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Passage 1

Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Without a car most people feel that they are poor. And even if a person is poor he doesn’t feel really poor when he has a car.
Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large numbers. He probably didn’t know how much the car was going to affect American culture. The car made the United States a nation on wheels. And it helped make the United States what it is today.
There are three main reasons the car became so popular in the United States. First of all the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around in it. The car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation. With a car people can go anyplace without spending a lot of money.
The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never really developed an efficient and inexpensive form of public transportation. Long-distance trains have never been as common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world. Nowadays there is a good system of air-service provided by planes. But it is too expensive to be used frequently.
The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of independence is what really made cars popular. Americans don’t like to wait for a bus, or a train or even a plane. They don’t like to have to follow an exact schedule. A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time. And this is the freedom that Americans want most to have.
The gas shortage has caused a big problem for Americans. But the answer will not be a bigger system of public transportation. The real solution will have to be a new kind of car, one that does not use so much gas.

1.From the passage, most Americans feel they are poor when they ______ .
A) are out of work B) don’t have food
C. don’t have money D) don’t have cars
2.From the passage, Henry Ford was the first to _______ cars in large numbers.
A) invent B) sell C) have D) produce
3. “ A nation on wheels” means that _______ .
A) the country is producing the best cars
B) everyone in the country owns a car
C) cars play a very important role in people’s lives
D) there are more cars than trains in this country
4.Americans don’t use planes often because______ .
A) it is too expensive B) there aren’t many
C) the system is bad D) it isn’t safe
5.The real solution on the gas shortage problem is________ .
A) to make less cars B) to develop train service
C) to make gas saving cars D) to develop a public transportation system

Answer 1

1.From the passage, most Americans feel they are poor when they __D____ .
A) are out of work B) don’t have food
C. don’t have money D) don’t have cars
提示：第一段第二，三句。Without a car most people feel that they are poor. And even if a person is poor he doesn’t feel really poor when he has a car.
2.From the passage, Henry Ford was the first to __D_____ cars in large numbers.
A) invent B) sell C) have D) produce
提示：Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large numbers.
3. “ A nation on wheels” means that ___C____ .
A) the country is producing the best cars
B) everyone in the country owns a car
C) cars play a very important role in people’s lives
D) there are more cars than trains in this country
提示： “ A nation on wheels”：车轮上的国家，意味着车子在日常生活中扮演者重要的角色。例如：中国被称为自行车上的国家，澳大利亚被称为骑在羊背上的国家
4.Americans don’t use planes often because__A____ .
A) it is too expensive B) there aren’t many
C) the system is bad D) it isn’t safe
提示：Nowadays there is a good system of air-service provided by planes. But it is too expensive to be used frequently.
5.The real solution on the gas shortage problem is____C____ .
A) to make less cars B) to develop train service
C) to make gas saving cars D) to develop a public transportation system
提示：文中最后一句给出了答案，The real solution will have to be a new kind of car, one that does not use so much gas.