Question

Maybe more than any other people, Americans have come to depend on their cars. The family car has been a _____ thing since the early twentieth century and it has ______ Americans’ life. Many people have ______ outside of the large cities to the suburbs(郊区). Some Americans______ two hours a day or more in their cars going to work and going home again. Cars have become the means of transportation ______ most Americans for going shopping and going on holidays.

Americans used to like big cars, because gasoline(汽油) used not to be so ______. Recently, however, the ______ of gasoline has increased. ______ cars have become more popular. Also ______ cars have become popular. Americans have bought large numbers of Japanese and German cars. They have bought cars from several_____ countries, too.

1.A. special    B. common   C. traditional  D. bad

2.A. kept      B. made      C. taken         D. changed

3.A. moved      B. stayed   C. flown         D. gone

4.A. cost     B. pay      C. spend        D. take

5.A. for      B. to       C. at            D. on

6.A. cheap      B. expensive C. high          D. low

7.A. colour    B. station  C. number        D. cost

8.A. Big        B. Expensive C. Cheap        D. Small

9.A. American B. foreign  C. new          D. old

10.A. the other B. another  C. other         D. Others

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.D

9.B

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了小汽车已经成为美国人们生活的一部分，现在很多人都喜欢小汽车，是因为油价太贵了，现在越来越多的人们喜欢买国外的小汽车。

1.B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：自从20世纪初家庭小汽车已经成为普通的东西。 A. Special特殊的；B. Common普通的；C. Traditional传统的；D. Bad坏的；汽车已经进入家庭是很普遍的。故选B

2.D考查动词及语境理解。句意：它已经改变了美国人的生活！A. kept 保持；B. Made制作；C. taken 花费；D. Changed改变。结合语境可知用现在完成时have done的结构。故选D

3.A. Moved移动 ；B. Stayed保持；C. Flown飞；D. Gone去 根据动词短语move to sw表示搬到某地。故选A

4.C考查动词及语境理解。句意：一些美国人一天花费两个小时或更多的时间开小汽车去工作或上班。A. Cost花费；B. pay 付款；C. Spend花费；D. take 花费；根据spend+时间+doing表示花费时间做某事。故选C

5.A考查介词及语境理解。练习上下文可推知本句句意：汽车已经成为大部分美国人购物和度假的交通工具。A. for 为了……；B. To到……；C. At在……；D. On在……上；根据题意可知对于……而言。所以选A

6.B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：美国人过去喜欢大汽车，因为汽油过去不是那样的昂贵。A. Cheap便宜的；B. Expensive昂贵的；C. High高的； D. Low低的 。过去的油价没有现在高，所以故选B

7.D考查名词及语境理解。句意：然而汽油的价格已经涨了很多。A. Colour颜色；B. Station车站；C. Number号码；D. Cost花费。根据题意可知现在的汽油价很高。故选D

8.A. Big大的；B. Expensive昂贵的；C. Cheap便宜的；D. Small小的，因为以前人们喜欢大汽车，现在油价高了，所以喜欢小汽车。所以选D

9.B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：还有外国的小汽车已经变得受欢迎。A. American美国的；B. Foreign外国的；C. New新的；D. Old老的。根据下文美国人已经买了许多日本的和德国的小汽车。根据语境可知该选B

10.A. the other其他的；B. another 另一个；C. Other其他的；D. Others其他。根据other+名词的复数，表示别的，其他的。所以选C

考点：日常生活类短文。