with a smaller population   D. one part of the United Kingdom

B

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. A van holds seven persons easily, so a family with three children can ask their grandparents to travel together.

Mr. King and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and buy a van. There are seven seats in the van, and two of them are used to put things on, for a family of five must carry many suitcases(手提箱)when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’ home, the suitcases are put into the two seats. And then they can carry their grandparents.

Americans call vans motor homes. A motor homes is always used for holidays. When a family are travelling to the mountains 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 travelling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.

(   ) 26. From the passage we can learn that a big American family usually _______.

A. travel together by van   B. live together   C. live in a van   D. has three cars

(   ) 27. After Mr. King and his wife had a third child, first they ______.

A. bought a van  B. sold one of their old cars

C. moved to their grandparents house  D. got many suitcases

(   ) 28. A motor home is usually owned by a big family with ______.

A. much money  B. interest in traveling  C. two cars  D. a big house

(   ) 29. The last sentence “In America there are many parks for motor homes. ”in this passage means _____”.

A. American families like to visit parks    B. There are many beautiful parks in America

C. Vans can be parked in many places in America

D. Motor homes can be bought in many places in America

(   ) 30. Americans usually drive motor homes to ________.

A. visit their grandparents at weekends    B. take their children to school every day

C. travel with their family members for a holiday

D. do some shopping with their family members