The use of cars is becoming more and more popular in the twentieth century. A large number of the world's population are now able to buy and use cars.
Having a car gives much mobility（活动余地）, enabling the driver to move around freely. The owner of a car is no longer forced to depend on public transport（公共交通）and doesn't, therefore, have to work in a place near his home. Instead, he can choose from a greater variety of jobs and he could change his job frequently.
Travelling to work by car is also more comfortable than having to use public transport; the driver can use the heating in winter and the air conditioning in summer to meet his own need and preference. There is no discomfort caused by waiting for
buses, trains or underground trains etc. With the building of good fast motorways long distances can be covered rapidly and pleasantly. Also, for the first time in the century, many people are able to enjoy their free time to the full by making trips to the countryside or seaside at weekends. This feeling of independence and the freedom to go wherever you please is perhaps the greatest advantage（优势）of the car.
1. What does the writer think of the public transport?
A. It gives less mobility B. It is not comfortable at all
C. It enables a variety of jobs D. It is becoming more popular than before
2. Traveling by bus may be ______.
A. less comfortable than by underground train
B. more comfortable than by other transport
C. less comfortable than by other public transport
D. less comfortable than by car
3. What does the underlined word mean?
A. from time to time B. with difficulty
C. against his own will D. never
4. What does the writer think of having a car of your own?
A. It offers lots of advantages. B. It has lots of independence.
C. It gives the feeling of freedom. D. It offers free trips.
第二节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分；满分30分）
Have you ever seen a movie in which a building was burnt down or a bridge was destroyed? Have you seen films in which a train crashed or a ship __36__ into the ocean? If so, you may have wondered how these things could happen without __37__the people in the film.
The man who knows the __38__ is the “special-effects” man. He has one of the most important jobs in the film __39__. He may be __40__ to create a flood or to make a battlefield explode. But he may also be told to create a __41__ effect which is much less exciting, though just as important to the success of the film. In a __42__ for one movie there was a big glass bowl __43__with water in which small fish __44__ swimming. The director of the movie__45__ the fish to stop swimming suddenly __46__ they seemed to stare at(盯着) an actor. Then the director wanted the fish to stop staring and swim away. But fish suddenly __47__ be ordered to do anything. It was quite a __48__.
The special-effects man __49__ about this problem for a long time. The result was an idea for __50__ the fish with a harmless use of electricity. __51__he applied electricity to the fish bowl causing the fish to be totally still(静止的). Then he rapidly reduced the __52__ of electricity allowing the fish to be free. __53__ he got the humorous effect the director wanted.
__54__in other parts of movie making there are those who have developed __55__ skill in creating certain kinds of effects. Jim White, who has been a special-effects man for thirty-two years, is best known for work with ships and airplanes.
36. A. burned B. sank C. fell D. dropped
37. A. telling B. harming C. protecting D. organizing
38. A. reply B. question C. message D. secret
39. A. factory B. making C. field D. company
40. A. forced B. ordered C. allowed D. chosen
41. A. terrible B. ill C. good D. special
42. A. scene B. step C. stage D. room
43. A. covered B. asked C. filled D. fitted
44. A. liked B. enjoyed C. was D. were
45. A. hoped B. wanted C. decided D. designed
46. A. while B. since C. so that D. as long as
47. A. mustn’t B. may not C. shouldn’t D. can’t
48. A. question B. failure C. problem D. disappointment
49. A. talked B. set C. quarreled D. thought
50. A. controlling B. operating C. driving D. lighting
51. A. As a result B. Immediately C. First D. Above all
52. A. price B. number C. amount D. speed
53. A. Even B. Thus C. Finally D. Actually
54. A. Like B. So C. As D. Yet
55. A. certain B. particular C. advanced D. careful
. Come _____. I’ll introduce my _____friend, Bob, to you.
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A．closely; close |
B．close; closely |
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C．close; close |
D．closely; closely |
I’m Mr. Brown from the police station. Could you tell me _____the butcher found
moving slowly across the square?
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A．what was it that |
B．what it was that |
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C．what was it which |
D．what did |
. ---I am green at everything.
---Don’t worry. _____ you get older, you get more experience.
A .When B. Till C. As D While
The men will have to wait all day _____ the doctor works faster..
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A．if |
B．unless |
C．whether |
D．that |
