Camping is a fun activity for the family to do.

　　Vacation does not have to mean going to visit faraway places，it could be as simple as setting up a tent in a nearby forest!

　　1.Where do Americans go camping?

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　　【解析】由第一段第二句“...they live in the woods...”可知答案。

　　【答案】In the woods.

　　2.Why do they put stones around the fire?

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　　【解析】由第三段第一句可知。

　　【答案】To make sure the fire won't get too big and dangerous.

　　3.將畫線部分①翻譯成漢語(yǔ)。

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　　【解析】go camping“野營(yíng)”，vacation“假期”。

　　【答案】在美國(guó)，人們有時(shí)在假期去野營(yíng)。

　　4.將畫線部分②翻譯成漢語(yǔ)。

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　　【解析】remember to do sth.“記得做某事”，so that“以便”。

　　【答案】記住在火的四周砌上石頭，這樣火就不會(huì)蔓延而帶來(lái)危險(xiǎn)。

　　5.給文章擬一個(gè)標(biāo)題。

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　　【解析】通讀全文可知，本文主要介紹了在美國(guó)野營(yíng)的相關(guān)情況。

　　【答案】Camping in the US

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　　Cambridge(劍橋) is one of the top universities in the world，and it's a city as well.To the surprise of some visitors，there are no walls around the university.Classroom buildings，libraries and offices can be seen all over the city.Most of the members of the city are the students and teachers of thirty-one colleges(學(xué)院).It got its name "Cambridge" from the river called Cam and a bridge built over it.Before the university was founded 800 years ago，Cambridge was a developing town.It developed faster because of the opening of the railway and became a city in 1951.Now it has a population of more than one million.Many young students hope for the chance to study at Cambridge.Perhaps you'll be a member of Cambridge one day.

　　根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，完成下表。

　　The 1 of some visitorsNo walls around the university

　　The origin(來(lái)源) of its nameRiver Cam and a bridge 2 it

　　The time when Cambridge was 3800 years ago

　　The 4 why Cambridge developed fasterThe opening of the railway

　　The population of Cambridge now5 than one million

　　答案詳解：

　　1.surprise 根據(jù)“To the surprise of some visitors，there are no walls around the university.”可知，該題填 surprise。

　　2.over 根據(jù)短文中“It got its name "Cambridge" from the river called Cam and a bridge built over it.”可以確定，該空填 over。

　　3.founded 根據(jù)短文中“Before the university was founded 800 years ago”確定，答案是 founded。

　　4.reason 根據(jù)短文中“It developed faster because of the opening of the railway and became a city in 1951”可確定該題填 reason。

　　5.More 根據(jù)短文中“Now it has a population of more than one million.”可以確定答案是 More。

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　　(2011·天津)閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容完成表格。

　　An American named Crum invented potato chips in 1853，although that was not his intention(意圖).He was a chef(廚師長(zhǎng))at a beautiful restaurant in Saratoga Springs，New York.A regular dish on the menu was fried(油炸的)potatoes，which was an idea that had started in France.At that time，F(xiàn)rench fried potatoes were cut into thick slices(片).

　　One day，a dinner guest at the restaurant sent back his fried potatoes to the chef because he did not like them

　　so thick.So Mr Crum cut the potatoes a little thinner and fried them.The guest did not like those either.That made Mr Crum angry，so he thought he would just show the man.He sliced the potatoes paper­thin and fried them，thinking that the man would say nothing about it.However，to his surprise，the man loved the thin potatoes very much.Other guests tried them and also liked them.So，Mr Crum's potato chips were added to the menu.They were called Saratoga Chips.

　　Finally，Mr Crum opened his own restaurant to sell his famous chips.Now potato chips are packaged(包裝)and sold in stores.

　　Who invented __1__?

　　__2__ was an American chef at a restaurant.

　　A dinner guest __3__ his fried potatoes to the chef because they were so thick.

　　The chef was probably glad in the end because __4__.

　　Now potato chips are packaged and sold __5__.