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完型填空： 　　Cars are important part in the United States．Without a car most people feel that they are 　　1　　．And even if a person is poor he doesn’t feel 　　2　　 poor when he has a car． 　　Henry Ford was the man who first started 　　3　　 cars in large numbers．He probably didn’t know how much the car was going to 　　4　　 American culture．The car made the United States a nation on 　　5　　．And it 　　6　　 to make the United States what it is today． 　　There are three main reasons that the car has become so 　　7　　 in the United States．　　8　　 the country is a huge one and Americans like to 　　9　　 around it．The car 　　10　　 the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation．With a car people can go any place 　　11　　 spending a lot of money．The second reason is that the United States never really developed an efficient and inexpensive form of public 　　12　　．Long distance trains have never been as 　　13　　 in the United States as they are in other parts of the world．Nowadays there is a good system of air-service provided by 　　14　　．But it is too expensive to be used 　　15　　．The third reason is the most 　　16　　 one．The Americans’ spirit of 　　17　　 is what really made cars popular．Americans don’t like to wait for a bus or a train, 　　18　　 a plane．They don’t like to have to 　　19　　 an exact schedule．A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time．And this is the freedom that Americans want 　　20　　 to have． (1) [　　] A． healthy B． rich C． pretty D． poor (2) [　　] A． really B． truly C． actually D． exactly (3) [　　] A． doing B． making C． designing D． owing (4) [　　] A． affect B． afford C． effort D． effect (5) [　　] A． foot B． horse backs C． chairs D． wheels (6) [　　] A． tried B． helped C． hoped D． got (7) [　　] A． well-known B． lovely C． popular D． famous (8) [　　] A． In all B． After all C． First of all D． Above all (9) [　　] A． move B． transport C． walk D． go (10) [　　] A． offers B． provides C． takes D． proves (11) [　　] A． with B． without C． for D． by (12) [　　] A． journey B． travel C． transportation D． trip (13) [　　] A． common B． usual C． unusual D． ordinary (14) [　　] A． bikes B． ships C． rockets D． planes (15) [　　] A． frequently B． continuously C． completely D． fully (16) [　　] A． funny B． important C． common D． simple (17) [　　] A． dependence B． serf-confidence C． selfishness D． independence (18) [　　] A． or even B． but C． and D． nor (19) [　　] A． take B． receive C． follow D． accept (20) [　　] A． worst B． most C． best D． least

Answer 1

答案：1．D;2．A;3．B;4．A;5．D;6．C;7．C;8．C;9．A;10．B;11．B;12．C;13．A;14．D;15．A;16．B;17．D;18．A;19．C;20．B;
解析：

(1)	“汽車在美國是生活的重要部分。沒有汽車，大多數人會感到貧窮。同時根據even if a person is poor。可知應選D。
(2)	really－thoroughly，故選A最佳，“不感到非常窮”。
(3)	Henry Ford是第一個大批量地生產汽車的人。
(4)	affect(動詞)＝have an influence on sb．/sth．。“影響”，選A最佳，“影響美國文化”。注意，D項effect是名詞。
(5)	根據上下文，“汽車使美國成為輪子上的國家”。
(6)	汽車也幫助使美國成了今天的美國。
(7)	下文解釋汽車“如此普及”的原因，故選C最佳。
(8)	三個主要原因的第一個，“首先”，故選C最佳。
(9)	move around－travel around，故選A最佳，“喜歡在國內旅游”。
(10)	汽車提供了最舒適最便宜的交通形式。offer：樂意提供幫助；provide：提供
(11)	根據上文說的“最便宜的交通工具”，所以說“出行不花許多錢”。
(12)	汽車是屬于交通工具，“一種有效率的、不貴的公共交通工具”。
(13)	長途火車在美國不普遍。
(14)	根據air-service，所以說是“飛機提供的優質的空中服務”。
(15)	“飛機太貴以至不經常用”。frequently：經常地；continuously：連續地
(16)	根據下文可知是“第三個原因是最重要的一點”，故選D最佳。
(17)	根據美國文化，選D最佳，“獨立精神”。
(18)	并列否定用or，“甚至也不愿等飛機”。
(19)	“遵循準確的時間表”，follow：遵循。
(20)	上文說“汽車給了他們安排自己時間的自由”，所以此處說“這是美國人最想擁有的自由”。