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 (观光). 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
1-5 CBBDC
题目分析：这篇文章主要讲了我的妻子、我、两个孩子还有我的哥哥，一家五口人去旅游，我们要去游览很多国家，并且乘坐各种交通工具，我相信这必定是一次快乐之旅。
小题1:根据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、两个孩子还有我的哥哥，一共五个人去旅游，故选C。
小题2:根据My father is so old that he’d like to stay at home and take care of the house.可知我的父亲没有去旅游是因为他更喜欢待在家里，故选B。
小题3:根据We’re going to fly home.可知我们乘飞机回家，因此选B。
小题4:根据When we arrive in Europe, we’re going to some countries for sightseeing (观光). We’ll go to places either by train or by bus.可知在欧洲时，我们观光时或者乘火车，或者乘公共汽车，因此选D。
小题5:根据But my brother likes to take a boat trip and the children like that, too.可知我的哥哥和孩子们都喜欢乘船旅游，因此选C。
点评：这篇文章比较容易，没有生僻词汇。这篇短文题目的设置大多是细节寻找题，只需在原文中找到与题目相关的句子或段落即可，但一定要注意把握全文的意思，以防断章取义。